When the financial crisis swept across Asia in the late 1990s, China took a decision that provided a crucial firewall. As currencies and stock markets around the region collapsed, the government in Beijing held the…
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China in her hand! Princess Anne explores Beijing’s Forbidden City on the first stop of her five-day royal visit designed to ‘strengthen relations’
Princess Anne spent the morning exploring Beijing’s Forbidden City today as she began her five-day official visit to China. Despite the steamy weather – temperatures soared to 30 degrees in Beijing – the Princess Royal…
China’s shadow banking lacks sufficient regulation: central bank
BEIJING China’s central bank said on Tuesday the shadow banking sector lacks sufficient regulation and the bank would give more prominence to financial risk controls. Compared with traditional bank lending, the opaque nature of shadow…
Rosneft says may sell stake in retail business to China’s CEFC
MOSCOW, July 4 Russia’s Rosneft and China Energy Company Limited (CEFC) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, under which the Chinese private company may acquire a stake in the Russian oil company’s retail business, Rosneft…
China accuses Indian Army of ‘betrayal’ on Sikkim issue
The verbal spat between China and India on Monday escalated as Beijing accused the Indian Army’s action to stop Chinese troops from constructing a road in an area near Sikkim is a “betrayal” of the…
Tencent’s online publisher files for Hong Kong IPO seen worth $800 million
China Literature has a business akin to Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle … Fundraising by tech firms in Hong Kong accounted for an average 2.5 percent of all IPOs since the global financial crisis in 2008, Thomson…
China rocket failure likely to set back next space missions
Experts say the still unexplained mishap shows that for all its triumphs, China’s space program is not immune to the tremendous difficulties and risks involved in working with such cutting-edge technology. “China’s approach has been…
China Unicom, Ericsson And Qualcomm Demonstrate Cat-M1 VoLTE
Three leading technology firms – China Unicom, Ericsson and Qualcomm – have recently jointly demonstrated Cat-M1 based Voice over LTE or Cat M1 VoLTE that can be used for multiple IoT scenarios, at Mobile World…
Brands turn to China’s digital influencers to fuel sales
Gogoboi spent a month wearing outfits matching Pokémon characters. Yao Chen — China’s answer to Angelina Jolie — hangs out with refugees. Papi Jiang swears way too much. Meet China’s key opinion leaders (KOLs). Like…
China warns rising tension with North Korea could be disastrous
China’s UN ambassador warned Monday that further escalation … to denuclearization and peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. He reiterated at a news conference that an important initial proposal in the package is “suspension…
China Unicom, Ericsson and Qualcomm Demo Cat-M1 VoLTE Use Cases
China Unicom, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have demonstrated Cat-M1 Voice over LTE (VoLTE) use cases at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017. The demonstrations were conducted using Ericsson’s IoT and VoLTE capable network infrastructure, IoT ……
China Genomics Giant Drops Plans for Gene-Edited Pets
“We have no plans to sell micropigs,” Yong Li, a key member of BGI’s animal science program, told MIT Technology Review. Exactly why the plan got scrapped remains murky. But distracting press coverage, negative public…
MSCI: China’s capital controls, trading halts are foreigners’ worries
China’s restrictions on capital repatriation and large number of stock trading suspensions are foreign investors’ primary concerns, which could impede further global integration of the nation’s US$7 trillion stock market, according to index compiler ……
