WASHINGTON – A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday (Oct 10), three US officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperation…
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College students arrive in Beijing by roller skating in 6 days
An epic journey by a pair of college students over the National Day holiday is drawing a lot of attention online, reports Beijing Youth Daily. The two junior students from a college in Jining, Shandong…
Tennis – Tennis: Kyrgios storms off court in Shanghai, days after Beijing meltdown
Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios stormed off court to loud boos midway through his opening match at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, two days after his China Open final meltdown. The 22-year-old abruptly called it quits…
China and U.S. ‘neck and neck’ in foreign assistance spending
On the list of China’s contributions overseas, there is hurricane relief, books, and mosquito nets. But it is the grants and loans for building national roads — even a nuclear power plant — that have…
Bonpoint CEO Marie-Sabine Leclercq on How a Small Luxury Brand Makes It in China
When Bonpoint CEO Marie-Sabine Leclercq visits China on behalf of the company—there are 16 of the French luxury childrenswear shops on the mainland—she notices one key difference in the women there compared with women in…
Founder of China micro-lender set to become billionaire with IPO
Surging valuations for Chinese fintech startups are about to turn micro-lending tycoon Min Luo into the country’s latest IPO billionaire. Luo, 34, founder and chief executive officer of online loan provider Qudian, owns about a…
How the Warriors used China trip to grow business opportunities
SHANGHAI – The towering buildings sprang upward under a sea of blue sky in all directions. As Warriors chief marketing officer Chip Bowers sat in the restaurant of the team’s five-star hotel, he only needed…
China’s currency flexes its muscles, pressuring the dollar
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) was likely attempting to provide “overriding stability” ahead of the 19th Community Party Congress on Oct. 18, one market watcher said PBOC governor Zhou Xiaochuan told financial magazine Caijing…
China’s economic achievements since 18th CPC national congress
China’s 2016 GDP of $11.2 trillion accounted for 14.8 percent … Thanks to reforms to simplify business registration and streamline approvals, the number of new companies registered in 2014-2016 totaled 13.62 million, an annual increase…
Soon, another IPO billionaire in China
Founder of online lender worth at least US$1.2b after US listing BEIJING • Surging valuations for Chinese fintech start-ups are about to turn micro-lending tycoon Min Luo into the country’s latest IPO billionaire. Mr Luo,…
World’s Most Powerful National Brands: Canada Rises To #7
China’s growth on the brand metric has been meteoric. The value of its brand grew 44 per cent in a year, to US$10.2 trillion, compared to just two-per-cent growth for the U.S. brand. Watch: Canada…
Follow me: Luxury brands turn to social media to connect with customers
told the South China Morning Post in an interview on Tuesday during a visit to Hong Kong. Jacobson, who was the eighth employee to join Facebook, said the risk for luxury brands in using social…
China May Consider These Countries For Its Next Overseas Military Base
per this China Daily news website report. It will also smooth joint military exercises and maintain “security of international strategic waterways,” the website says. It’s just one base, and Beijing isn’t expected to follow the…
