A number of top Hong Kong brands, including Maxim’s and jewellery chain Chow Sang Sang, are also present on Tmall, the retail platform launched in 2014 by Alibaba Group Holding, JD’s main rival and China’s…
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China tells Vatican it’s fighting illegal organ transplants
provided the data as part of China’s yearslong effort to convince the international medical community that it no longer harvests organs from executed prisoners. At a news conference Wednesday, he reaffirmed that the organ harvesting…
China tells Vatican of crackdown on underground transplants
provided the data as part of China’s years-long effort to convince the international medical community that it no longer harvests organs from executed prisoners. At a news conference Wednesday, he reaffirmed that the organ harvesting…
Beijing’s new Taiwan policies reveal its plans for greater integration
On February 28, the Taiwan Office under China’s State Council published 31 new policies on Taiwan. These include preferential treatment for the island’s firms in investment, technological and cooperative ventures with mainland counterparts, and 19…
U.S. pressing China to cut trade surplus by $100 billion: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is pressing China to cut its trade surplus with the United States by $100 billion, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday, clarifying a tweet last week from President…
Asian shares, dollar fall as U.S. trade fears eclipse strong China data
“A U.S.-China trade war is the main risk.” Investors suspect policymakers who favor protectionism will also seek to use the currency as a trade weapon, if not overtly then through benign neglect. As news from…
China muscles into a new Great Game in Red Sea
“Globalization has created a Chinese monster,” the Washington-based online journal Foreign Policy warned. The announcement on China’s official news agency Xinhua that the Communist Party’s Central Committee recommended scrapping a two-term limit on the ……
Exclusive: China may pare back ‘divisive’ eastern Europe summits
BERLIN/BRUSSELS/SOFIA (Reuters) – China is considering paring back annual summits with eastern European countries that have fueled concerns in western capitals that Beijing is seeking to divide the continent, according to three European diplomats. (…
In China, an eye-roll goes viral, censors put a lid on it
Yicai financial news service reporter Liang Xiangyi sighed and raised a sceptical eyebrow at another journalist’s query to a delegate at a National People’s Congress press event Tuesday. As the question about China’s Belt and…
China Slaps Company With Record $870 Million Share-Manipulation Penalty
The China Securities Regulatory Commission disclosed the punishment against private company Bei Da Dao Group at a news briefing Wednesday, according to a report by state-run Shanghai Securities News. An official at the regulatory commission……
Chinese investors want relaxed rules for tech IPOs: exchange
Most investors are in favor of lowering financial threshold for their IPO, or accepting dual share classes, according to the survey. China may allow its offshore-listed tech firms to sell a form of shares on…
Top Chinese brands gaining global recognition for quality
China is fast emerging as brand leader in a wide variety of sectors and many of the leading domestic companies are gaining global recognition for quality, according to a new report from Brand Finance, a…
Stephen Hawking: China’s love for the late physicist
After news of his death emerged Wang posted on social media … In a video appearance in Beijing last year, he warned China of the rise of powerful AI, saying “we should do all we…
