SHANGHAI — China has approved 13 Ivanka Trump trademarks in the last three months and granted provisional approval for eight more, raising fresh conflict-of-interest questions about the White House. The most recent approval from China…
Monthly Archives For May 2018
Head of major Chinese bank found dead in apparent suicide
BEIJING — The head of a major bank in northern China was found dead in his office in an apparent suicide, state media reported Monday, in the latest in a recent string of deaths among…
What the Gap T-shirt controversy tells us about China’s territorial claims
IF YOU want a sense of how strongly China feels about its territorial claims, look at its responses to companies that defy its world view. Marriott International, Delta Air Lines and now clothing retailer Gap…
Beijing’s Foxconn Embrace Has Tinge of Desperation
FII shows the closest Beijing can get to matching Taiwan in technology is to buy into a rare mainland IPO and hope to find some leverage, while picking up some business tips along the way.…
China approves five new trademarks for Ivanka Trump’s business just days after Trump’s deal to drop US prohibitions against cellphone manufacturer ZTE
Ivanka Trump’s business has won approval from China for at least five new trademarks. The timing appears to be suspect with it coming just days after Donald Trump announced he was working on a controversial…
Quality drive puts brakes on IPOs
[Photo by Huan Wei / For China Daily] Only 51 applicants out of 96 receive regulator’s green signal in the Jan-May period The stock-market regulator’s approval rate for initial public offering or IPO applications plunged…
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Hardest For China
Klaus Baader, Global Chief Economist, Societe Generale discussed what we learned from Angela Merkel’s trip to China with Bryan Curtis and Juliette Saly. He goes on to look into whether China is doing enough to…
Chinese bank chief found dead inside his office
The chairman of a regional bank in China’s northern city of Tianjin has been found dead in his office after his wrists had been slit, state media has reported. Yin Jinbao, who has only chaired…
China’s navy ‘warned off’ US warships that sailed through disputed South China Sea
China’s military warned off US warships conducting “unauthorized” sailing in waters Beijing claims in the South China Sea. China’s defense ministry said two US warships, the Antiem guided missile cruiser, and the USS Higgins destroyer,…
Why China’s property market won’t crash for now
When President Xi Jinping declared last year that houses are “for living in, not for speculation”, it was the clearest indication yet that keeping the country’s housing market bubble under control remains firmly at the…
2 US warships just sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing
Two U.S. Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, according to two US officials, in a move likely to anger Beijing. The U.S. officials said the USS Higgins guided-missile…
US warships sail near disputed islands in South China Sea, officials say
China last took part in the bi-annual Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in 2014 and 2016, which dates back to the 1970s. The move came after Fox News exclusively reported that the Chinese military…
Qualcomm to meet China regulators in push to clear $44 billion NXP deal: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) is expecting to meet this week in Beijing with China’s antitrust regulators in a final push to secure clearance for its proposed $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors NV…
