Kitchens with no ovens. Consumers rejecting boneless cuts of meat for their dinner in favour of bony feet or wings. Household food shopping done online. These are some of the differences in consumption habits that…
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Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand distances itself from China shoemaker amid scrutiny over labor conditions
SHANGHAI — Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand sought to distance itself from a Chinese manufacturer that has come under scrutiny after activists investigating labor conditions there were detained, saying the company last made its products three…
China could stop North Korea’s nuclear threat in a heartbeat without firing a shot
After a provocative North Korean missile launch in 2003, China completely cut off its supply of oil to North Korea for three days, and in no time the Kim regime caved to international demands and…
Ivanka Trump’s brand distances itself from China shoemaker
Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand sought to distance itself from a Chinese manufacturer that has come under scrutiny after activists investigating labor conditions there were detained, saying the company last made its products three months ago.…
BRIEF-Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg elected chair of the US-China business council
* Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg elected chair of the US-China business council Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: ( read original story …)
U.S. business group urges trade fixes ahead of China’s party congress
BEIJING A U.S. business lobby in China said on Thursday that Washington should use leverage afforded by China’s desire to avoid trade frictions with the United States ahead of its Communist Party Congress this fall…
IPO reform a test of Chinese regulator’s resolve
In late May, Han Zhiguo, a Beijing-based economist, fired the first salvo at the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), lambasting it for the rapid pace of IPO approvals that has undermined the stock market this…
Debt-Heavy Fosun Seeks Relief With Medical Unit IPO
(Beijing) — After spending billions of dollars on global acquisitions in recent years, private equity giant Fosun has begun to consolidate and focus on the performance of its many offshore assets as it tries to…
WuXi Won’t Make Hong Kong IPOs Hot
WuXi Biologics IPO $510 million But one firm … and an asset base that’s more opaque than almost any large bank in China. Next up is probably China Tower Corp., a state enterprise that reported…
China refuses to release activists investigating company making Ivanka Trump brand shoes
GANZHOU, China – China’s government on Tuesday rejected a U.S. State Department call to release three activists detained while investigating a Chinese company that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands. It sought instead…
China: Won’t release men who probed Ivanka Trump supplier
GANZHOU, China — China’s government on Tuesday rejected a U.S. State Department call to release three activists detained while investigating a Chinese company that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands. It sought instead…
Most valuable brands: 9 American and 1 from China
China now has one of the world’s most valuable brands. Shenzhen-based tech firm Tencent has broken into a ranking of the top 10 most valuable brands published by BrandZ. The annual ranking is typically dominated…
China’s economy is becoming more like America’s — and not in a good way
China’s three-decade economic boom, marked by gravity-defying double-digit growth rates, has been accompanied by a sharp increase in income inequality, according to a new study from French economist Thomas Piketty. “China’s inequality levels used to…
