China

  • PBOC, the People’s Bank Of China, to promote further cross-border use of RMB.
  • Whole city virus test in Hongkong will start on Aug. 31.
  • Rain alert in Sichuan.
  • Rainstorm hits Northwest China.
  • Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted cases.
  • Beijing-Xiong’an high-speed railway complete on Monday.
  • Phone number full of lucky “8” sells $0.3 million.(8 pronounced in Chinese is “fa”, means “be rich”. It is a lucky number)
  • The National Development and Reform Commission approved 11 fixed-asset investment projects worth $5.5 billion in July.
  • Changes to reduce food waste.
  • Chinese airline restarts their means after the pandemic.
  • Chinese brands take half of domestic auto market share.
  • China’s Yangtze River sees fifth flood in 2020.