Late last month, a rash of food-stall, restaurant, shop, and factory closures in Chaozhou and Shantou, two prefectural-level cities in China’s southern Guangdong province, went viral online. Many Chinese social media users...
On Wednesday, German auto manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) announced that it would sell its operations in Xinjiang. The move comes after years of pressure from rights groups that have documented the Chinese government’s grave...
This week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz completed a three-day visit to China. It was his second trip since becoming chancellor and his first since the German government produced its China strategy last July. His previous trip...
The following instructions were posted online. To all provincial, autonomous regional, and municipal Party committee Cyberspace Administrations, and that of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC): In accordance...
Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron fled a protest-rattled Paris and traveled to Beijing for a high-profile visit with General Secretary Xi Jinping. One of Macron’s main stated objectives was to ensure that China...
As China doubles down on its zero-COVID policy, Shanghai struggles through a sixth week of lockdown, and Beijing expands mass testing and targeted closures, many smaller Chinese cities and towns have endured much longer periods...
Yahoo has withdrawn from China, making it the latest in a host of foreign companies that have abandoned the country. Yahoo attributed its decision to the “increasingly challenging business and legal environment” in China....
An independent investigation released by the law firm WilmerHale on September 16 found that high ranking staff members at the World Bank rigged data in the 2018 and 2020 editions of its flagship “Doing Business” report in order...
A string of reports this week have described foreign businesses’ preparations for and...
Last month, German carmaker Daimler repeatedly apologized for hurting Chinese feelings, disavowing...
New guidelines from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce forbids the registration of...
Ahead of the launch of a simplified Chinese-language site in February, American social networking...
At HuffPost Live, journalist Howard French speaks about the themes in his book...
As Chinese tech companies like Alibaba, Tencent and Sina’s Weibo expand abroad, Nathan...
Reuters reports (via the SCMP) that Russia may have overestimated China’s support of its...
Ron Gluckman profiles Richard Robinson, a serial entrepreneur who gave up his globetrotting...
Kroll Associates, a leading investigative and risk-management firm, reports that businesses based...
Following a million-strong breakout from a Jiangsu cockroach farm in August, The Los Angeles...
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