SEOUL, South Korea — China and South Korea are putting a long-running dispute behind them more than a year after Seoul’s decision to install a US Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system. The…
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How Alibaba makes Singles’ Day appealing to luxury brands
During the e-commerce marketplace’s second-annual see-now-buy-now shopping event, a kickoff to the Singles’ Day shopping holiday on November 11, brands only had seven minutes of stage time each to make a lasting impression. “China is…
Canadian prisoner in China has sentence reduced after ‘re-education’
That includes China’s massive “One Belt, One Road” project that aims to … said the disclosure of the new 18-year sentence is relatively good news and could be start of a series of sentence reductions…
Property agents under pressure as tech giants Alibaba and JD.com muscle in on home-buying and rental markets
“They [Alibaba and JD.com] are certainly a threat,” said Andy Lee Yiu-chi, chief executive of Centaline Property Agency for southern China. “Internet companies are penetrating every aspect of the business; it is an inevitable trend,…
The problem facing Trump’s China probe
Erin Ennis, of the US China Business Council, says about 20% of its members have faced pressure in China to transfer key technology in recent years, but adds that they also report that the environment…
Top 10 Most Popular Smartphone Brands in China 2017 (According to Weibo)
Just before the biggest online shopping events of the year, these are the most popular smartphone brands in China 2017 – a top 10 list compiled by What’s on Weibo. The sales of smartphones are…
What Impact Will Chinese Sharing Luxury Apps Have on Luxury Brands?
Recommended ReadingDior is the Top Relevant Luxury Brand Among China’s Generation Z, Report SaysBy Yiling Pan For Chinese millennials, a vast army of educated and tech-savvy consumers that make up nearly one-third of the total…
Here’s How Marketers Do Halloween in China
Recommended ReadingLuxury Brands See Online Frenzy for Chinese Valentine’s DayBy Rachel Zheng The rise of Halloween is not only catching the attention of marketers in China. In the U.K. where the holiday is traditionally less…
DMG To Buy China Rights Of Forbes Brand
DMG will reportedly reach an agreement to buy the rights of Forbes brand in China, aiming to develop its retail and entertainment businesses in Greater China. It is said that DMG will purchase no more…
China slams US aluminium foil tariff ahead of Trump visit
The tariff was announced Friday by the US following concern that China was undercutting American manufacturers by flooding the country with underpriced aluminium products. But the timing has raised fears of a trade dispute during…
Ahead of iPhone X launch, China vendors cut prices of iPhone 8 models
recent launches have been simultaneous in China and Hong Kong rather than staggered, and domestic Chinese phone brands have increased their share of the world’s biggest smartphone market. Apple last week countered concerns of muted…
China Literature listing expected to leave ZhongAn’s IPO in its shadow
The highly-anticipated initial public offering of Tencent unit China Literature, mainland China’s largest online publishing and e-book site, has been way oversubscribed, and analysts are now predicting the flotation to be the hottest this year.…
With all eyes on North Korea, Beijing looks ready to deploy fighter jets in the South China Sea
Sand can be seen spilling from a newly dredged channel in this view of Vietnamese-held Ladd Reef, in the Spratly Island group in the South China Sea, November 30, 2016, in this Planet Labs handout…
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