A former senior manager at a major Chinese cryptocurrency exchange has been acquitted by a Hong Kong court of secretly moving five million Tether, with a market value of about HK$39 million (US$5 million), to his own accounts six years ago. A seven-member High Court jury reached the verdict on Friday to find Chen Boliang,…
BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Thursday urged the United States to abide by the one-China principle after the U.S. criticised Chinese pressure on some African countries to revoke overflight clearances for Taiwan’s president. Taiwan this week said the Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar unilaterally revoked flight permits for its presidential aircraft to…
BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Wednesday heaped praise on the countries that denied overflight permission for the aircraft of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, declaring that the one China principle is the norm of international relations. At a regular news conference in Beijing, a spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office expressed appreciation…