As Chinese fashion labels shift from scale-driven growth to a focus on product excellence and brand building, a wave of new players is setting fresh benchmarks for design, retail innovation and global …
Monthly Archives For November 2025
Move over LVMH – Chinese shoppers want homegrown luxury brands
Consumers are losing interest in high-end products from Europe and the US, opting instead for domestically produced jewellery, handbags, clothing and cosmetics.
Bank of China (SEHK:3988): Evaluating If Shares Remain Undervalued After Strong 2024 Gains
Bank of China (SEHK:3988) shares have seen modest price moves in the past week. Short-term volatility is giving investors more reasons to review how this major lender’s fundamentals compare with its …
Is Beijing’s spat with Japan sending a message to US and allies over Taiwan?
The furious reaction may be a warning to other US allies such as South Korea and Australia not to change their Taiwan policy, analysts say.
China says Japan sent ‘shocking’ wrong signal on Taiwan
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was “shocking” for Japan’s leader to openly send a wrong signal concerning Taiwan, according to an official statement on Sunday, the latest remarks in a row …
The charts that show how much money China lends to the rich world
CHINA HAS become one of the world’s biggest bankers and donors. But its financial influence overseas is hard to track. Its government has a “transparency allergy”, says Brad Parks of AidData, a …
‘The next China is China’: Estée Lauder chief doubles down in the east
Estée Lauder’s new chief executive said he was “doubling down” on China as part of a new approach to doing business in the country that was the principal cause of the beauty group’s weak post-pandemic…
Why Chinese luxury brands outpace Louis Vuitton, Gucci at home
Chinese luxury labels are quickly catching up on home turf, beating global names like Louis Vuitton and Gucci as more shoppers turn to domestic brands with better prices.
China-Japan spat: Beijing sends letter on PM Takaichi’s remarks to UN secretary-general
China’s deepening dispute with Japan has now reached the United Nations, with Beijing accusing Tokyo of threatening what it calls “an armed intervention”. Analysts say this is the strongest language …
Swans rest in Qingshui River at Miyun Reservoir basin in Beijing
Swans rest in the Qingshui River at the Miyun Reservoir basin in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 20, 2025. The Miyun Reservoir basin in Beijing has recently seen a surge in the number of migratory…
Why German companies can’t quit China
For decades, China has been a critical economic partner for German business. That remains the case and German industry is reluctant to pivot away despite a changing economic and political relationship …
China moving forward to occupy Taiwan, warn US agencies, citing Beijing’s increasing military preparation and modernisation
Now, China has an army of over 2 million, making it the most powerful force in the world. However, the Chinese military lacks much combat experience, and its last major military engagement was in 1979…
China takes spat with Japan over Taiwan to UN, vows to defend itself
China accused Japan of threatening an armed intervention over Taiwan and said that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks on the region challenge its core interests.
