Marriott International and Dossen International Group signed an exclusive development agreement to bring the Fairfield by Marriott brand to mainland China in September 2016. The partnership targets aggressive growth in different cities across China in…
Featured Posts Title
Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party is shutting down as Beijing leaves no room for dissent
Biden’s vax-focused COVID-19 website obliterated by White House, replaced with ‘true origins’ virus guide
Trump scraps federal COVID-19 website for virus lab-leak theory
Fitch sees weakest world growth outside pandemic since 2009
Fly By Jing CEO says Trump’s China tariffs are ‘disruptive’ but her chili crisps can’t be sourced from anywhere else
Ford halts shipments of vehicles to China amid tariffs
White House reveals COVID lab leak theory as ‘true origins’ of pandemic in flashy new website that blasts Biden, Fauci and Cuomo
Recent Posts
The Fairfield by Marriott Brand Premieres In China With Fairfield by Marriott Nanning Nanhu Park
Brand alliance can give plastic surgery a healthier image
TWELVE COSMETIC SURGERY brands formed an alliance on June 28 … which has been booming in China in recent years. Data show that there are more than 10,000 plastic surgery facilities in China, and the…
Tencent’s e-Book IPO Drowned Out by Gaming Woes
The e-Book IPO could raise up to $800m on the HK market, but Tencent will need to deal with criticism from Beijing over spreading “negative energy” first. Editor’s Remarks: With a business model similar to…
Dr. Zhang Lijun: How the Startup Legend of China Mobile Games and Entertainment Was Created
On August 11, 2015, China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group, No. 1 mobile game issuer in China and leading developer in the world, publicly announced the completion of its merge with Orient Securities. In 2012,…
Chinese conglomerate Wanda sells theme park business
retreating from a business it once said would rival Walt Disney Co. Wanda says it will sell 13 parks and 76 hotels to a Chinese buyer, Sunac China Holdings Ltd., for 63.2 billion yuan ($9.3…
China says it doesn’t ‘hold the key’ to resolve North Korea nuclear issue
“China is not to be blamed for the current escalation of tension, nor does China hold the key to resolve the issue,” Geng said at a daily news briefing. “If China is striving to put…
China Is Quickly Embracing Facial Recognition Tech, For Better And Worse
While the answer is likely to be no for many in the west, the scenario is becoming a reality in China. Facial-recognition technology, once a staple of Minority Report-style movies, is quickly inserting itself into…
Eyeing sleepy office workers, China’s ‘sharing economy’ opens nap capsules
BEIJING (Reuters) – For China’s sleep-deprived white-collar workers needing a place for a nap, a booming “sharing economy” offering a growing range of services has come up with a cheap, mobile-friendly solution: capsule hotels. With…
China’s Great Firewall may squash VPN workarounds by Feb. 1
According to Bloomberg’s sources, state-run carriers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have until February 1 to keep people from using VPN technology. VPNs allow Chinese citizens to evade the country’s notorious so-called “Great…
China Tells Carriers to Block Access to Personal VPNs by February
China’s government has told telecommunications carriers … requirements on the transfer of data and may give Beijing unprecedented access to their technology. Companies operating on Chinese soil will be able to employ leased lines to…
China Bike-Sharing Titan Mobike Sets Sights on Washington, D.C.
Chinese bike-sharing giant Beijing Mobike Technology Co. has its sights set on Washington, D.C. The startup, known as Mobike, on Monday began advertising for jobs in the greater Washington area, showing how its intention to…
China’s hi-tech snack shops run into low-tech snag – summer heat
One is operated by technology start-up BingoBox, and opened last month near the China headquarters of French retailer Auchan, which supplies the hundreds of products offered. Some customers had complained that cakes were misshapen and…
Tencent’s WeChat Pay seeks license for local payment services in Malaysia
“Malaysia has a large Chinese community,” Grace Yin said on the sidelines of a Hong Kong technology conference, explaining Tencent’s choice of test bed. WeChat Pay and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s affiliate Alipay are turning…
