But there is one capital where the American economic renaissance is definitely not welcome news. Consternation reigns in China, where President Xi Jinping is nervously watching his “China Dream” of do… ( read original story…
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Activist compares Beijing’s rule in Hong Kong to colonialism
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong pro-independence activist decried Beijing’s rule over the city as modern-day colonialism in a speech Tuesday to a foreign journalists’ association that defied the Chinese gover… ( read original story…
DealBook Briefing: Tencent, and the Markets, Are Hurting. Blame Beijing.
Tencent, one of China’s most powerful tech giants, reported its first profit decline in a decade, and its shares fell as much as 5 percent. About $180 billion has vanished from its market value since…
Tencent, the Chinese Internet Giant, Stumbles. Beijing Gets the Blame
SHANGHAI — Its chat app has inspired Silicon Valley. It owns some of the biggest video game franchises in the world. And after years of growth it has become one of the largest internet companies…
News of trade talks with China lifted markets, says Benchmark Investments’ Kevin Kelly
Investors seem to think there is going to be a trade deal with China, Kevin Kelly, CEO of Benchmark Investments. Aleksandra Michalska reports. Investors seem to think there is going to be a trade deal…
Why China needs more babies to save its aging population
China needs babies to fix a problem of its own creation … but it’s been so dramatic that it’s created all kinds of social problems along the way,” Cai told Global News by phone. “The…
China, U.S. to hold lower-level trade talks in late August
News of the meeting gave a lift to the yuan and helped cap losses in China’s stock markets. The world’s two largest economies have been locked in escalating rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs since the sta……
China rebuffs Philippines president’s South China Sea rebuke
BEIJING (Reuters) – China rebuffed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Beijing to rethink its conduct in the South China Sea on Thursday, saying China had the right to react to foreign shi… ( read…
China, U.S. to hold next round of trade talks in late August
Having made little progress in the previous meetings, the White House said on Aug. 3 that the United States is open to further talks with China on how to resolve the festering trade dispute. News…
Asian stocks slide as investors fret over China’s economy
consumer spending and retail sales in China were all slower than expected. But there was encouraging news in Beijing’s announcement that it is sending a sending a trade envoy to Washington, renewing e… ( read…
China could reportedly use its ‘unwritten’ tech rules as an ‘invisible tool’ against US firms
With Sino-American trade tensions escalating, China’s cybersecurity standards could be used as an “invisible tool” of retaliation against Washington’s tariffs, according to one expert. Those so-called … ( read original story …)
Beijing 2008: A look at the Olympic venues a decade on
Ten years ago, the Beijing Olympics was reaching its sweet spot. On 13 August, Michael Phelps had become the greatest Olympian of all time, winning his 10th and 11th golds to surpass the greats of…
Beijing’s eerie abandoned Olympic venues
(CNN) — It’s 10 years since China hosted the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. A decade later many of the celebrated Beijing venues and structures used for the competition are abandoned. Many were purpose-bu… ( read…
