but revenue connected to this high-roller group could be affected by factors including China’s hunt for alleged financial fugitives, documents obtained by Postmedia News show. Observations about BCLC’s reliance on so-called “whale” gamblers from ……
Monthly Archives For January 2018
Macron appeals to China for partnership in climate, Africa
Macron, on his first visit to China since being elected last year, was due to meet Xi and other Chinese leaders for talks Tuesday and Wednesday that his government said also would include issues such…
In China, facial recognition is sharp end of a drive for total surveillance
Facial recognition is the new hot tech topic in China. Banks, airports, hotels and even public toilets are all trying to verify people’s identities by analyzing their faces. But the police and security state have…
China’s space lab Tiangong-1 is not going to crash, says top Chinese engineer
The news also raised immediate concerns of how the falling space … The Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace 1”, China’s first space lab, was launched into orbit in 2011 to carry out docking and orbit experiments…
China isn’t just a manufacturing hub anymore, UBS says
Developments in financial technology and electric cars have led China to move beyond being just a manufacturing hub, UBS Asia Pacific President Kathryn Shih said The business environment for foreign firms on the mainland has…
32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China
In this photo provided by Korea Coast Guard, the Panama-registered tanker “Sanchi” is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China’s eastern coast Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The oil tanker collided…
Airbus woos China with A380 industrial partnership offer
Airbus is offering an industrial partnership with China on the A380 if Chinese airlines place orders for the world’s largest passenger jet, whose future is in doubt unless it wins new customers. Fabrice Brégier, Airbus’s…
China developer Greenland views e-sports as engine that will drive traffic to its malls and hotels
Greenland Holdings, China’s sixth largest property developer by sales, wants to tap the rising popularity of e-sports to drive traffic and sales at its properties. The Shanghai-based company wants to create the mainland’s largest business…
China, Hong Kong shares keep climbing; developers lend support
China and Hong Kong stocks extended their New Year rally on Friday, underpinned by robust gains in real estate firms. At 04:02 GMT, the Shanghai Composite index was up 7.95 points or 0.23 per cent…
US joins search for 32 missing after ships collide off China
In this photo provided by Korea Coast Guard, the Panama-registered tanker “Sanchi” is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China’s eastern coast Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The oil tanker collided…
China: Low-level graft a business reality
Despite President Xi Jinping’s half-decade-long anti-graft campaign, low-level corruption remains a business reality for Singapore firms in China. For a society where guanxi, or personal connections, can make or break a deal, wining and dining…
Iranian tanker collides with freighter off China; 32 missing
BEIJING — An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s eastern coast, leaving its entire crew of 32 missing and causing the tanker to spill oil into the sea,…
China’s economic transition is good news for its debt worries, economist says
One of the benefits of China shifting its economy away from traditional manufacturing is that the country’s economic growth will be less reliant on borrowing, an economist said on Monday. “[China is] trying to boost…
