A recently announced reorganization of its China business aimed at sharpening the PC brand’s consumer focus comes amid an ongoing effort to tighten its mobile branding and shift the focus to pricier models under its…
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Two-thirds of smartphone users now paying by mobile
The figures, from China Internet Network Information Centre, show 64.7 per cent of smartphone users, or about 424.5 million individuals, were making regular mobile payments in June, up 7 percentage points from December last year.…
Hyundai plots China branding reboot after missile row
The measures are aimed at rebooting the South Korean firm’s branding in China, where many see Hyundai as a lower-end maker of city taxis. Hyundai and its affiliate Kia Motors were not long ago ranked…
India leads globally in adoption of biometric technology: Report
The report was compiled from research representing views of 12,019 people from 11 countries and territories — Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, UK and the USA. The…
China’s banking sector is facing new headwinds as asset growth cools
For the past few years, Chinese banks boosted their assets at a rapid clip, mainly by disguising loans as investments. But as the expansion has slowed considerably in recent months, industry insiders are beginning to…
The Next Global Financial Crisis: A Chinese Sovereign Debt Default?
Moody’s recent downgrading of China’s sovereign debt rating triggered waves of reaction in both financial markets and policy circles. But like many other rating adjustments it looks more like a lagging, rather than a leading,…
China honors scientists ahead of sci-tech workers’ day
China honored a number of scientists and scientific groups Saturday ahead of the nation’s first science and technology workers’ day, which will fall on May 30. Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of…
Safe Sex: Chinese buy condom business as savvy youth spur demand
… it had reached an all-cash deal with China’s Humanwell Healthcare Group Co Ltd and CITIC Capital China Partners for its condoms business. Humanwell declined to comment on its strategy for the Chinese and other…
Business, Beijing style: China ready for deal-making with Trump
While Donald Trump is denigrated in much of the West, the Chinese leadership has taken a distinctly different outlook: it now sees Trump as a transactional, deal-making pragmatist with whom it can do business. The…
Trump just checked Beijing in the South China Sea for the first time — and it’s a risky bet
CSIS/AMTI/DigitalGlobe/Amanda Macias/Business Insider But when a country makes excessive, unlawful maritime claims, as an international court ruled China has done in the South China Sea, the US sends a Navy ship, usually a destroyer, to…
China takes steps to prevent civil servants from using posts for personal gain
BEIJING Chinese civil servants will face new restrictions when changing jobs as authorities move to prevent them from using official posts to make personal profit, the official Xinhua news agency reported … As of the…
China unhappy with G7 on South China Sea
China is “strongly dissatisfied” with the mention of the East and South China Sea issues in a Group of Seven statement, and the G7 allies should stop making irresponsible remarks, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman…
Beijing Bling-Hyundai Plots China Branding Reboot After Missile Row
SEOUL/BEIJING — Bruised by anti-Korean sentiment in its biggest market and losing ground to local automakers, Hyundai Motor will open its first Chinese brand store, and may locally assemble its premium Genesis cars and accelerate…
