Jeremy Goldkorn worked in China for 20 years as an editor and entrepreneur. He is editor-in-chief of The China Project, and co-founder of the Sinica Podcast.
Earlier this week, new evidence emergedย that Uyghurs were being forced into working in factories making goods for many famous international brands. This was further corroborated...
Chart from Google Finance. The Economist, a British news magazine, saysย (porous paywall) that COVID-19 is infecting the world economy. Although they say that โa recession...
The global tally of reported COVID-19 infectionsย has reached 101,781, with 80,573 of those in China. In the U.S., there are now 260 confirmed cases, although...
Yesterday, we linked to a Foreign Policy pieceย (porous paywall) by James Palmer that noted that โconspiracy-minded sites such as College Dailyโ are publishing stories that...
Yesterday, China adopted a new set of rules to govern content on the internet. Releasedย (in Chinese) by the countryโs most powerful internet regulator, the Cyberspace...
The Chinese government has demonstrated a willingness to innovate in the financial services technology sector. For example, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) has announced accelerated plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), and filed scores of CBDC patents (paywall), while private sector fintech initiatives like Baiduโs Xuperchain network have been introduced to great fanfare. What's more, the PBOC's Fintech Development Plan 2019โ2021 (in Chinese) expresses support for technological innovation, including the use of cloud storage for financial data such as payments.
Itโs global now: A map of COVID-19 reported infections from Johns Hopkins CSSE. American media coverage of COVID-19 has followed Europe and shifted to the...
Hong Kong police arrested media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying (้ปๆบ่ฑ Lรญ Zhรฌyฤซng) this morning (Friday February 28). Lai made his fortune in the clothing business...
From CNBC: The Dow closed down more than 1,100 points, or 4.4%, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were also both down more than 4%. The...