The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media post they interpreted as likening Chinese students to dogs.
A general view shows the buildings of the US Embassy in Beijing, China.
Beijing:
The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media post they interpreted as likening Chinese students to dogs.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose time in office was marked by tense relations in Beijing, had in January last year barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who were in China from entering the United States after the coronavirus outbreak.
On the Twitter-like Weibo service on Wednesday, the visa section of the U.S. embassy in China asked students what they were waiting for after the Biden administration eased restrictions.
In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, a woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus sits near a screen showing China and U.S. flags as she listens to a speech by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Lanting Forum on bringing China-U.S. relations back to the right track, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. (AP Photo)
BEIJING The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media post they interpreted as likening Chinese students to dogs.
Chinese regulator imposes heavy fine on key IOC sponsor Alibaba Saturday, 10 April 2021
One of the International Olympic Committee s (IOC) most important sponsors is reported to have been fined a record CNY18.2 billion (£2 billion/$2.8 billion/€2.3 billion) by Chinese regulators.
Alibaba, the IOC’s exclusive worldwide partner for cloud infrastructure and services, ticketing and e-commerce platform services, had the penalty imposed by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) of the People’s Republic of China.
The
Financial Times said that the fine was set at four per cent of the Hangzhou-based group’s 2019 revenues, and that it concluded an anti-trust investigation into the company founded by Jack Ma.