A Beijing-based entrepreneur is taking on All-American lifestyle icon Martha Stewart with a home-grown Chinese app that uses face-scanning technology to suggest high-end products and is the exclusive retailer in China of Kate Middleton’s favourite…
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China’s out-of-control space station may crash to Earth in 2 months
the space agency told Business Insider it “actually doesn’t track any debris.” Ailor said pieces of China’s space station are “really unlikely” to hit anyone or anything on Earth. “It’s not impossible, but since the…
Good news for elephants — China bans ivory sales
A ban on ivory sales in China, the world’s largest importer and end user of elephant tusks, took effect on Sunday with wildlife activists calling it a vital step to reducing the slaughter of the…
China ordered a fallen billionaire back to the country by New Year’s Eve — but he didn’t show
The order , issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission last Monday … but had not seen any related action taken by Jia to comply, local news agency Xinhua said. of debt defaulters maintained by…
China says ‘no’ to contaminated recycling from Canada
China is saying no thanks to much of the recycled paper and plastic we’ve been shipping there for decades. China says most of the recycling material is too contaminated. The province’s environmental commissioner, Diane Saxe…
The story behind China House restaurant, serving St. John’s since the 1970s
Tam’s brother, mother and other family members came to Canada years earlier, in the 1970s. Her brother opened China House restaurant on Torbay Road. But Tam’s husband, Nam Shan Chung, stayed in Hong Kong where…
The story behind China House
Tam’s brother, mother and other family members came to Canada years earlier, in the 1970s. Her brother opened China House restaurant on Torbay Road. ‘My dad is such a huge inspiration to us and it’s…
Hong Kong stocks hit 10-year high; China up on factory activity
Sentiment is also buoyed by a private business survey showing growth in China’s manufacturing sector unexpectedly picked up to a four-month high in December as factories cranked up production to meet a surge in new…
China’s WeChat denies storing user chats
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings’ WeChat, China’s most popular messenger app, on Tuesday denied storing users’ chat histories, after a top businessman was quoted in media reports as saying he believed Tencent was monitoring…
Chinese newspaper publishes ‘disturbing’ warning to Australia over South China Sea dispute
CHINA appears to be pushing back against Australia taking sides … But Park Strategies senior vice president Sean King, an expert on Asian politics, told news.com.au last year the US President’s message was confusing. “He…
China holds first IPO for mental health sector in a test of a social taboo
The number of Chinese registered as suffering from depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, dementia, and other mental illnesses increased by 25 percent between 2014 and 2016, according to Chinese authorities. By one recent accounting, they number…
Mental-Health IPO Is a Leap Forward for China
The number of Chinese registered as suffering from depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, dementia, and other mental illnesses increased by 25 percent between 2014 and 2016, according to Chinese authorities. By one recent accounting, they number…
Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong over ‘suppression’
ANGRY protesters have marched through Hong Kong against what they described as suppression by Beijing, days after Chinese authorities ruled that part of a city rail station would come under mainland law. Demonstrators scuffled with…
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