Filmmaker Judd Apatow gave a recent interview in which he criticized the film industry for essentially censoring content that’s critical of places like China where human rights abuses are happening. ( read original story …)
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Arm China investor sues company, escalating CEO spat amid sale
The Chinese division of UK-based chip designer Arm Ltd has been sued by an investor over its board’s attempt to oust the unit’s chief executive, escalating an internal dispute at a time when the tech…
Hong Kong formally objects to U.S. demand for ‘Made in China’ export label
Hong Kong has filed a formal objection with the United States over its demand for “Made in China” labels on goods exported from the Chinese semi-autonomous city, the commerce secretary said on … ( read…
Beijing unlikely to block ByteDance deal with Oracle, say experts
Under the terms of the agreement, which now requires approval from the US government, ByteDance will become the majority shareholder in a new US-based company that runs TikTok’s global business. As … ( read original…
Construction Barricades Line a Street in Beijing, China
Chinese workers erect giant construction barricades indicating the government’s aim at improving life with renovation projects on a street in downtown Beijing on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Parts … ( read original story …)
The First Pizza Hut Remains Open in Beijing, China
The first Pizza Hut opened in China, once slated for closure, has begun renovation after 25 years of business in Beijing on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Pizza Hut, as well as McDonalds and KFC, ……
Maison Martell Announces The Opening of L’Atelier Martell Shenzhen
Its first-ever boutique in the worldSHENZHEN, China, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Maison Martell officially inaugurated L’Atelier Martell … ( read original story …)
China’s third aircraft carrier takes shape, with ambitions to challenge U.S. naval dominance
Shipbuilders in Shanghai have laid out the hull of China’s first modern aircraft carrier, which could be launched into the water in the coming months as it enters the latter phases of construction, … (…
India and China are taking new risks along their border. It will be hard to restore peace.
India also may have calculated that it could negotiate a withdrawal from those tactically valuable peaks in return for a Chinese withdrawal from areas seized after May. Just as analysts had been … ( read…
China’s Jan-Aug property investment rises 4.6% y/y
August from a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, accelerating from the 3.4% growth seen in the first seven months of the year. ( read original story …)
Parents Keep Children Home As China Limits Mongolian Language In The Classroom
As it has long done with the Tibetan and Uighur languages, Beijing is reducing instruction in Mongolian in favor of Mandarin Chinese in ethnic Mongolian areas of the country. ( read original story …)
Chinese companies race to list in Hong Kong before Ant’s mega IPO
Ant has skipped New York for its IPO amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington, including U.S. authorities’ move to kick Chinese companies off of American exchanges if they do not … ( read original…
China says has seen positive results in China-UAE phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials
China and the United Arab Emirates have seen some positive results in their Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news briefing in Beijing on Monday. ( read original…
