China shares rose on Wednesday, led by gains in manufacturers and suppliers of electric vehicles, as investors were assured that policymakers would avoid sudden policy tightening in 2021 to support an … ( read original…
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China Struggles to Keep the Lights On Amid Sky-High Demand
China’s roaring industrial rebound from the pandemic has an unforeseen consequence — the surge in power demand has left factories, office buildings and street lights in some areas straining under an … ( read original…
Hong Kong fourth wave: Beijing ‘highly concerned’ by city’s Covid-19 situation, as daily tally expected to dip to about 50 cases
While a medical source expected the city to log its lowest daily figure in about a month, National Health Commission calls for ‘precise infection-control plans’. ( read original story …)
Elderly 2.0: China Looks To Tap Digital ‘Silver Dollar’
Undeterred, he’s enrolled in a training session — sort of a “mobile phones 101” — that is part of China’s plans to help its legions of pensioners keep up in a fast-developing digital economy. “I…
Why brands in China are looking beyond their own category
Why does it matter? Social media has an outsized importance as a medium of influence in China, explains Alice Yu Yuebo, Digital Engagement Lead at Prudential Assurance Singapore. It’s no longer enough … ( read…
Asian Business Confidence Gains Steam, Pandemic Still Top Risk :Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Survey
Asian firms turned most optimistic in the fourth quarter this year, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, as business activity picked up in the region and COVID-19 vaccines started rolling out in … ( read original…
ZHA unveils a low-carbon Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum
Zaha Hadid Architects releases renderings of an energy-efficient museum slated for Guangming Science City in northwestern Shenzhen. Check out the new museum. ( read original story …)
China sobers up amid IPO bonanza, tightens rules to expel dud companies from stock exchange
“The enforcement of the new rule will raise the quality of China’s capital market by weeding out poorly run companies,” said Yi Bin, an analyst at Huaxi Securities. “Market resources will be skewed … (…
China’s state-owned pipeline giant agrees to buy Kunlun Energy assets for US$6.3 billion as consolidation gathers steam
Kunlun Energy, a PetroChina subsidiary, will sell a 60 per cent stake in a Beijing gas pipeline and a 75 per cent stake in its Dalian LNG company to PipeChina. ( read original story …)
Breakingviews – Tea bubble is set to inflate in China
Get ready for a tea comeback in China. The drink so closely associated with the country’s history has been supplanted of late in the zeitgeist and financial markets as a bitter battle for coffee ……
BTS hit Dynamite on the radio in Beijing brings hope of further thaw in China-South Korea relations after 2016 missile row
Four years after South Korea and China had a falling out over the former’s stationing of United States missiles ostensibly directed at deterring a North Korean attack, which led to a ban on Korean ……
Accused of seven murders, woman goes on trial in China after 20 years on the ru
A woman accused of killing seven people has gone on trial in eastern China after spending more than 20 years on the run. ( read original story …)
China oversees livestreaming with blockchain
Livestreaming e-commerce has taken off in China and brought various problems in its wake, which the market regulation authorities in one province are addressing with the use of blockchain technology. ( read original story …)
