In December 1978, a Frenchman with a balding pate, wearing a broad-shouldered, long, and fashionable coat strode down a Beijing street, drawing curious stares from drably attired Chinese men and women … ( read original…
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Beijing on ‘heightened alert’ as US Navy vessels sail Taiwan Strait for the third time this year
Beijing said it is on “heightened alert” after the US Navy sailed two ships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday in the third such operation this year. Chinese defence ministry spokesman Ren Guoqian… ( read…
China won’t stop flood of fentanyl into Canada, sources say
The opioid crisis and record-setting death counts caused by fentanyl flooding into Canada could get worse because of a growing diplomatic dispute with China, sources have informed Global News. ( read original story …)
Dolce & Gabbana chopstick snafu a warning to global brands
The fallout from Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana’s (D&G) television ad that aired in China depicting a Chinese woman struggling to use chopsticks to eat pizza and pasta is still being assessed. T… (…
Dolce & Gabbana’s China faux pas shows global brands must tread gently on local sensitivities
Dolce & Gabbana last week cancelled their Shanghai fashion show in the biggest overseas market for the Milan luxury designer, bowing to public backlash from a controversial advertisement and an Instag… ( read original story…
China might be looking to end the trade war. Don’t let it off easy.
outright theft of foreign intellectual property and an obstacle course of barriers protecting its domestic markets from foreign competition. The president has simply recognized that, without counterme… ( read original story …)
China reports slowest manufacturing growth in more than two years ahead of U.S. trade talks
Friday’s downbeat factory activity reading suggested a flurry of stimulus measures by Beijing in recent months has yet to be felt, adding to views that business conditions in China will likely get wor… ( read…
China hopes U.S. shows sincerity at G20 trade talks
China hopes the United States can show sincerity and promote proposals both countries can accept when their two leaders meet at this week’s G20 summit, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday ahea… ( read…
China reports weakest factory growth in over two years on eve of U.S. trade talks
Friday’s downbeat factory activity reading suggested a flurry of stimulus measures by Beijing in recent months has yet to be felt, adding to views that business conditions in China will likely get wor… ( read…
Facial recognition deployed at China marathon to stop cheating
“Competitors must carry a valid ID and carry out verification through the facial-identification system,” Xinhua news agency said. Xinhua on Thursday called the cheating at the run in Shenzhen, over th… ( read original story…
Paying Tribute to China: How Western Brands Can Avoid Cultural Insensitivity
The repercussion of Dolce & Gabbana’s China blunder has been, so far, fierce. On November 23, D&G published the founding duo’s apology for a reviled and racist ad campaign on Weibo, yet many Chinese n……
Beijing Won’t Brook Corporate Competition in Spying
(Bloomberg Opinion) — A 23 percent plunge in Meitu Inc.’s shares in just a day and a half serves as a stark warning to Chinese tech companies: Don’t compete with Beijing. China’s Consumer Association ……
China pollution cover-ups ‘extremely stupid’: environment ministry
Now in the fifth year of its war on pollution, China has struggled to enforce its environmental … stupid and in vain,” environment ministry spokesman Liu Youbin said at a news briefing in Beijing wh……
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