China has increasingly used its technological advances against its own people. Enabled by striking innovation in both the private and public spheres, it has gradually become the “perfect … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For October 2018
China’s moves to open financial markets to foreign investors risk a weaker yuan, analysts say
China’s efforts to open up its capital markets to a broader set of foreign investors are expected to lead to greater domestic market volatility and more money flowing in and out of the country, analys……
How Fashion Brands in China Can Leverage Influencer Marketing
Wearing luxury clothes mean a lot, they give the wearer status. It’s important to understand that Chinese customers are becoming more sophisticated, and they strongly appreciated international brands. … ( read original story …)
US Declines to Brand China as ‘Currency Manipulator’ But Worried About Transparency
Washington: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has expressed concern over China’s lack of currency transparency, but declined to label it a currency manipulator in his report to Congress, bringing i… ( read original story …)
Trump administration won’t brand China currency manipulator
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has again decided not to brand China a currency manipulator. But the U.S. is targeting China and five others for special monitoring for what the … ( read original story…
China’s weak currency is helping it in the trade war — but Beijing doesn’t want it to fall further
BEIJING — With Washington and Beijing locked in an increasingly rancorous trade war, there aren’t many economic issues where the United States and China see eye-to-eye, except one: The Chinese currenc… ( read original story…
China’s JD.com unwraps FedEx-style parcel business to bolster sales
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com Inc said on Thursday it would add a FedEx-style parcel delivery service to its e-commerce offerings, a move which could help the firm … ( read original story…
China Mobile to build in Silicon Valley
China Mobile Communications Corporation, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, has recently proposed building a big data center and connecting office in Silicon Valley. China Mobile Inter… ( read original story …)
Europe’s Biggest Luxury Brands Are Nervous About China
Under the stained glass dome of the Galeries Lafayette department store in central Paris, Chinese shoppers form an orderly line outside the Louis Vuitton boutique for their turn to pick up a coveted m… (…
Shanghai Fashion Week: Gen Z consumers and the new ‘made in China’
Hip-hop wear and Balenciaga-inspired sneakers may rule Shanghai’s streets, but inside the tents, commercial brands and emerging designers brought diverse perspectives to what “Made in China” truly mea… ( read original story …)
South China Sea is Beijing’s top foreign policy priority with developing nations, US think tank says
Southeast Asia is the top priority in Beijing’s foreign policy with the developing world despite its unresolved territorial disputes over the South China Sea, a US-based think tank said. While the Uni… ( read original…
Exxon Mobil bets big on China LNG, sidesteps trade war
Jason Feer, head of business intelligence at LNG tanker brokers Poten & Partners, which tracks LNG sales, said the deal provides “a sign that China is willing to let foreign interests invest in … (…
U.S. stops short of labeling China a currency manipulator
The Treasury Department stopped short of declaring China a currency manipulator in its semiannual report on foreign-exchange rates, averting an escalation of a trade war while serving notice that the … ( read original story…