According to Bloomberg's sources, state-run carriers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have until February 1 to keep people from using VPN technology. VPNs allow Chinese citizens to evade the country's notorious so-called "Great Firewall," a ... ( read original story ...)
China Tells Carriers to Block Access to Personal VPNs by February
China’s government has told telecommunications carriers ... requirements on the transfer of data and may give Beijing unprecedented access to their technology. Companies operating on Chinese soil will be able to employ leased lines to access the ... ( read original story ...)
China Bike-Sharing Titan Mobike Sets Sights on Washington, D.C.
Chinese bike-sharing giant Beijing Mobike Technology Co. has its sights set on Washington, D.C. The startup, known as Mobike, on Monday began advertising for jobs in the greater Washington area, showing how its intention to conquer the U.S. may be taking ... ( read original story ...)
China’s hi-tech snack shops run into low-tech snag – summer heat
One is operated by technology start-up BingoBox, and opened last month near the China headquarters of French retailer Auchan, which supplies the hundreds of products offered. Some customers had complained that cakes were misshapen and chocolate had melted. ( read original story ...)
Tencent’s WeChat Pay seeks license for local payment services in Malaysia
"Malaysia has a large Chinese community," Grace Yin said on the sidelines of a Hong Kong technology conference, explaining Tencent's choice of test bed. WeChat Pay and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's affiliate Alipay are turning China cashless by enabling ... ( read original story ...)
China Hedge Funds Bounce Back From Losses to Rank Near Top
While Greater China equity funds overall benefited from surging Hong Kong-listed shares and large-cap stocks on the mainland, well-timed bets on technology, Internet and consumer companies drove returns at some of the top performers. In recent years ... ( read original story ...)
China May Give Central Bank Key Role in Financial Oversight
China is considering handing the nation’s central bank a key role in coordinating financial oversight, in order to focus efforts on reining in risk in the sector, people familiar with the discussions said. The move, to be debated as part of the fifth ... ( read original story ...)
Detained Over Ivanka Trump Factory Inspection, China Labor Activist Speaks Out
After he found a job at one of the factories in Dongguan, a city in southern China near Hong Kong, he learned the ultimate target of their efforts: Ms. Trump’s brand. He said that the news made him resolve to be particularly thorough, but did not prompt ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-China SCE Property Holdings updates on June operating data
* June 2017, group together with its joint ventures and associates achieved a contracted sales amount of approximately RMB3.932 billion Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: ( read original story ...)
In China, homeowners anxiously wait for government to give them land rights
But such a plan, long discussed, has yet to be fulfilled in China, leaving deep worry among people whose financial well-being is tied up in property without a certain future – an uncertainty whose many consequences include the flight of money out of ... ( read original story ...)