C.P. Company is popping on the Chinese retail scene opening its first flagship in Shanghai. Located on the second floor of the city’s luxury department store Rèel on popular shopping thoroughfare …
Monthly Archives For August 2024
Inside the legal drama embroiling a California startup that grossed billions selling COVID-19 tests
A script for a biopic called “Overnight Billionaire” recounts the life of Charles Huang, a Chinese villager who overcomes long odds to become a Hong Kong corporate analyst. A TV host says to the …
Love and badminton: China’s Huang Yaqiong gets Olympic gold medal and marriage proposal
Chinese badminton players Huang Yaqiong and Liu Yuchen will never forget what happened at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
China Restricts Exports of Drones That Could Be Converted for War
The move to add export controls to civilian drones that could be modified for war comes amid U.S. efforts to restrict the aircraft.
The coronavirus lab leak hypothesis is damaging science
The rhetoric being thrown at virologists must be toned down. Viruses are the real threats to humanity, not virologists.
Saudi Fund’s Multibillion-Dollar Bank Deals Deepen China Pivot
Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund signed preliminary agreements worth as much as $50 billion with six Chinese financial institutions, in the latest example of the kingdom’s deepening ties with Beijing …
US tech companies’ financial reports fresh warning of how US govt’s tech crackdown on China has backfired
As US tech firms including Intel Corp reported a weaker-than-expected performance for the second quarter, with Intel even announcing a downsizing plan to axe 15,000 jobs, Chinese analysts said the US …
Deepfakes, crypto hoax, phishing and love scams: how Hongkongers paid HK$9.18 bn to fraud
These individuals were charged with unlicensed lending in China and illegal gambling activities involving United Overseas Bank, as well as local units of Citigroup and RHB Bank, according to a …
Audi Is Ditching the Four-Ring Badge on EVs in China: Report
Almost any other brand would kill to have a logo with as much recognition as Audi’s four rings. Even to non-car people across the world, those four rings represent automotive luxury. However, Audi …
New Shenzhen to Budapest Flight on Hainan Airlines
Budapest Airport is expanding its international connections with the introduction of a new route linking the city to Shenzhen twice a week.
Zheng Siwei and Huang Ya Qiong of China win mixed doubles badminton gold at the Paris Olympics
China’s Zheng Siwei and Huang Ya Qiong has won mixed doubles badminton gold at the Paris Olympics. It is the first sport’s first gold medal awarded at the Games.
Low-altitude flight simulates baggage delivery in airport area in Shenzhen
A low-altitude flight test in an airport area was completed at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on July 26, exploring how unmanned aerial vehicles can be integrated into busy civil aviation …
Beijing, Canberra trade ties help Australian households
The Australia China Business Council released a report in June that found that Australia’s trade and economic relationship with China in the fiscal year 2022-2023 increased Australian household disposable income by an average of $2,600,…
