Christopher Zhang’s parents, both executives with degrees from top universities, didn’t support their only son dropping out. They figured it was just a “gap year.” …
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China Travel Buys Ski Businesses From Struggling Developer Vanke
Struggling China Vanke, one of the country’s largest real estate developers, plans to sell the operations of a popular ski resort to a majority state-owned tourism and travel company, according to a …
Chinese brands burst onto global stage
In the first 11 months of 2024, the export volume of Chinese beauty products and toiletries reached 1.19 million metric tons, marking an 18.2 percent increase compared with last year, General …
Meet Moore Threads: how former Nvidia vice-president created a Chinese GPU star
Behind the Moore Threads’ story is James Zhang Jianzhong, its founder and CEO, who previously spent 14 years working for Nvidia.
India, China to start direct flights as bilateral ties warm
Diplomatic ties between the longstanding rivals are on an upswing at a time when US tariffs have added to economic uncertainties in the world’s two most populous nations Read more at The Business …
China has ‘not bought a bushel’ of soybeans from U.S. farmers this year. What happens to the crop now?
For U.S. farmers, abundant rains to fuel a bumper crop would normally be good news — but it won’t matter how much they produce this year if China, the world’s biggest buyer of soybeans, doesn’t…
Hong Kong isn’t the loophole Chinese crypto firms think it is
Chinas crypto ban has been in place since 2021, but that hasnt stopped companies from chasing what they believe are ways to reenter. Hyped-up stablecoin announcements in Hong Kong and overseas …
What U.S. Crypto Legislation Means for Global Finance
Both the U.S. and China share an interest in preventing illicit finance, strengthening cybersecurity and ensuring global stability. What happens next will depend less on technology than on values and …
BHP iron ore shipments continue despite China deadlock
The federal opposition says the government has a ‘hands-off’ attitude to the dispute over Australia’s biggest export.
Exclusive: China’s banks lend to Saudi gas project while its funds sit out of BlackRock-led deal, sources say
China’s biggest state banks are lending billions to Aramco’s Jafurah gas project, though its funds have passed on the opportunity to invest in the venture, three people familiar with the matter said.
A Tech Expo Shows What China Can Make, but Not Who’ll Buy It All
The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real competition is internal, and profits are hard to find.
Chinese healthcare, biotech firms flock to Hong Kong for IPOs
September yields at least 23 listing applications from mainland biotech firms eyeing the city’s lucrative fundraising market.
China asks S&P’s mainland ratings group to ‘rectify’ operations
Ratings in China for both bonds and issuers, most of which are also double A or triple A, are provided by domestic agencies, some of which are linked to the state. The People’s Bank of…
