Premium sportswear brands are enjoying robust growth in China as they take to directly courting their main customers, posing yet another setback to megabrands Nike and Adidas as they grapple with …
Monthly Archives For June 2024
4 Cornell College instructors “injured in a serious incident” in China, school says
The instructors were in China teaching as part of a partnership program with a local university and were injured during a daytime visit to a public park, Jonathan Brand, the college’s president, said …
Fierce competition as annual dragon boat racing festivals held in Beijing and Hong Kong
Amateur athletes competed in dragon boat races in Hong Kong and Beijing to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on Monday.
Beijing can restore private sector confidence with another third plenary ‘magic touch’
Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin used third plenary sessions to usher in new eras of growth. Beijing should do it again.
4 college instructors injured in “serious incident” in China, school says
Four instructors affiliated with Iowa’s Cornell College were injured in “a serious incident” while at a public park in China, the college said on Monday.
Edward Wong on journalism in Beijing and the Beltway
“In China, I really didn’t have to place a lot of value on any linkages to the government. We had sources who were two or three steps removed — for example, businesspeople, think tank researchers,…
China could be on the cusp of reversing hukou, a legacy Mao policy
Increasingly, Chinese cities are rolling back hukou housing registration policies — a break with the past that economists argue will help China’s post-COVID economic recovery.
China’s vast cyber trafficking network dupes Americans using fake shops
A Chinese network has scammed over 800,000 international online shoppers by tricking them into giving away credit card information. Here’s how to keep yourself safe.
China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
I nvestors in China’s stockmarket have been doing handsomely this year. The Shanghai composite index has risen by 13% from a multi-year low in February, notwithstanding a recent drop. Equity analysts …
How Singapore-China business matchmaking and green finance initiatives facilitate trade and collaborations
Through green financing solutions, innovative partnerships, this finance platform promotes cross-border trade and supports companies to achieve ESG objectives Read more at straitstimes.com.
He did the ‘Big Short’ on China, then profited again on the long side
Tribeca’s John Stover first heard rumblings about China property giant Evergrande back in 2021. A few months later, he began shorting the world’s largest housing market.
China has a ‘near monopoly’ on many critical minerals. JPMorgan says it could be the next battleground with the U.S.
China has a “near monopoly” on the mining of many raw materials that are critical for the production of semiconductors and other technologies, JPMorgan said Monday, highlighting the importance of key …
Feature: Chinese beauty brands scent in Indonesia
Chinese skincare brands are now in high demand in Indonesia. According to local reports, Chinese skincare products have taken the lead in sales in Indonesia’s e-commerce market.
