China hits back at foreign sanctions, prohibits firms from complying with int l laws ANI | Updated: Jan 10, 2021 06:21 IST
Beijing [China], January 10 (ANI): China on Saturday issued a new order prohibiting firms from complying with foreign laws that ban transactions with Chinese companies and individuals, effective immediately.
The so-called Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Legislation and Other Measures apply to circumstances that improperly prohibit or restrict Chinese individuals, companies, and institutions from conducting normal economic, trade, and related activities with parties from the third countries, according to the Ministry of Commerce, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
This order comes in the backdrop of the US threatening to impose sanctions and other restrictions on any and all Hong Kong and Chinese individuals in wake of the arrests of over 50 politicians and pro-democracy
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Following the government’s lead, universities in Singapore, a semi-authoritarian city-state of almost 6 million people, have taken a top-down approach to managing the coronavirus. The result: Since the start of the pandemic last year, not one person has been found to have contracted the virus at any of Singapore’s three major universities
Every day, Tan Eng Chye, president of the National University of Singapore, scans his online dashboard to see how crowded the cafeterias are.
If the real-time map shows that one cafeteria is too packed, he has administrators send out an advisory to avoid it and to remind students that there are campus-run food delivery services, free of charge.
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I think it’s safe to say that The Pinnacle@Duxton is probably Singapore’s most well-known HDB project.
It has made headlines for many reasons, one of which is its superbly central location in Tanjong Pagar along Cantonment Road.
It was also Singapore’s very first 50-storey public housing and also features 2 Sky Bridges that offers a panoramic view of the city – unheard of in the public housing market when it was first announced.
Moreover, the HDB even launched an international architectural design competition and received over 200 submissions which eventually led to the design that we see today.
Now 10 years on (time flies, doesn’t it), The Pinnacle@Duxton has drawn both praise and criticism since its announcement.
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China unveiled new rules on Saturday, pushing back against a spate of U.S. executive orders that have blacklisted Chinese companies and restricted their access to U.S. technologies. It’s the latest reminder for investors that U.S.-China tensions are here to stay.
China’s Ministry of Commerce unveiled an order Saturday for “counteracting unjustified extraterritorial application of foreign laws.” The rules establish a vague and open-ended regime aimed at dissuading the U.S. and other foreign governments from adopting unilateral sanctions or applying them against Chinese entities and individuals, Lester Ross, partner-in-charge of law firm WilmerHale’s Beijing office, told