The accusations come ahead of the much-anticipated IPO for the music streaming service operator, the biggest in China with more than 800 million monthly active users, as it seeks to raise as much as U... ( read original story ...)
Huawei CFO bail hearing to resume in Canada as Beijing steps up pressure
TORONTO/BEIJING (Reuters) - A top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies is due back in a Canadian court on Monday where she'll fight for her freedom with the help of pressure from Beijin... ( read original story ...)
China property to cool in 2019, weigh on economy, curbs may be eased: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s massive property market is expected to cool further in 2019, with smaller price rises and falling home sales adding to pressure on the world’s second-largest economy, a Reu... ( read original story ...)
China deliberates draft rules targeting financial holding companies: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s central bank has started seeking internal feedback on draft rules regulating financial holding companies, targeting big-name conglomerates that hold multiple financial lice... ( read original story ...)
Beijing population hit turning point in 2017: report
(ECNS）— A research report says Beijing’s population hit an inflection point in 2017, with the number of residents with local household registration (or Hukou), and migrants from other areas both decli... ( read original story ...)
In Beijing, newsstands face battle amid changing times
BEIJING— Zhang Fan, 33, stopped by a newsstand one recent Sunday morning near his home in Beijing to buy a magazine, only to find the stand had been shut down. Zhang, a designer living on the ... ( read original story ...)
China pressures U.S., Canada ahead of hearing for Huawei exec
the official Xinhua News Agency said. A day earlier, the Chinese government gave Canadian Ambassador John McCallum a warning of "grave consequences" if she is not released. British Columbia said in a ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing blames Canada for Huawei arrest, threatens ‘grave consequences for hurting feelings of Chinese people’
This story is being published for POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post. It originally appeared on scmp.com on Dec. 9, 2018. China has ratcheted up the pressure o... ( read original story ...)
BEIJING | China summons US envoy to protest detention of Huawei exec
BEIJING — China summoned the U.S. ambassador to Beijing on Sunday to protest the detention of an executive of Chinese electronics giant Huawei in Canada at Washington’s behest and demanded Washington ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing Threatens “Severe” Retaliation Against Canada If Huawei CFO Is Not Released
China’s warning marks an escalation in Beijing’s rhetoric as investors worry that the arrest could cause the shaky trade detente between the US and China to devolve into acrimony. Canada’s extraordina... ( read original story ...)