The richest person is China is a bottled water tycoon, knocking Alibaba founder Jack Ma from his mantle. Zhong Shanshan founded Nongfu Spring in 1996 in the Zhejiang province on China’s Eastern coast. ( read…
Monthly Archives For September 2020
Night Images Reveal Many New Detention Sites in China’s Xinjiang Region
China said it was winding down its “re-education” camps for Uighurs and other minorities, but researchers found evidence that incarceration is on the rise. ( read original story …)
Blackstone’s China Real Estate Head Tim Wang Leaves After 10 Years
Tim Wang, a senior managing director at Blackstone Group Inc., is leaving after 10 years at one of the world’s biggest alternative asset managers, people familiar with the matter said. ( read original story …)
Beijing authority gets Bytedance application for tech export licence: ministry
China’s Ministry of Commerce said the Beijing commerce authority has received ByteDance’s application for a technology export license. Ministry spokesman Gao Feng made the remarks at an online news … ( read original story …)
China stocks track Wall Street fall to post biggest drop in two weeks
China shares ended lower on Thursday, after falling the most in more than two weeks, taking cues from an overnight slump on Wall Street on renewed concerns over a coronavirus-led slowdown in global … (…
Timelapse footage shows development of suspected internment camp in Xinjiang, China – video
The camps were identified using survivor accounts, other projects tracking detention centres, and satellite images. ( read original story …)
ByteDance just asked China for permission to export TikTok’s technology as it tries to finalize a deal with the US government
TikTok’s powerful algorithm is one of the biggest sticking points for both China and the US as confusion erupted over the deal terms this week. ( read original story …)
China’s CNBG to donate 200,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to medics in Wuhan
China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Thursday it will donate 200,000 doses of its candidate coronavirus vaccine to the central city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged late last year. ( read original…
China Halts Funding for Property Sale by Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset
China’s financial regulators have instructed banks to pull credit lines meant to finance the HK$2.5 billion ($323 million) sale of a Chengdu property by CK Asset Holdings Ltd., according to people … ( read original…
Hong Kong press club criticises police accreditation rules as Beijing accuses it of ‘whitewashing fake journalists’
Beijing’s foreign affairs office in Hong Kong has accused the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) of “whitewashing fake journalists,” after the club voiced opposition to a controversial amendment in … ( read original story …)
Beijing bans Australian researchers in tit-for-tat
Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske have been banned from entering China after it was revealed Australia had revoked the visas of two Chinese academics. ( read original story …)
Taiwan: China’s military flew planes toward island on 3 days
Taiwan said Thursday that China sent two military surveillance planes toward the island for three straight days and it dispatched patrols in response. Tensions … ( read original story …)
Asia Today: China to let in more foreigners as virus recedes
Foreigners holding certain types of visas and residence permits will be permitted to return to China starting next week as the threat of coronavirus continues to recede. ( read original story …)
