Go online in China and you’ll find an internet that looks very different … And that’s not to mention its massive cloud business, another area where Amazon is dominant in the US. It’s also worth…
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China says renting is as good as owning a home, but how many will buy that argument?
China’s rental business makes up only 2 per cent of the property market, compared with 20 to 30 per cent in developed economies, according to Xinhua News Agency. The high property prices in first-tier cities,…
ASEAN foreign ministers endorse framework of South China Sea code of conduct
A Chinese Coast Guard ship (R) using a water cannon to attack a Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance boat near the site of a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters of the South China Sea in 2014.…
Full-scale India-China war likely soon, Washington will back New Delhi: Meghnad Desai
Desai’s comments came in an interview this week that he gave to news agency IANS’s Saket Sharma. “Even today, nobody is contemplating that the whole Doklam thing could break anytime. We could be in a…
China Could Launch Attack on India Within 2 Weeks
Beijing—China is planning a “small scale military operation … If you have noticed we haven’t put up a paywall unlike many news organisations, – as we want to keep our journalism open. We believe journalism…
May Carry Out ‘Small Scale Military Operation’ To Expel Indian Troops From Doklam: China’s Mouthpiece
An article published in China’s Global Times said, “PM Modi should be aware of the PLA’s overwhelming firepower and logistics. Indian border troops are no rival to PLA field forces. The Modi government’s hardline stance…
China’s and Russia’s stealth fighters don’t stand a chance against the F-35 and F-22
“As we see Russia bring on stealth fighters and we see China bring on stealth fighters, we have 40 years of learning how to do this,” retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett told Defense…
When China’s Mao Zedong wanted to crush Jawaharlal Nehru alleging Indian interference in Tibet
Nikita Khrushchev: That the centre knew nothing about the incident is news to me. Like China is sounding obstinate today, in the ongoing Doklam standoff, it was the same behaviour on display even then. They…
Navy Identifies Stethem Sailor Missing in South China Sea
The Navy has identified Lt. Steven D. Hopkins as the USS Stethem sailor who was reported overboard from the guided-missile destroyer in the South China Sea on Aug. 1. On Friday, the Navy announced it…
China’s central bank to include internet finance in MPA: Xinhua
SHANGHAI: China’s central bank plans to include large systemically important internet finance firms in its Macro Prudential Assessment (MPA), the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The MPA risk assessment framework already includes checks…
How This U.S. Tech Giant Is Backing China’s Tech Ambitions
Qualcomm is providing money, expertise and engineering for Beijing’s master plan to create its own technology superpowers. Big American companies fiercely protect their intellectual property and trade secrets, fearful of giving an edge to rivals.…
Old Beijing Roast Duck: New upscale Chinese restaurant will soon open its doors on West Broadway
There’s a reason why some people argue that Metro Vancouver offers some of the best Chinese food in the world—we have a multitude of Chinese restaurants that serve culinary creations from different regions of China,…
What it means when Li Ka-shing’s property flagship becomes Cheung Kong Asset
Li Ka-shing’s strategy to reinvest his lofty returns from Hong Kong and mainland China property investments into stable cash-generating assets in western developed countries is a long known open secret. What has caught some by…