We all knew that mobile payments in China were rapidly gaining ground. The sheer amount of things that Alipay has done in that space was proof enough, and it almost seems like a big day…
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Oct 6 (Reuters) – China SCE Property Holdings Ltd: * In Sept. 2017, group & joint ventures & associates achieved contracted sales of about RMB3.18 billion Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (bangalore.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com) Our…
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Citigroup considering onshore cash equities business in China
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc (C.N) is considering setting up an onshore cash equities business in China and expanding research coverage of Chinese stocks, to boost its share of the business in Asia, said…
(North Korean labor in China) US brands indirectly tied to China plants
Mark Liszt, owner of Lawrence Wholesale, a national food distributor in Southern California, said it would investigate its suppliers as well. “We’re middlemen,” said Liszt. “We do make a practice of trying to go and…
China IPOs set to hit new record this year
China is well on its way to achieving a new record of stock market listings this year, buoyed by a spate of measures imposed by the authorities to normalise public offerings. Data show that during…
Questions arise on China’s plans as N. Korea war talk rises
Also rarely seen until recently are complaints about China in the North Korean official media, prompted by Beijing’s support for U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang. A recent commentary by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency…
Shunning Beijing’s infrastructure bank was a mistake for the US
The Obama administration’s negative response to China’s proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was a strategic mistake. Though some Chinese moves might be destabilising and require US resistance, this initiative should have been welcomed. ( read…
First Asian female director appointed by French luxury brand shows power of region’s consumers
particularly in China.” Chinese consumers have become the world’s biggest group of luxury spenders in recent years. According to a report from the management consultants Bain & Company, the country had 50 million luxury brand…
Lucrative Stocks in today’s market: China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited : CHU
With the amassed value of the company based on its existing stock price alongside the total amount of outstanding stocks, today’s market cap for China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited is valued at 33.44B. The value…
China Steps Up Mobile Device Security as Mobile Payments Gain
China is rapidly becoming one of the biggest names in mobile payments worldwide, and with good reason: Chinese people are increasingly into this new technology as a way to pay those everyday expenses without carrying…
HSBC introduces facial recognition to its mobile banking app in China
HSBC has introduced facial recognition capabilities in its mobile banking application for customers in China. Using the biometric authentication option, HSBC’s Chinese customers can open their HSBC mobile app, blink at their camera using the…
Preventing a US-China Trade War
(This is the second editorial of a three-part series on the misunderstandings of the U.S.-China trade relationship.) All of this bellicose posturing is not only unnecessary, but dangerous for both economies. The fact is that…
