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…
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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…
Hong Kong police use pepper spray in China oath-taking protest
The top legislative panel in China said Beijing must intervene in the dispute. It added that it should deter advocates of Hong Kong independence, as their actions were a threat to national security, state news…
China Premier Li says economy to maintain steady growth
BEIJING China will maintain steady growth and speed up economic transformation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday, adding that the world’s No. 2 economy would be able to overcome current challenges, official news agency…
Why did China axe Finance Minister Lou Jiwei?
and use his experience to implement new tax policies that will help put “China on a more sustainable fiscal revenue path”. But the most colourful insight into the man catapulted into the high profile job…
China effectively bars 2 Hong Kong lawmakers from taking 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 to ……
China’s Internet Controls Will Get Stricter, to Dismay of Foreign Business
HONG KONG — In August, business groups around the world petitioned China to rethink a proposed cybersecurity law that they said would hurt foreign companies and further separate the country from the internet. On Monday,…
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