An Australian TV host at China’s state broadcaster has been detained in Beijing as tensions between the two countries rise. ( read original story …)
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Hong Kong begins China-led mass coronavirus testing, critics urge boycott
Hong Kong began free coronavirus testing for all residents in the Asian financial hub on Tuesday, as the mainland Chinese-led initiative faced scepticism from the city’s medical community and public, … ( read original story…
Inner Mongolia protests at China’s plans to bring in Mandarin-only lessons
Beijing plan to replace Mongolian language in some school subjects sparks fears of cultural assimilation … ( read original story …)
Geely and GM venture both wade into China’s pickup truck competition
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group as well as General Motors Co’s Chinese venture are planning to launch their first pickup truck models, intensifying competition in a segment dominated by Great Wall Motor … ( read original…
In Xi Jinping’s China, not even the propagandists are safe
In Cheng Lei’s last WeChat post before she disappeared, the Chinese state TV host posed in a bright green dress on a Shake Shack-branded rickshaw outside the newly opened Beijing branch of the … (…
Coronavirus: China’s migrant workers determined to stay in cities as most see ‘no hope’ in rural hometowns
Most of China’s migrant workers will stay in cities despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on jobs and incomes because there are fewer opportunities in their economically-backward hometowns, a … ( read original story…
China must reform financial markets to ward off US financial sanctions, think tank urges
China should make its own financial markets big enough and open enough to foil any attempt by the United States to decouple financially, according to a semi-official Chinese research group.The tactics … ( read original…
Australian citizen detained in China amid increasing tensions between Canberra and Beijing
The foreign minister, Marise Payne, says the Australian government was notified in mid-August that Cheng Lei had been detained … ( read original story …)
‘I am Taiwanese’ Czech speaker tells parliament, likely to rile China
The head of the Czech Senate declared himself to be Taiwanese in a speech at Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday, channelling late U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s defiance of Communism in Berlin in 1963, … (…
China’s top 10 most valuable brands
Huawei, with a brand value of 815.1 billion yuan ($117.05 billion), takes the crown as China’s most valuable brand, according to a list released by Brand Alliance. Tencent, which was valued at 746 … (…
Beijing detains Australian TV anchor working for Chinese state media
Chinese authorities have detained an Australian journalist at the country’s state controlled broadcaster, escalating fraught diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Canberra. The Australian government … ( read original story …)
China’s August export orders shake off COVID gloom, fuelling factory expansion: Caixin PMI
China’s factory activity expanded at the fastest clip in nearly a decade in August, bolstered by the first increase in new export orders this year as manufacturers ramped up production to meet … ( read…
Genworth gets ‘satisfactory information’ that China-based company could finance $2.7 billion acquisition
Genworth Financial Inc. said late Monday that it will proceed with its long-delayed acquisition by China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd. after the China-based company showed that it could raise … ( read original story…
