China’s top 100 brands gained 12% in value in 2020, increasing their worth by $106.8bn to reach $996.4bn, despite the enormous economic pressures triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story …)
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Gloves linked to forced labor in China stopped at LA port
U.S. authorities say they have traced a a shipment of women’s gloves to forced labor and a brutal crackdown on ethnic minorities in China … ( read original story …)
‘Shenzhen a miracle in development history’
SHENZHEN: Shenzhen is a brand-new city created by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese people since the country’s reform and opening up, and its development over the past 40 years is a…
Rapid change of Shenzhen documented by correspondent with photos
Former military correspondent Yang Hongxiang shares his experience documenting how combat engineer corps helped build the infrastructure of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the early 1980s … ( read original story …)
Five things to watch for as China reports first-quarter GDP
Here are five things to look out for as President Xi Jinping’s administration attempts to complete an economic recovery that few people thought possible at the beginning of the year. After falling 6.8 … (…
China warns Asian countries to be vigilant on U.S. strategy
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, on Tuesday urged Asian countries to remain “vigilant” over the risk of U.S. strategy stoking geopolitical competition in the South … ( read original story …)
China’s turbo-charged online fashion takes on Zara and H&M
The fast-fashion player is encroaching on the territory of more established rivals like Zara and H&M. It has become the largest, purely online, fashion company in the world measured by sales of … ( read…
Coronavirus vaccine candidate from China’s CNBG shows promise in human test, study shows
One of China’s front-running coronavirus vaccine candidates was shown to be safe and triggered immune responses in a combined early and mid-stage test in humans, researchers said. The potential … ( read original story …)
Ex-Google chief: U.S. must do ‘whatever it takes’ to beat China on AI
“We want America to be inventing this stuff,” Eric Schmidt said during POLITICO’s summit on artificial intelligence. “Or at least the West.” … ( read original story …)
China is a critical, but overlooked, component of the 2020 election
Like it or not, the US is going to have to confront China, which believes Western democracy must be destroyed. ( read original story …)
IMF’s Georgieva says U.S., China need to keep up coronavirus stimulus
The United States and China needed to keep up strong stimulus to help speed the global economy’s recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina … ( read original story …)
The Capital Note: China Bulls Shop, Europe’s Sour Grapes
Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about business, finance and economics. On the menu today: China’s successful bond issue, America’s high tech (and the resentment it generates in the EU), … ( read original…
China’s foreign ministry vows countermeasures over US sanctions even as Hong Kong banks face blacklist threat
China’s foreign ministry vowed on Thursday to enact its own countermeasures in response to the United States accusing a group of Hong Kong and mainland officials of undermining the city’s autonomy … ( read original…
