England’s “absolute pumping” in their ODI series to Australia was “inevitable” after the joys of winning the T20 World Cup and with a number of key players missing, says Matt Prior. England crashed to a 221-run reverse in Melbourne on Tuesday – their record ODI loss – as they sunk to a 3-0 series sweep, … Read more
Chinese stocks popular with big fund managers have been hammered by a dramatic sell-off following confirmation of President Xi Jinping’s third term in power, suggesting billions of dollars of losses for those who stuck by their portfolios. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon index, which tracks US-listed shares in Chinese companies, shed 14.4 per cent on Monday … Read more
Wan Jinjun, a 62-year-old retiree who has swum the Yangtze River almost every day for the past decade in Wuhan, said he’s never seen a drought like this before. An extreme summer has taken a toll on Asia’s longest river, which flows about 3,900 miles (6,300 kilometers) through China and feeds farms that provide much … Read more