It has announced a monthly prize for the individual who spots the most errors. Remember all those hilariously badly translated signs that went viral (or whatever else it was called back then) when Beijing hosted…
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Beijing scholar says Hong Kong judges’ ‘different understanding’ of Basic Law is behind ‘great disparity’ in court cases
A Beijing legal heavyweight has rekindled controversy by suggesting Hong Kong judges have a “different understanding” among themselves of the city’s mini-constitution that at times produced “great disparity” in their adjudicated cases. Speaking … (…
Beijing has declared war on those hilarious, badly translated signs with eye on 2022 Winter Olympics
Remember all those hilariously badly translated signs that went viral (or whatever else it was called back then) when Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008? Well, they could soon be a thing of the past.…
China approves 2 IPO applications
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) — The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) approved the IPO applications from two companies Friday. They are allowed to raise up to 1.5 billion yuan (238 million U.S. dollars), the CSRC…
Factbox: Made in China 2025: Beijing’s Big Ambitions From Robots to Chips
SHANGHAI — China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a “Made in China 2025” strategy that identifies 10 key sectors,…
Beijing beauty salon investigated after woman, 78, spends US$44,000 on treatments
Beijing’s industry and commerce authority is investigating a claim that a 78-year-old woman was defrauded by being coaxed into spending large sums of money at a beauty salon, a report claims. The woman spent 274,500…
China Huarong confirms chairman departs after probe, shares tumble
Huarong said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange late on Thursday that Lai’s departure “will not cause any adverse impact to the business.” Wang Zhanfeng, head of the Guangdong branch of China’s…
China is obsessed with stopping jaywalkers — and is now spraying them with water
One city in China has built bollards that spray jaywalkers with water, and tell pedestrians that “Crossing is dangerous.” The system also uses facial recognition technology to capture and shame wayward walkers. Facial recognition technology…
Beijing 2022 urged to be cost-efficient by Samaranch during latest IOC Project Review visit
Beijing’s preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have been backed by the chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission Juan Antonio Samaranch following his latest visit to the Chinese capital.…
Exclusive: U.S. sorghum armada U-turns at sea after China tariffs
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Several ships carrying cargoes of sorghum from the United States to China have changed course since Beijing slapped hefty anti-dumping deposits on U.S. imports of the grain, trade sources and a Reuters…
In Beijing encounters, a wayward soul stumbles toward self-discovery
I like to watch the beautiful women of Beijing spit on the street. My journey to get to the capital of China was arduous. I got an hour of sleep on the plane. My first…
Beijing Restricts Building Heights in Prime District — Derails RMB 8.6B in Office Projects
The Beijing government has retroactively restricted the height of buildings in a prime plot of the city’s core business district to as low as 100 metres, truncating the building heights and potential investment returns of…
Warnings to Taipei and Washington: China takes real and verbal shots across Taiwan Strait
“I don’t know why we have to be bound by a One China policy,” he told a Fox News interviewer, “unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade.”…
