After months of loosened restrictions and almost no local outbreaks, China is battling a surge in coronavirus cases and implementing strict new rules ahead of its busiest holiday season, Lunar New … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For December 2020
China meat assoc calls for exporters to disinfect shipments to prevent COVID-19
Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to the world’s biggest market, the country’s top … ( read…
How Luxury Brands Can Ally China’s Rising Creative Communities
In post-lockdown China, three dynamic groups — gamers, LGBTQ+, and outdoor sports — have ballooned in popularity. But can luxury brands woo them? ( read original story …)
Statement on the trial of the Shenzhen 12
We are deeply concerned that members of the Shenzhen 12 were tried in secret today, having been given just three days’ notice of their trial. Diplomats from Britain and a number of other countries, ……
China’s capital locks down part of district in coronavirus fight
Beijing sealed off 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first lockdown in the Chinese capital since the last coronavirus outbreak in the months of June and July. ( read original story…
China Is Struggling to Get the World to Trust Its Vaccines
What should have been a big Covid win for Beijing in building ties is revealing widespread mistrust in China’s products. ( read original story …)
China hopes to conclude talks on EU investment deal by ‘early date’
China hopes lengthy negotiations for an investment deal with the European Union can wrap up at an “early date”, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Talks have been stuck for years since … (…
Shenzhen court to deliver verdict on Hong Kong fugitives on Wednesday morning
Ten of the 12, all of whom were arrested at sea while attempting to flee to Taiwan in August, reportedly pleaded guilty on Monday. ( read original story …)
China’s Record 5G Blueprint for 2021 Electrifies Telecom Stocks
China unveiled plans to almost double its fifth-generation wireless capacity next year, sending ZTE Corp. and other network gear makers soaring. ( read original story …)
Ant plans holding company with regulation similar to bank, sources say
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Jack Ma’s under-seige Ant Group is planning to fold its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank, according to people familiar with … ( read…
Why Luxury Brands Are ‘Putting on a Game Face’
That game has, over the last 11 years, grown consistently and become the most played PC game in the world. Since then, League of Legends has been incorporated into comic books, fashion, music, other ……
China shows Jack Ma what an activist can do
In July, my colleague Anjani Trivedi and I wrote that its IPO would run the risk of exposing how volatile and unsteady China’s financial regulations can be. A blockbuster listing felt almost too good ……
China pushes Alibaba founder Jack Ma to downsize his finance business
The country’s regulators have ordered the Ma-founded Alibaba affiliate Ant Group to scale down its business. In particular, they’ve ordered the company to “return to its origins” as a payment provider … ( read original…
