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…
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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.”…
Rise of Xiaomi: the Chinese start-up poised to become world’s biggest IPO of 2018
I think Xiaomi’s business model is very different from theirs, even if it has absorbed some of their uniqueness Lei Jun China’s securities regulator showed its goodwill by approving a 27 billion yuan IPO application…
China holds live-fire drills off coast in warning to Taiwan
The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday an air unit of the People’s Liberation Army ground forces held a live-fire exercise on Wednesday off China’s southeast coast. The PLA said the exercise involved the co-ordination…
China says ready to deal with any fallout from U.S. trade row
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is well prepared to handle any negative effects from its trade dispute with the United States, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, adding that China’s tariff hikes on U.S. imports will…
Nissan premium brand Infiniti aims to triple China sales: CEO
BEIJING (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co’s premium brand Infiniti plans to at least triple sales in China within the next five years by making four additional car models locally and shifting to more of an…
Taiwan says Beijing ‘saber rattling’ as China starts military drills
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Wednesday that Beijing was using “cheap verbal intimidation and saber rattling” to threaten Taiwan, as China’s military began live-fire drills in the sensitive Taiwan Strait amid growing…
US farmers concerned Trump’s trade war with China will hurt them
China needs us. We have a synergistic relationship … They all said, “Look, we may have to take a little bit of a hit.” Doug McKelway joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in November 2010 and…
Beijing beauty salon investigated after woman, 78, is persuaded to spend 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…
Beijing holds live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait for first time in 2yrs amid tensions with Taipei
Beijing has launched military drills in the Taiwan Strait, “the first of their kind since 2016,” which it says are aimed at protecting China’s sovereignty. Taiwan has slammed the move as “saber-rattling” and “intimidation.” The…
Buick debuts Enspire all-electric crossover SUV concept ahead of Beijing Motor Show
Buick knows its nameplate is gaining immense popularity in China, a country growing increasingly stringent with emissions regulations and fuel economy figures. Thus, the stage is perfectly set for the tri-badge brand to debut a…
Rise of Xiaomi: how humble Chinese start-up became a giant poised to be 2018’s biggest IPO
I think Xiaomi’s business model is very different from theirs, even if it has absorbed some of their uniqueness Lei Jun China’s securities regulator showed its goodwill by approving a 27 billion yuan IPO application…
Whiskey sour? China importers fret over U.S. trade battle
The uncertainty gripping the niche market – U.S. whiskey imports to China were worth only $8.9 million last year – reflects the wider concern in the U.S. business community in China that the trade standoff…