“We needed to make a step closer in serving European brands,” said Tencent Europe Director Andrea Ghizzoni in an interview with Bloomberg. While WeChat has greater than 889 million users in China, Bloomberg noted it…
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China's new-found love for Confucius
So it’s no wonder that when the Chinese government launched its soft power drive to spread Chinese language and culture around the world, it turned to the one figure who is the beginning and the…
Chinawood: Two Big Brands—‘Hollywood’ and ‘Made in China’—Merge Into One
From Transformers 4 to Kung Fu Panda 3 to The Great Wall, Chinese actors and producers have found a place in big-budget Hollywood films. As Aynne Kokas explains in her new book, Hollywood Made in…
Top 10 most valuable brands in China
Companies in the technology, banking and telecom industries have dominated a list of most valuable brands in China compiled based on a study by advertising research agency WPP and Millward Brown. The total value of…
China downplays tensions with U.S. as Xi prepares to meet Trump
“China does not deliberately seek a trade surplus. We also have no intention of carrying out competitive currency devaluation to stimulate exports. This is not our policy,” Zheng said. State news agency Xinhua also struck…
Can China's ivory trade ban save elephants?
At the height of the market some of them could sell for many thousands of dollars. Now, to the delight of conservationists everywhere, China is calling a halt to this lucrative end of a brutal…
China March factory activity grows fastest in nearly five years
“The rally in China’s producer prices is reaching the limit…As prices start to ease, buyers will likely halt new orders and hence overall business momentum will slow,” analysts at ANZ said in a note. Indeed,…
Dairy business strengthening ties with China
Blue River Dairy is expanding business and has developed two new products off the back of a visit from a powerful Chinese leader. General manager Robert Boekhout said at the beginning of this year two…
China's Xi to meet Trump, who predicts 'difficult' meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump’s Florida resort, China’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday, amid a range of pressing issues including…
China factory index hits 5-year high as economy gains steam
China’s factory activity ticked up again last month to its highest level in five years, according to an official survey released Friday, in a fresh sign that the world’s No. 2 economy is picking up…
Trump says trade gap will make China meeting 'a very difficult one'
The U.S. side is also expected to criticize Beijing for its pursuit of expansive claims in the South China Sea. White House spokesman Sean Spicer told a news briefing the meeting would be an opportunity…
China treaty failure sparks war between Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull camps
The federal government’s failure to ratify the China-Australia extradition treaty has sparked a proxy war between supporters of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his predecessor, Tony Abbott. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop delivered a slap to…
Philippines says China wants to survey seas to its east
Acting Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo told ABS-CBN News Channel that a number of Chinese requests to survey Benham Rise have been denied because China rejected that condition. Some requests are still pending. Defence Secretary Delfin…
