The news swept through social media and even state media outlets. The Communist Youth League, an influential party organization, circulated the video on its Weibo account, urging its 5 million followers to “reject indifference.” An…
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Singapore offers to help bankroll China’s global ambitions
Singapore is offering up its financial industry to help bankroll China’s ambition to develop a network of ports, railways, power plants and other projects across a broad swath of Asia, Europe and east Africa. By…
China’s $11B app that wants to organize the world’s information
It’s also using artificial intelligence to weed out such content. News-hungry people in China are flocking to the app: its number of daily active users more than doubled last year, from 30 million to 78…
China Eastern plane lands at Sydney with hole in engine
One passenger told Australia’s Seven News network: “All of a sudden we heard this noise … Passengers said the crew cleared the seats near the affected engine. China Eastern Airlines said in a statement to…
China state papers urge regulators to stick to reforms as pace of IPOs slows
SHANGHAI Approvals of initial share offerings are slowing in China once again as local share prices slide, but major state-controlled newspapers are urging the stock market regulator not to “balk or backtrack” on reforms. The…
Rare public protest in China’s Shanghai over property rule change
SHANGHAI/BEIJING Hundreds of demonstrators have marched through a shopping district in the Chinese city of Shanghai to protest against changes to housing regulations, in a rare show of public dissent in the financial hub. Footage…
Beijing Guoan appoint former Bayer Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt as new boss
Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan have named former Bayer Leverkusen and Salzburg head coach Roger Schmidt as replacement for the recently sacked Jose Gonzalez. Schmidt guided Leverkusen to the knockout rounds of the UEFA…
China ponders public morality after video of gruesome death
The news swept through social media and even state media outlets. The Communist Youth League, an influential party organization, circulated the video on its Weibo account, urging its 5 million followers to “reject indifference.” An…
Chinese Censors Have New Target: Celebrity News
But to some officials in China, the bloggers that report those tidbits play another role: a threat to public order. A large number of Chinese “celebrity news” blogs have disappeared in recent days after coming…
China has an alarming food problem — and there’s only one way to fix it
The Western diet could be to blame. Over the past two decades, China’s prevailing diet has shifted away from grains like rice and wheat in favor of richer animal proteins and a wider variety of…
Mark Zuckerberg read this book to understand China — here’s what it’s about
SEZs worked as economic laboratories where China could experiment with economic practices already common in the west, such as competition for construction contracts or incentive pay for workers. Prior to these initiatives, bright and business-minded…
Meat firms told business as usual won’t cut it in China
Kitchens with no ovens. Consumers rejecting boneless cuts of meat for their dinner in favour of bony feet or wings. Household food shopping done online. These are some of the differences in consumption habits that…
In Beijing, Perry promotes US-China clean energy co-operation
BEIJING — America and China have “extraordinary opportunities” to work together on clean energy, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday, amid global criticism of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of…
