The CAA said it banned the trio from all future races because they had a “negative impact” on China in the international community. The Xinhua news agency said the sporting association would continue … (…
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The Biggest Blockchain & Crypto Players In China
We dig into China’s blockchain ecosystem and look at investment trends, top companies, and most active investors across the space. China is a key player in the development of blockchain technology, … ( read original…
Pinterest and Zoom surge in early trading after IPO
Another company with a similar name appeared to benefit from the burst of IPO activity. Shares of Beijing-based Zoom Technologies doubled Thursday morning, CNBC reported, suggesting a possible mix-up … ( read original story …)
Crisis at China’s JPMorgan Wannabe Deepens With Bond Defaults
(Bloomberg) — A debt crisis at one of China’s most well-known private conglomerates entered a new stage Thursday, with the company saying cross-default clauses had been triggered on dollar bonds … ( read original story…
Canada worried about implications of new extradition treaty between Hong Kong and China
However, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a news conference earlier this month that the matter is between Hong Kong and China, and other countries “have no right to interfere.” … ( read…
How Chinese internet trolls go after Beijing’s critics overseas
Arslan Hidayat was at work when the trolls attacked. “My phone was going ‘bring, bring, bring,'” said the 31-year-old English teacher. “I was like, What the hell’s going on?” A Facebook page he helps ……
Which Zoom? Mistaken-Identity Trades Send Tiny Stock Up 70,000%
Zoom Technologies Inc., a Beijing-based maker of mobile phone components whose … The stock gained as much as 83 percent over the $36 IPO price set Wednesday. The mix up was enough to concern ……
WTO rules in favour of U.S. in dispute over China grain import quotas
The United States won a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on Thursday against China’s use of tariff-rate quotas for rice, wheat and corn, which it successfully argued limited market access for U.S … ( read…
Visual China fined over false photo copyright claims
shut its website and apologized after it falsely claimed copyright of images such as the first photo of a black hole and China’s national flag. The news had caused its shares to slump by the…
China reportedly monitors what civil servants do outside work as the country rolls out its ambitious social credit system
It quickly became the most downloaded app across Chinese social media platforms, the South China Morning Post reported in February. According to Bloomberg, some small business owners in the eastern … ( read original story…
China’s Huawei makes second attempt at Brazil smartphone market
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is making a second attempt at cracking the Brazilian smartphone market, the fourth-largest in the world, with the launch of two high-end … ( read original…
For Amazon, China’s E-Commerce Market Proved Too Much of a Jungle
The firms entered the Chinese market with great fanfare in the early 2000s only to wither in the face of competition from China’s faster-moving internet titans. Amazon has been in talks to merge its e…
China’s Bitcoin Ban, Crypto Endowments, & Arbitrage bots
Considering the cryptocurrency trade’s rampant speculation, fraud, and energy consumption, China has good reason to end crypto mining. Unlike the internet where the Communist party was able to … ( read original story …)