Recently, the Brand Work Office of Xinhua News Agency held a press conference in Deqing city, Zhejiang province. During the conference, they unveiled the impressive lineup for the 2024 World Brand …
Monthly Archives For March 2024
Tim Cook is on a charm offensive in China to revive flagging iPhone sales
Tim Cook is making a high-profile visit to China that coincides with Apple opening a huge new store in Shanghai — its second biggest in the world. It’s all part of a push by the company to reverse a…
China’s top anti-corruption watchdog slams county-level inspectors for not being strict enough in close circles
China’s corruption watchdog zeroes in on cadres’ fake business investments The CCDI’s corruption purge set a record last year, with investigations launched into 45 high-ranking party officials, a …
China gloom sucks life out of Asia’s rate cut cheer
Chinese stocks were a sea of red on Friday and the yuan fell sharply, dragging down the broader mood in Asia and putting a dent in the rate cut rally after a surprise move from…
China yuan drops to four-month low, state banks step in
China’s yuan weakened to a four-month low against the dollar on Friday, breaching a key threshold and prompting state-owned banks to step in to defend the currency.
You Might Be Surprised to Find That These ‘US’ Brands Aren’t Actually Made in America
The image may still be all American, but these shades aren’t made in the U.S. In 1999, eye-care giant Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italy’s Luxottica, and the stylish shades have since been…
China’s SMIC may have violated US export curbs to make Huawei chip, official says
The Biden administration said China’s top chipmaker SMIC might have violated U.S. export rules to produce a chip to power Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro phone, but is still evaluating the situation, a senior …
Beijing says Philippines made ‘illegal landing’ on disputed reef in South China Sea
A brief statement from Beijing provides few details beyond saying the Chinese coastguard had ‘handled the incident’.
What makes China’s ‘ultra-long’ bonds special? Here’s what we know about Beijing’s trillion-yuan offering to stabilise economy
Beijing’s new off-budget treasury bonds will span decades, and they have been sold only 3 times before – in some of the most challenging economic times Analysts break down the potential risks and …
China is trying to decouple from the US: Morgan Ortagus
Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus joins ‘The Bottom Line’ to discuss the potential national security risk from American companies doing business in China.
What Philippine use of legal weapons could mean for South China Sea dispute with Beijing
Manila looks likely to pass a law outlining its claims to the disputed waters in the hope of strengthening its hand following a series of clashes.
US still assessing if China’s SMIC broke US rules to make Huawei chip
The Biden administration still needs to determine whether China’s top chipmaker SMIC violated U.S. export rules to produce a chip to power Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro phone, a senior Commerce Department …
China’s Mission to Dark Side of the Moon: Communications Relay Satellite Successfully Launched
China launched a relay satellite on Wednesday, March 20 that it said would act as a communications bridge between ground control on Earth and future missions to the far side of the Moon. Because the…
