Airbnb’s popular sleepover contest has hit a very big wall. The short-term rental service has nixed a promotion offering a one-night “dream” stay atop the Great Wall of China in the wake of a governme……
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Airbnb hits wall with China Great Wall promotion
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. short-term rental service Airbnb Inc has hit a wall with its newest marketing scheme in China, after regulators objected to a promotion offering sleepovers on the Great Wall o… ( read…
Beijing’s squeeze on artists’ studios catches up with Ai Weiwei
BEIJING — Chen Lan’s new home wasn’t anything fancy. But it had high ceilings, big windows and, most important: She could afford it. And she and her husband were surrounded by other pioneering artists ……
Beijing’s booey loos to get scrubbed down, cleaned up
TOILETS IN CHINA are often criticized for the lack of maintenance and hygiene, and it’s no secret that there have been many warnings to unsuspecting travelers about using them. But that will soon chan… (…
BEIJING | China exports accelerated in July despite rise in US tariffs
BEIJING — China’s exports to the United States surged last month, shrugging off President Trump’s tariff hike in a dispute over technology. Shipments to the United States climbed 13.3 percent from a y… ( read…
Gretzky named global ambassador for Beijing’s professional hockey team
BEIJING—Wayne Gretzky has been named a global ambassador for Beijing’s Kunlun Red Star as the Chinese capital seeks to boost the profile of hockey domestically ahead of hosting the Winter Olympics in … ( read…
World stocks edge up amid corporate news, U.S.-China spat
BANGKOK — World stock markets mostly rose Wednesday as investors focused on corporate news and looked past the U.S. decision to follow through with plans to put higher tariffs on $16 billion in Chine… (…
China’s Bytedance seeks to raise $3 billion at up to $75 billion valuation: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Beijing Bytedance Technology Co, owner of China’s leading news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, aims to raise about $3 billion in its latest funding round that would see its valuation s… ( read…
China won’t screen ‘Christopher Robin’ and it’s not clear why: source
China has denied Walt Disney Co’s request to screen Christopher Robin in the country, a movie that features the honey-loving bear Winnie the Pooh, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. It ……
Beijing Olympics 2008: A hope lost or fulfilled?
These are external links and will open in a new window Ten years ago this week, the Beijing Olympic Games drummed themselves onto television screens across the globe. It brought waves of hype in China…
China tests hypersonic aircraft that can carry nukes, evade missile defense systems, officials say
“The test showed that China is advancing shoulder-to-shoulder with the US and Russia,” Song told the news outlet. Song added that since the waverider flies so fast, it challenges current anti-missile … ( read original…
For God or party? China’s Christians face test of faith
NANYANG, China — The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life to see his dream of building a church come true — a brick house with a sunny courtyard and spacious hall…
Google is welcome back in China as long as it complies with the law, state media says
The Information first broke the news last week that Alphabet -owned Google is planning to re-launch its search engine in China and that it would blacklist certain websites and search terms. Google ori… ( read…
