Chinese startup Luckin Coffee is reportedly seeking an IPO in Hong Kong this year, even as global coffee chain giant Starbucks has warned of a slowdown in the China market. Targeting a similar custome… (…
Monthly Archives For January 2019
Ottawa’s allies feel the chill as Beijing shows how it will likely act as a superpower
There have been detentions, dark warnings and a death sentence. And the rhetoric in the seething dispute with China turned strangely to whether Canada has a lot of friends. In Beijing, the Chinese for… (…
China shrugs off international criticism over death sentence for Canadian
China said on Wednesday it’s “not worried in the slightest … said he was “deeply concerned” by the case. Speaking at a daily news briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chuny… ( read…
Mobile Applications Market is Booming Worldwide| China Mobile, Samsung Electronics, Apple
HTF MI recently introduced Global Mobile Applications Market study with in-depth overview, describing about the Product / Industry Scope and elaborates market outlook and status to 2023. The market St… ( read original story …)
U.S. Farm Credit CEOs see more financial pain if no China trade deal
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Lenders supporting tens of thousands of American farmers on Wednesday warned White House officials that 2019 could cause more producers financial losses if the trade dis… ( read original story…
Chinese police prevent Canadian woman from returning home on connecting flight through Beijing
OTTAWA—Chinese police boarded a plane in Beijing and refused to allow a Canadian woman, daughter of a jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist, to transit through Beijing airport en route from South Kore… ( read original story…
Curlers watching developments in Canada-China relations ahead of World Cup in Beijing
Canadian coach Marcel Rocque spent nearly three years working with the Chinese curling program. He’d have no problem travelling back despite the heightened tension between the two countries. “I’ve exp… ( read original story …)
Curlers keeping an eye on Canada-China tensions ahead of Beijing World Cup
Relations between Ottawa and Beijing have become strained since Canada’s arrest of Chinese executive Meng Wanzhou at the request of the United States last month. Canadian coach Marcel Rocque spent nea… ( read original story…
‘Stealth Easing’ Spreads in China Property as Debt Risks Mount
“Stealth easing” is Nomura Holdings Inc.’s description of measures rolled out in some Chinese cities in recent months to counter a faltering property market. In one of the latest cases, Beijing’s city … ( read…
China says US claims it uses forced technology transfer to boost military are ‘absurd’
China has described a Pentagon report that accused it of using forced technology transfers to bolster its military capabilities as “extremely unprofessional and absurd”. Foreign ministry spokeswoman H… ( read original story …)
Xiaomi, once dubbed the ‘Apple of China,’ has lost 40% of its value since its IPO last year
Xiaomi, founded in 2010 in Beijing, rose to impressive market share among global … The company’s six-month lockup period following its IPO just expired, ushering in a wave of sales by early investor… ( read…
China needs to pay a heavy price for its treatment of Canadians
The editor of China’s state-controlled Global Times has said that “Arresting Meng Wanzhou is bringing terrorism to state and business competition.” That is the over-the-top spirit of the Chinese state … ( read original story…
The US and British navies have joined forces for the first time in the South China Sea, risking Beijing’s fury
The US and British navies have conducted their first joint military drills in the South China Sea, where a rising China is tightening its grip. The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer … ( read…