With the countdown already under way to Taiwan’s presidential election, Beijing has embarked on a campaign of its own. In the past few weeks, it has suspended permits for individual travellers from 47 … (…
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FRANKFURT — Like a sleek Mercedes crunched between two freight trucks, Europe’s economy is being knocked off course by the conflict between the U.S. and China over trade. The bill for damages from … (…
Decline in demand spurs manufacturers to put focus on vehicle quality
Audi ranks No 1 in terms of new vehicle quality among premium brands in this year’s JD power survey. [Photo by Li Fusheng/China Daily] If there’s any silver lining in China’s lackluster car market, ……
Trump’s Currency War With China Could Be Bitcoin’s Do-or-Die Moment
Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital … the U.S. Treasury Department said it would take the rare step of labeling China a ……
China’s PBOC Says Its Own Cryptocurrency Is ‘Close’ to Release
The People’s Bank of China is “close” to issuing its own cryptocurrency, according to a senior official. The bank’s researchers have been working intensively since last year to develop systems, and … ( read original…
Versace in trouble for tops implying Hong Kong is not part of China, brand ambassador Yang Mi ‘outraged’
Italian fashion brand Versace apologised to its Chinese customers on Sunday for producing a range of tops that suggested Hong Kong and Macau were separate countries. In a Chinese-language statement … ( read original story…
RPT-China’s builders brace for winter: buy less land as home sales weaken
After two years of breakneck growth, China’s property market hit a downturn in the second half of last year following a series of cooling measures by the government to contain prices. Beijing recently … (…
China fixes yuan midpoint at 7.0211 on Monday
The People’s Bank of China set the official midpoint reference for the yuan at 7.0211 per dollar on Monday — weaker than Friday’s session. This is the third consecutive session where the central bank ……
Typhoon Lekima kills 33 in China as Shanghai financial hub evacuated and damage bill tops $3 billion
The death toll from a typhoon in eastern China has risen to 33, with 16 people missing, and the region is bracing for more travel disruptions as the storm moves further up the coast, state…
ZTE, China Mobile claim first 5G sporting event broadcast
Chinese telecommunications equipment provider ZTE and telecommunications carrier China Mobile have collaborated to deliver China’s first 5G sporting event with the broadcast of the country’s 2nd … ( read original story …)
‘I have to get President Trump’s attention’: A mother’s anguish as her son faces the death penalty in China
That’s it. There’s no forensic evidence,” said Kamm, who has helped free hundreds of prisoners in China since the 1990s, in an interview with Global News. “Even with Chinese officials … ( read original story…
Typhoon Lekima leaves 32 dead in China, disrupts travel
Lekima, China’s ninth typhoon this year … estimating the economic losses at 16.6 billion yuan (USD $2.35 billion), the state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday. Xinhua reported that Qingdao … ( read original story…
There’s no easy path forward in Canada’s dispute with China, but there is a moral one
The Chinese embassy in Canada quickly issued an aggressive response, declaring that, “Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs,” going on to chide Canada for making “irresponsible” and … ( read original story …)
