Three leading technology firms – China Unicom, Ericsson and Qualcomm – have recently jointly demonstrated Cat-M1 based Voice over LTE or Cat M1 VoLTE that can be used for multiple IoT scenarios, at Mobile World…
Monthly Archives For July 2017
Brands turn to China’s digital influencers to fuel sales
Gogoboi spent a month wearing outfits matching Pokémon characters. Yao Chen — China’s answer to Angelina Jolie — hangs out with refugees. Papi Jiang swears way too much. Meet China’s key opinion leaders (KOLs). Like…
China warns rising tension with North Korea could be disastrous
China’s UN ambassador warned Monday that further escalation … to denuclearization and peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. He reiterated at a news conference that an important initial proposal in the package is “suspension…
China Unicom, Ericsson and Qualcomm Demo Cat-M1 VoLTE Use Cases
China Unicom, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have demonstrated Cat-M1 Voice over LTE (VoLTE) use cases at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017. The demonstrations were conducted using Ericsson’s IoT and VoLTE capable network infrastructure, IoT ……
China Genomics Giant Drops Plans for Gene-Edited Pets
“We have no plans to sell micropigs,” Yong Li, a key member of BGI’s animal science program, told MIT Technology Review. Exactly why the plan got scrapped remains murky. But distracting press coverage, negative public…
MSCI: China’s capital controls, trading halts are foreigners’ worries
China’s restrictions on capital repatriation and large number of stock trading suspensions are foreign investors’ primary concerns, which could impede further global integration of the nation’s US$7 trillion stock market, according to index compiler ……
China’s sportswear retailers eye kid’s segment for faster growth
China’s major sportswear retailers are being upgraded by investment banks on expectations of rising profits driven by sales growth in the children’s segment. “The kids segment has been the engine for top-line growth for domestic…
Brisk trade marks launch of China, Hong Kong bond connect scheme
China and Hong Kong launched a long-awaited “Bond Connect” scheme on Monday that links China’s $9-trillion bond market with overseas investors, the latest step in Beijing’s efforts to liberalise and strengthen the country’s capital markets.…
China accused India of violating a border agreement the British signed back in 1890
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a photo opportunity ahead of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Benaulim, in the western state of Goa,…
Xi says China-Russia economic, trade cooperation boasts great potential
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China-Russia economic and trade cooperation … space by facilitating investment and trade, and by increasing business opportunities and movement of technology and capital, among others, to…
China’s labour market conundrum
Has China’s labour market reached a point where long years of high growth have led to demand for labour outstripping supply, resulting in a sharp rise in wages? All economic discussion on China, whether on…
XI WARNS TRUMP: ‘Negative factors’ are hurting US-China relations
REUTERS/Carlos Barria BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Monday that “some negative factors” were hurting US-China relations, as tensions flare anew over a slew of long-standing sore points. Xi’s comments…
China’s $9tn bond market opens up to foreign investors
The Bond Connect programme is Beijing’s latest attempt to open up its financial markets and attract foreign capital. China’s $9 trillion bond market is the third-largest in the world, but only 2% of Chinese bonds…
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