The collapse of Serbia’s Novi Sad train station roof last month killed 15 people and severely injured two others, igniting weeks-long, nationwide protests against government corruption that is widely perceived to be at the root...
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...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week in Guangzhou. Kuleba is the highest-ranking Ukrainian official to travel to China since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. As Western...
Over 26 months have passed since Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine. The current stalemate has given way to gradual advances by Russia, as political support for arming Ukraine waned in Western capitals, at least until a...
Reports on privacy vulnerabilities in Apple’s AirDrop file-sharing function and new obstacles to tracking content trends on TikTok highlight the ways in which tech firms with strong China ties attempt to navigate political...
China’s friendship with Ukraine is “rock solid,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters during an annual Two Sessions press conference. “No matter how perilous the international landscape, we will maintain our strategic...
The ongoing crackdown by the Xi administration in the Xinjiang region has been described as an effort to “re-engineer” the Uyghur identity and as a form of “cultural genocide.” Officially launched in 2014, the steadily...
Amid an ongoing trade dispute, the Trump administration is considering placing further limits on...
New guidelines from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce forbids the registration of...
In a press conference on Wednesday, Shenzhen-based DJI, one of the world’s leading suppliers...
Beijing-based film, television, and online gaming company Perfect World (完美世界) has agreed to...
From AFP: US home appliance maker Whirlpool Corporation and Chinese conglomerate Hisense have formed a joint venture to serve the vast consumer market in China, the companies announced Monday. The 50-50 joint venture was formed...
“Elderly dynamos” who retain power in their companies – even after they’ve hit their 80s or 90s – are at the center of this article from Business Week: In his eight decades in the media business, Sir Run Run Shaw has built the Chinese-speaking world’s most successful film and TV empire. He was co-founder of […]
From Shanghai Daily via China Economic Net: Chinese firms, including Wenzhou-based cigarette lighter producers, the biggest telecom operators and domestic oil giants, are talking about”Go Global,” which means to expand business and seek opportunities in the international market. The key questions facing these Chinese firms are how to expand globally and how to prevent unexpected […]
From MarketWatch: Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index will adopt a new weighting methodology and expand the number of constituent shares to 38 from 33, in the biggest overhaul of the index in its 37-year history. Spokesmen for compiler HSI Services Ltd said Friday they will cap individual constituent weightings at 15% using a free-float-adjusted […]
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