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Airbnb adopts new brand name Aibiying in China
Airbnb will rebrand its short-term home rental service in China as “Aibiying” and triple the size of its workforce in the country as it tries to woo a large but complex market for foreign tech…
Aldi launches in China with flagship store on Tmall
German discount supermarket chain Aldi has launched a flagship digital store in China, marking the brand’s entrance into the market. Aldi unveiled the brand’s first digital store on Alibaba-owned Tmall Global this week with a…
Tencent remains China’s most valuable brand
CHINA – The brand value of the top 100 Chinese brands has increased 6% to $557.1 billion, with Tencent holding on to the top spot, according to Kantar Millward Brown’s BrandZ study. Technology company Tencent…
China’s overseas property dream becomes nightmare
This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on March 21, 2017. HONG KONG: Middle-class mainlander Laura Zhang found the idea of owning a home overseas irresistible after being bombarded by commercials for an…
China offers tourist packages to disputed South China Sea in a bid to show its authority over the region following threat from US to block access
China has plans to build holiday resorts that the government has compared to the Maldives. On March 3, state-run news agency Xinhua announced that a new cruise ship had embarked on its maiden voyage to…
Criticized for torturing lawyers, China lashes out at Canada and other countries
“China has repeatedly expressed that China is a country under the rule of law and everyone stands equal in front of the law, and no one can rise beyond the law.” On the same day,…
Why the U.S.-China clash trumps Canada’s trade concerns
Focusing on China’s huge trade surplus with the United States, Mr. Trump and his economic team are talking about a wide range of trade and currency measures aimed at curbing Chinese exports and increasing the…
China wants to expand e-commerce trade with Australia
China has declared it wants to level the playing field for Australian and Chinese companies selling products online, on the eve of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s arrival to Australia. In a move that surprised the…
Fanli mulls China IPO, aims for 100 billion yuan of online trading
Fanli.com, a Shanghai-based directory for online shopping funded by Walt Disney’s Steamboat Ventures, said it is considering an initial public offering on China’s A-shares market. “The accelerated IPO pace in China heightened our hopes for…
Hong Kong set to pick new leader anointed by Beijing
HONG KONG — The three candidates vying to be Hong Kong’s next leader squared off in a feisty debate in front of hundreds of voters who peppered them with questions. They wrangled over policy proposals…
China: Australia should look beyond the nations' differences
China hopes Australia will continue to look beyond the countries’ ideological differences and focus on bilateral business ties and other forms of cooperation, a senior Chinese official said Tuesday. Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang was…
China's trading partners raise alarm over food import controls
“We have to assess the food management of areas abroad that export food to China to ensure the food safety of our country,” the minister in charge of AQSIQ, Zhi Shuping, said at a March…