While alarming and fascinating in equal measure, these headlines conceal another tale — one of a country undergoing a breakneck expansion into the world of flying as its people take to the sky in ……
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Beijing building new airports as millions of Chinese take to skies
When China’s air industry hits the news, stories are typically centered on passengers going rogue, punching each other, trying to wrestle open emergency doors mid-takeoff or dangerously tossing coins … ( read original story …)
China says U.S. demand on its state-owned enterprises is ‘invasion’ on economic sovereignty
… of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a demand that China sees as an “invasion” on its economic sovereignty, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday. Trade tensions between … ( read original story …)
US envoy calls for Beijing ‘dialogue’ with Dalai Lama
BEIJING: The US ambassador to China has called on Beijing to open a “substantive dialogue” with the Dalai Lama in remarks made this week during a rare visit to Tibet, his embassy said Saturday (May…
Analysis: The US won a trade war against Japan. But China is a whole new ball game
In an editorial last year, China’s Xinhua state news agency warned that “Japan was seriously hurt by its improper response” to the Plaza Accord and US trade pressure. It blamed the US for scapegoating ……
JD.com and Alibaba slug it out in blockchain space
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has applied for over 200 blockchain patents, according to a report by Securities Daily News. Its rival Alibaba Group has, meanwhile, applied for 262 patents in this … ( read original…
Beijing is committed to trade deal but also ready to retaliate, Chinese envoy says
Beijing is committed to striking a trade deal with the U.S. but it’s ready to respond with more countermeasures, said Chinese envoy Cui Tiankai, as he called the blacklisting of Huawei by the United ……
Finder’s crypto panel bullish on Bitcoin
As for why the price has surged this year, 80% of panellists said it was due to crypto-related announcements made at the recent Consensus event. The next most cited factors were the US-China trade ……
‘Bitcoin Legal to Own in China,’ Says People’s Bank of China Lawyer
For a long time, the situation regarding Bitcoin’s status in China has been murky at best. At worst, the legal situation implied an outright ban. Bitcoin (BTC) was taken to be banned in China despite…
China Trade War Refuels Talk of Sourcing Alternatives, but There’s No Solution for Most Brands
For all of the uncertainty around the U.S. China trade war, the Trump administration has at least made one of its objectives clear: Bring manufacturing jobs back to American workers. Currently, 98% of … (…
‘What we think is cool in the West … isn’t what’s cool in China’
According to Renkert, the last We Are Kindred sale attracted about 20 daigou who stay all day, talking to their customers in China, and spend up big. Helping Australian brands navigate the path into ……
Indian smartphone brands are crumbling under pressure from Chinese players
Intex, once India’s second-largest mobile handset brand, has signalled an exit. The New Delhi-based firm reportedly hasn’t launched any new product in recent months and restricted its sales to … ( read original story …)
China ramps up war of rhetoric in trade standoff with U.S.
Negotiations over how to cut the huge, longstanding U.S. trade deficit with China and resolve complaints over Beijing’s methods for acquiring advanced foreign technologies foundered earlier this month … ( read original story …)
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