The response came after a U.S. Navy warship, the USS Hopper, sailed close to a contested reef west of the Philippines on Wednesday, two days before Defense Secretary Jim Mattis unveiled a new strategy calling…
Monthly Archives For January 2018
China’s top paper says U.S. forcing China to accelerate South China Sea deployments
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top newspaper, decrying Washington as a trouble-maker, said on Monday U.S. moves in the South China Sea like last week’s freedom of navigation operation will only cause China to strengthen its…
Minerals exported dirt-cheap to China
VietNamNet Bridge – China buys 85 percent of Vietnam’s total mineral exports, but the price of exports to the market is 60 percent of the average export price. China buys 85 percent of Vietnam’s total…
China kindergarten dissects pig in front of kids as part of education
In footage posted on Pear Video, a China-based short video platform … in the town of Yesanguan in Hubei province’s Badong county, the Beijing Time news site reported. Some netizens found the scene too inappropriate…
Philippines says it won’t be embroiled in US-China sea spat
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines says it won’t get embroiled in a fresh spat between the U.S. and China involving Beijing’s protest of an American warship passing near a Chinese-controlled shoal also claimed by the…
China Unicom Joins Zigbee Alliance to Drive Smart Home Services
China Unicom Research Institute, one of China’s three major mobile service carriers has joined the Zigbee Alliance to drive Zigbee adoption in Chinese Industry. Zigbee is a open global standard protocol and is designed specifically…
Chinese bank fined over multibillion-dollar bad-debt cover-up
China’s banking regulator has slapped a 462 million yuan (US$72 million) fine on a bank branch over a massive shell company fraud, as Beijing continues to crack down on financial risks. The China Banking Regulatory…
China finally lifts ban on mobile phone use during flights
Chinese airlines have allowed passengers to use mobile phones during flights since last week, following the decision of the Civil Administration of China (CAAC) to relax regulations. Air China permitted users to switch on their…
China: market bulls beat the short sellers — for now
Soon after the global financial crisis began to recede in 2009, an analyst at Kynikos Associates gave a presentation on China to the hedge fund’s management, led by James Chanos. What he said made their…
Bank of Beijing opens branch to support Xinjiang’s cultural, creative industries
URUMQI – The Bank of Beijing has recently opened a branch in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, aimed at supporting the development of the local cultural and creative industries. The branch…
Huawei Emerges As The Most Preferred Chinese Mobile Brand
the tech giant has emerged as the winner of the China mobile phone industry most recommended brand in 2018. The award is based on the China Net Promoter Score (C-NPS) brand ranking and analysis and…
Beijing parents put off having second child by financial pressure, survey finds
Nearly 60 per cent of Beijing residents say they would like to have two children, but only 10 per cent actually do, according to a government survey. The poll found that parents were choosing not…
How China’s Red-Letter Days Push People Toward Financial Ruin
As a young person of marriageable age in China, my bank balance is regularly hit hard by the custom of giving fenziqian, or gift money. Chinese tradition dictates that friends and family gather together during…
