Those alliances seem to be working for domestic automakers, which earned 67 billion yuan ($9.7 billion) with their partners in 2014, according to the latest China Association of Automobile Manufacturers statistics. Yet the government may…
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China remains target market for auto brands
BEIJING: Last year 11m cars were recalled in China, just over 120,000 of which were domestic brands, but this apparent discrepancy is not deterring foreign brands from targeting what remains a growing market. Chinese auto…
With Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Ivanka’s Brand Gets a Boost
Over that same weekend, Ivanka Trump’s eponymous company sweetened its own spot in China. The brand won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, according to the Associated Press, which gives it…
Chinese market commands localized insights for foreign brand success
More than 730 million consumers are Internet users in China, which makes digital crucial to conquering the market. “Many foreign brands assume that they can simply reuse their global audience insights when entering China market;…
China’s Premier urges Trudeau to relax controls on high-tech exports
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang used a personal telephone call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday to press Canada to relax controls on exports of high-technology to China, raising concerns that Beijing could get access…
Beijing again covered in smog and sand as pollution worsens
Beijing has been smothered by a wall of smog and sand drifting in from the Gobi Desert, further spotlighting the need for the Chinese “war on pollution”. Residents wore face masks to protect themselves from…
Alexandre Pato keeps a low profile in Beijing after Tianjin Quanjian striker bags first Chinese Super League goal
New Tianjin Quanjian signing Alexandre Pato kept a low profile as he made his way through Beijing South Railway Station on Monday morning. The forward has struggled during his first few weeks at the club…
China pleads for calm after North Korea says U.S. is bringing them to the brink of thermonuclear war
China has called for a return to multi-sided talks that ended … However, North Korea didn’t respond to Wu’s request to visit Pyongyang, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. ( read original story …)
China's man on North Korea crisis cools heels in Beijing
SEOUL/BEIJING The travels and travails of China’s veteran point man on North Korea underscore … But Wu had not been able to confirm plans to visit North Korea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted a…
China defends N. Korea trade after its trucks haul missiles
“China has been performing its international obligations strictly … to a 2015 report for the European Union Institute for Security Studies. Associated Press news assistant Yu Bing contributed to this report. ( read original story…
China, Russia send ships after U.S. aircraft carrier
China and Russia have dispatched intelligence-gathering vessels from their navies to chase the USS Carl Vinson nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is heading toward waters near the Korean Peninsula, multiple sources of the Japanese government revealed…
China Rapid Finance will be the Fifth Online Lender to IPO in the US
In late March, 2017 we learned that Chinese online lender China Rapid Finance filed to go public, hoping to raise up to $100 million. They will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the…
Steel, stimulus drive China’s strongest economic growth since 2015
China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two years. Growth of 6.9 per…
