Smartphone shipments to the China market are expected to fall over 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021, after growing 19.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes Research’s … ( read…
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China smartphone market to contract in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Chinese Video IPO Goes Viral With Investors
Shares in Kuaishou Technology surged in gray-market trading ahead of its Hong Kong debut, after investors placed about $370 billion of orders for the $5.4 billion deal. ( read original story …)
Kuaishou seen rallying 170 per cent in Hong Kong IPO windfall that Ant Group failed to deliver for retail investors
Kuaishou, Hong Kong’s hottest-ever retail stock offering, is set to hand investors a massive windfall based on pre-trading prices in the gray market, according to data published by local brokerages. ( read original story …)
The 2022 Beijing Olympics Are One Year Away. Covid Concerns Are Already on the Agenda.
The one-year countdown to the Winter Games has begun even as this summer’s Tokyo Games still face uncertainty because of the pandemic. ( read original story …)
Olympics-Before Beijing 2022 top Olympians focused on medals not pandemic, politics
Two of the world’s top winter athletes, Italian skier Sofia Goggia and Australian snowboarder Scotty James, said they were focusing on winning medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, not the new … ( read original…
The Floundering Town-Builder of the Future Shows China’s Real-Estate Risks
The latest Chinese property developer to struggle with its liabilities shows that no corner of China’s financial markets can escape the heavily leveraged real-estate sector. ( read original story …)
China Overseas (00688) Jan property sales up 33.3%
ET Net News Agency, 4 February 2021] China Overseas Land & Investment Limited (00688) said for January 2021, the contracted property sales of the China Overseas Series of Companies amounted to … ( read original…
China Stockpiles Chips, Chip-Making Machines to Resist U.S.
China is taking decisive steps to protect itself from a widening U.S. technology ban, with imports of computer chips and the machines that make them surging last year. ( read original story …)
3TREES Paint Listed in ’2020 China Top 500 Companies for Patents’ Intellectual Property Rankings
A leading company in the Chinese coatings industry, SKSHU Paint Co., Ltd. (“3TREES”) was recently listed in the 2020 China Top 500 Companies for Patents, a ranking released by the Guangdong Enterprise … ( read…
UPDATE 1-SWIFT sets up JV with China’s central bank
SWIFT, the global system for financial messaging and cross-border payments, has set up a joint venture with the Chinese central bank’s digital currency research institute and clearing centre, a move … ( read original story…
China’s Central Bank And Swift Set Up New Joint Venture
As tensions only mount between China and the US, CIPS and SWIFT have been both partners and competitors within the cross-border payment space. ( read original story …)
What does the Year of the Ox mean for luxury markets in China and beyond?What does the Year of the Ox mean for luxury markets in China and beyond?
While European and North American luxury markets shrunk in 2020, China’s grew by 50 per cent – thanks to patriotic consumers and KOLs – and luxury brands need to keep up … ( read original story …)
China’s Messy Car Repair Market Gets a Goldman-Backed Makeover
Car repair can be challenging in China, rife with the potential for disputes over the quality of service and parts and dominated by mom-and-pop stores. But the auto after-market industry is changing … ( read…