Xi’s Air China plane touched down at midday for the three-day visit. The trip culminates Saturday with Xi overseeing an inauguration ceremony for the Asian financial hub’s new leader, Carrie Lam. Pro-democracy activists staged protests…
Monthly Archives For June 2017
China bails activists at shoe factories linked to Ivanka Trump
New York-based China Labor Watch (CLW) said its investigators would be put on trial at a later date. The group says it has uncovered evidence of pay violations and physical violence at the Huajian group.…
BRIEF-International Paper signs agreement to sell foodservice business in China
* International Paper signs agreement to sell foodservice business in China * International Paper – Determined these markets can more effectively be served through its ilim joint venture in russia, with products exported from U.S.…
Australia accused of spying on China: Chinese media
A Chinese state-run newspaper accused Australia of spying on China and stealing its technology on Thursday, weeks after Beijing rejected allegations of interference in Australian politics. An employee of China’s national security department told the…
China central bank to skip open market operations for fifth straight day: statement
SHANGHAI China’s central bank said it will skip open market operations for the fifth day in a row on Thursday, as liquidity levels in the banking system were “relatively high”. “Fiscal expenditure was increasing towards…
China frees activists who investigated factories for Ivanka Trump’s brand
China is freeing those three activists who investigated labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump. Elizabeth Keatinge (@elizkeatinge) has more. Buzz60 Chinese authorities have released three activists who investigated labor ……
TV star Jin Xing might have 150 million viewers, but she still doesn’t own property in China
Chinese television personality Jin Xing said that she has chosen to rent rather than buy her home in China. The Chinese government has imposed cooling measures on the property market in an attempt to slow…
China defends prison care of ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu
In the midst of a growing outcry, China appears to be responding to criticism that prison … The video spread after the popular dissident news site Boxun.com posted it on its YouTube account with a…
U.S. envoy: China should allow Nobel laureate treatment abroad
“As we have said, one of the major duties of the U.S. ambassador in China is to cement friendship between the two countries and especially the two peoples, and enhance mutual understanding and political mutual…
China frees three activists who probed labor conditions at factory that made Ivanka Trump shoes
GANZHOU, China — Chinese authorities have released on bail three activists who had been detained after investigating labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands. The three activists walked…
Why Hong Kong’s property market won’t crash – this time
Is Hong Kong’s property market heading for its biggest crash since 1997? The similarities between now and then are only skin deep. In 1997, Hongkongers were extremely optimistic about the future. Foreigners agreed. The mantra…
China Mobile @ Mobile World Congress 2017 Shanghai
China Mobile – at the Mobile World Congress 2017 Shanghai — will demonstrate how 5G supports new services such as telehealth, transforming emergency hospital patient care and driving new practices. 5G will enable the use…
China Unicom Will Test 5G Using Cavium Silicon and M-CORD Racks
China Unicom is scouting sites in mainland China to test 5G technology using a network architecture that incorporates Cavium silicon-based white boxes in Mobile Central Office Re-architected as a Data Center (M-CORD) racks. M-CORD is…