In Cheng Lei’s last WeChat post before she disappeared, the Chinese state TV host posed in a bright green dress on a Shake Shack-branded rickshaw outside the newly opened Beijing branch of the … (…
Monthly Archives For September 2020
Coronavirus: China’s migrant workers determined to stay in cities as most see ‘no hope’ in rural hometowns
Most of China’s migrant workers will stay in cities despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on jobs and incomes because there are fewer opportunities in their economically-backward hometowns, a … ( read original story…
China must reform financial markets to ward off US financial sanctions, think tank urges
China should make its own financial markets big enough and open enough to foil any attempt by the United States to decouple financially, according to a semi-official Chinese research group.The tactics … ( read original…
Australian citizen detained in China amid increasing tensions between Canberra and Beijing
The foreign minister, Marise Payne, says the Australian government was notified in mid-August that Cheng Lei had been detained … ( read original story …)
‘I am Taiwanese’ Czech speaker tells parliament, likely to rile China
The head of the Czech Senate declared himself to be Taiwanese in a speech at Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday, channelling late U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s defiance of Communism in Berlin in 1963, … (…
China’s top 10 most valuable brands
Huawei, with a brand value of 815.1 billion yuan ($117.05 billion), takes the crown as China’s most valuable brand, according to a list released by Brand Alliance. Tencent, which was valued at 746 … (…
Beijing detains Australian TV anchor working for Chinese state media
Chinese authorities have detained an Australian journalist at the country’s state controlled broadcaster, escalating fraught diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Canberra. The Australian government … ( read original story …)
China’s August export orders shake off COVID gloom, fuelling factory expansion: Caixin PMI
China’s factory activity expanded at the fastest clip in nearly a decade in August, bolstered by the first increase in new export orders this year as manufacturers ramped up production to meet … ( read…
Genworth gets ‘satisfactory information’ that China-based company could finance $2.7 billion acquisition
Genworth Financial Inc. said late Monday that it will proceed with its long-delayed acquisition by China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd. after the China-based company showed that it could raise … ( read original story…
Mainland China reports 10 new COVID-19 cases vs 17 a day earlier
Mainland China reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Aug. 31, down from 17 reported a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Tuesday. ( read original story …)
OMA creates three open-air terraces for Prince Plaza in Shenzhen
Dutch architecture firm OMA has built Prince Plaza in Shezhen, an office skyscraper with three cut-outs for terraces lined with golden hexagons. ( read original story …)
How China is preparing its economy for a future where the U.S. isn’t the center of global demand
Some economists in China lay out their view on what high-level political talk of “dual circulation” means for China’s role in international trade going forward. ( read original story …)
Beijing’s Bullying Escalates Down Under
The detention of an Australian citizen signals foreigners work in China at their peril. ( read original story …)
