The plan comes even as China has stepped up scrutiny into business dealings involving US tech firms including Facebook Inc, Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc amid intensifying trade tensions between Beijing … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For August 2018
China’s property outbound investment in first-half hits lowest since 2015: property consultancy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s real estate outbound investment in the first six months fell to its lowest level since 2015, property consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield (CWK.N) said in a report, mainl… ( read…
China’s Bytedance scrubs Musical.ly brand in favor of TikTok
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – China’s Beijing Bytedance Technology Co plans to announce late Wednesday that it is shuttering the popular Musical.ly video app it acquired for nearly $1 billion in December … ( read original…
Huawei becomes the fastest growing brand in Chinese smartphone market in Q2 2018
The sale apparently boosted Honor and Huawei past Xiaomi. The report suggests that Honor alone is now a bigger brand than Xiaomi in China. To top that, Xiaomi’s market share declined annually in China ……
Beijing Zoo: Don’t feed the animals! Please.
Beijing Zoo added new emphasis to its efforts to prevent people from feeding or otherwise harming captive animals: Through the month of August, it will conduct joint patrols with urban management offi… ( read original…
U.S. Targets Property, China’s New Empire, Fed Outlook: Eco Day
(Bloomberg) — Welcome to Thursday, Asia. Here’s the latest news from Bloomberg Economics: Congress sent President Trump legislation that broadens national-security scrutiny of foreign investments in … ( read original story …)
China central bank to fine-tune policy to ensure ample liquidity
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank will fine-tune monetary policy in a “pre-emptive” way to ensure liquidity is reasonably ample, it said on Wednesday, amid heightened trade tension that has sti… ( read original story…
Opinion: China “Hearts” Emojis, So Why Aren’t Luxury Brands Using Them?
Emojis have become essential to online conversations in every country around the world, and China is no exception. For young people in particular in China—a country that doesn’t encourage outward emot… ( read original story…
China to ease financial conditions, steps up effort to boost lending
China’s central bank has started actively encouraging banks to extend more credit by taking a softer stance on loan quotas, people familiar with the matter said, as authorities ratchet up efforts to b… ( read…
China vows retaliation if Trump slaps 25 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese imports
Investors fear an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing could hit global growth, and prominent U.S. business groups, while weary of what they see as China’s mercantilist trade practices, … ( read original story…
China stocks drop in late trade on fears of new property curbs, trade war
The blue-chip CSI300 index was down 2.01 per cent, with the real estate sub-index skidding 4.52 per cent. SHANGHAI: China’s stock markets fell sharply in afternoon trade to end lower Wednesday, as ant… ( read…
Transpacific trade war a negative, but not a death blow, for China’s office and industrial property, analysts say
China’s office and industrial property market will suffer from weaker leasing demand as a result of the escalating trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, as multinationals review their China s… ( read original story …)
Foreign investors target Beijing property
A property model attracts visitors during an industry expo in Dongguan, Guangdong province. [Photo by An Dong/For China Daily] Foreign investors will play a bigger role in driving Beijing’s property i… ( read original story…
