China Mobile Limited is a giant stalwart with operations in mainland China, qualifying it as one of the largest telecom companies in the world. Even with its sheer size, China Mobile Limited has … (…
Monthly Archives For April 2019
Ant Financial’s mutual aid platform Xiang Hu Bao hits 50 million users
Xiang Hu Bao, meaning “mutual protection” or literally “lend a helping hand,” was launched by Ant Financial last October in partnership with Trust Mutual Life Insurance Co, China’s first mutual life … ( read original…
Ant Financial disrupts old school health insurance in China, attracts 50 million users to its newly launched protection plan
Billionaire Jack Ma ’s Ant Financial has done more than perhaps any company to disrupt China’s massive banking and asset-management industries. Now it’s trying to reimagine health insurance. Ant’s … ( read original story …)
China’s middle class still seeking protection in Hong Kong’s insurance market despite forex crackdown
China’s growing wealthy middle class population are increasingly looking to safeguard their assets and plan for the future by investing in long term insurance and saving products in Hong Kong, but … ( read original…
How helicopter money, spent wisely, can lift a large economy like China
How China can rewrite the balance sheet for its own gain In his … and author of Nowhere to Hide: Great Financial Crisis and Challenges to Asia. Michael Heng is a retired professor who has…
Marriott says variety of brands is a strength not weakness
we’re also excited about growing our Courtyard brand in China,” Linnartz told Reuters on Thursday. Mid-scale brands like Courtyard are Marriott’s fastest-growing segment in Asia Pacific … ( read original story …)
China’s Geely launches new electric car brand ‘Geometry’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Geely, China’s highest profile car maker with investments in Volvo and Daimler, launched a premium all-electric car brand “Geometry” on Thursday as it pushes ahead with its plans … ( read original…
China Mobile, Huawei Claim World’s First 2.6GHz 4G & 5G Integrated Network Demo Area
CHENGDU, China — China Mobile Sichuan and Huawei recently jointly built the world’s first 2.6GHz 4G and 5G concurrent integrated network demonstration area. The program has been successful, due to … ( read original story…
Xi Jinping’s China seeks to be rich and communist
Will China emerge as a high-income country still ruled by a communist … to the recent economic and political failures of the high-income democracies: the global financial crisis; declining … ( read original story …)
Global financial stability risks still on the rise: IMF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Risks to the global financial system have grown over the past six months and could increase with a messy British exit from the European Union or an escalation of U.S.-China … (…
Glavin: Finally, parliamentarians admit Canada has a China problem
The report also notes the unsavoury business of lavish political donations on offer from Chinese businessmen with close links to China’s Communist Party leadership. Two years ago, the Financial … ( read original story …)
Chinese woman condemned for kicking model daughter, 3, as fashion brands intervene
More than 100 brands have signed an open letter condemning abuse of child … One showed her scolding a crying Niuniu during a photo shoot and hitting her with a coat hanger. China leads parent-child…
Pakistani companies to participate in Maritime Silk Road brands Expo in Fujian, China
BEIJING, April 11 (APP):A number of Pakistani companies will participate in the fifth Maritime Silk Road Brands Expo scheduled to open in Shishi of Quanzhou, in East China’s Fujian province on April … ( read…