China has adopted a controversial cybersecurity law to tighten control over the internet, triggering concerns from foreign businesses and rights organisations. The law was passed yesterday by the standing committee of the national legislature and…
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Chinese airlines lure Western business travellers with new offerings
Riding an overseas tourism boom, China’s airlines are sprucing up services on gleaming new jets to fresh destinations with the bold aim of cracking a lucrative passenger market dominated by established rivals – Western business…
WEDC seeks companies for China trade venture
The trip will include visits to Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing, China’s three top cities for global business connections, according to a statement from the WEDC. “With a greater metropolitan area population of 34 million, Shanghai…
Nissan expects sales growth to slow in China, U.S. in near term
Sales in China in the six-month period grew 3.8 per cent from a year … Nissan raised its exposure to the strong yen at the start of the business year in April as it has…
China trade remains weak as exports and imports keep falling
The next key reading of China’s economy will be tomorrow’s inflation figures from the National Bureau of Statistics with market economists forecasting better news. Producer prices are expected to end a four-year run of deflation,…
China's drive to become a rugby union superpower
Tingting Zhang, business development manager of Beijing-based sports marketing firm Yutang Sports, says rugby union is currently a “niche” sport in China compared with basketball, table tennis and badminton. But she says it does have…
China exports down 7.3% from a year ago
China’s exports fell again in October in a fresh sign that weak global demand is complicating efforts by Beijing leaders to shore up economic growth and reduce reliance on trade and investment. Exports contracted by…
China's October exports fall in new sign of global weakness
BEIJING — China’s exports fell again in October in a fresh sign of weak global demand that is complicating efforts by Beijing leaders to shore up economic growth and reduce reliance on trade and investment.…
China bars two Hong Kong lawmakers from office
BEIJING – China’s top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city’s constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely…
China approves new law to tighten control on internet use
BEIJING — China’s legislature has approved a cybersecurity law that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might isolate Chinese industries. Chinese leaders have said the law approved Monday is…
China passes law punishing companies for box-office fraud
BEIJING — China is attempting to crack down on box office fraud in the world’s second-biggest movie market by setting out punishments for companies that fabricate ticket sales and other data under the country’s first…
The Latest: China-Backed HK Leader Says He Supports Ruling
Therefore, he said, that person is disqualified. 12:55 p.m. A top mainland Chinese official has delivered an emotional rebuke of two Hong Kong lawmakers who used a derogatory term about China, labeling them traitors to…
China censors online video streaming
the new rules also prohibit online news outlets from streaming original reporting. Instead, they must use state-sanctioned reports and sources. That censorship is the government’s primary motive for monitoring live online video is nothing new…
