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Bitcoin Held on Binance Surges to Record High of 692K BTC: Glassnode
The tally has increased by more than 50,000 bitcoins in four weeks, reversing the exodus seen late last year.
Indian anger and Chinese indifference quash hopes of border resolution
Starkly different approaches to 2,100-mile line of actual control on show as defence ministers meet in Delhi
Young Chinese Love Everything About Sweden. Except Living There.
Young Chinese are moving to Sweden in record numbers, seeking better labor conditions and a more tolerant society. Many are underwhelmed by what they find.
Binance to reenter Japan via acquired regulated exchange SEBC
Users of the SEBC exchange are required to withdraw their funds before the deadline of May 28.
Foton Motor Plans to Produce Electric Vehicles in Mexico, May Cooperate with CATL - Pandaily
On April 27th, it was reported that Foton Motor plans to establish its second factory in Mexico to produce electric vehicles and focus on exporting them to the United States.
BYD net profit up 410% y-o-y, but down 44% quarterly · TechNode
Chinese EV giant BYD saw a 400%-plus surge y-o-y for Q1, but its profit growth is slowing, and was down 43.5% from the previous quarter.
Binance Japan Will Start Operations After June
Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange acquired Sakura Exchange BitCoin in November.
Foreign companies in China face growing scrutiny, pressure
Foreign companies are under growing pressure in China from anti-corruption, security and other investigations as President Xi Jinping’s government tightens control over business. That is clashing with efforts to lure back investors after the end of anti-virus controls. This week, Bain & Co. said police questioned staff in its Shanghai office but gave no details of what they were looking for. Last month, the corporate due diligence firm Mintz Group said its Beijing office was raided by police who detained five employees. Also last month, an employee of a Japanese drug maker was detained on spying charges and the government announced a security review of memory chip maker Micron Inc.
Pakistan releases Chinese national charged with blasphemy
A defense lawyer says a Chinese national who was arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy has been released after a court granted him bail. The lawyer for the man who has been only identified as Tian said on Friday that the Chinese national was granted bail by a judge a day earlier in the northwestern city of Abbottabad. Tian was released after he filed a surety bond of 200,000 rupees, or about $700. Tian worked on a dam project and was detained earlier this month in the town of Komela when his co-workers claimed he had insulted Islam.
Floki's Binance US Debut Falls Short As 70% Investors See Losses — But This Meme Coin Investors Remain Most Profitable
Investors who have bought into the dog-themed memecoin Floki Inu (CRYPTO: FLOKI) could be looking at significant losses, according to on-chain data.
Tech Insider: Tencent and ByteDance’s Virtual Reality Check, Alibaba Cloud Slashes Prices
China’s smart cockpit market predicted to nearly double in five years, Tesla opens some China charging stations to other brands
Hong Kong stocks gain as Ping An, BYD earnings lift confidence, SMIC rallies
Big earnings from BYD and Ping An Insurance offered investors a shot in the arm, helping to overcome concerns among fund managers about China’s recovery outlook.
BYD Shares Gain 5% In U.S. After Surge In 1st Quarter Profit
Revenue rose by 80% as buyers in the world's largest auto market flocked to EVs
Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Binance on Relationship with Government
The head of Financial Crime Compliance at crypto exchange Binance, Tigran Gambarayan discusses Binance's relationship with the CFTC and law enforcement agencies.
China’s wave of ChatGPT rivals, Alibaba goes multichain: Asia Express
Huawei unveils latest in wave of Chinese ChatGPT rivals, Alibaba's multichain bridge, Hong Kong crypto exchange regulations imminent.
Binance Official Says Crypto Exchange Has Ousted North Koreans
"They recognized Binance was not the place for them," said Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial crime compliance at Binance.
Chinese EV giant BYD's first-quarter profit jumps fivefold
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co. posted a fivefold jump in its first-quarter profit on Thursday as the company consolidated its leadership in the domestic market. Net profit for the first three months of the year was 4.13 billion yuan ($596.56 million), up 410.9% from 808.41 million yuan a year earlier, on revenue up 79.8% at 120.17 billion yuan, the company said in a stock market filing. The Shenzhen-based company, whose investors include Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, outsold Volkswagen-branded cars in the first quarter of this year in China, according to a Reuters analysis of data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
Alibaba (BABA) Stock Moves -0.12%: What You Should Know
Alibaba (BABA) closed at $82.82 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.12% move from the prior day.
Ex-Harvard Professor Charles Lieber Avoids Prison for Lying About China Funding
The sentencing marks a quiet end to the Justice Department’s focus on academics’ ties to China.
A new hope for China’s endangered animals
Thirty-two years after first publishing its List of Wild Animals Under State Priority Conservation, China has finally made an update, more than doubling the size of the list. Key additions include wolves and many endangered bird species.
TikTok and Douyin combined top the world of in-app purchases
TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin are the world’s most lucrative apps aside from games when it comes to in-app payments, and advertising revenue in the U.S. is exploding as the Biden administration declines to enforce previous bans.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Beijing considers rare earth export controls targeted at U.S. defense industry
A month after Chinese regulators issued new rules on export controls for rare earth elements, the Financial Times reports that Beijing is evaluating what impact a targeted move could have on the ability of the U.S. to make F-35 fighter jets.
After latest blackface incident, Africans in China grow weary of racial insensitivities
“It feels like a slap in the face.” Runako Celina and Seron Tamerat, two of the managers of Black Livity China, react to the latest in a series of incidents of anti-Black racial insensitivity in China.
From folk tale to national treasure: The story of the Butterfly Lovers
How Western music and traditional Chinese opera was synthesized to create one of China’s most famous orchestral works.
How China’s ecommerce helped stamp out the pandemic
Apart from strongman politics, China’s logistical networks — ultra-fast, thoroughly diffused, and widely trusted — helped a nation weather lockdown during COVID-19.
Editor’s note for Monday, February 15, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Chinese box office breaks record despite pandemic shadow
Chinese filmgoers are crowding into theaters to watch domestic movies as moviemakers around the world are on pandemic pause.
WHO in Wuhan: A refusal to share raw data, or ‘standard scientific debate’?
WHO scientists had arguments in Wuhan over access to detailed patient data. But they appear to disagree about whether those debates amount to a “refusal” by China to share information essential to tracing the origin of COVID-19.
Chinese importers choke Zimbabwe manufacturers amid COVID-19
Zimbabwe has openly welcomed Chinese businesses, but local companies — already reeling due to the COVID-19 pandemic — have complained that cheap Chinese imports have put the squeeze on them.
British MPs urge boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Also in this week’s China Sports Column: Chinese tennis players crash out of the Australian Open.
Editor’s note for Thursday, February 11, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
China bans BBC after CGTN taken off air in Britain
The BBC’s TV news broadcasts have never been available to ordinary Chinese households, but you could watch them via satellite in five-star hotels and luxury apartment complexes. No longer.
India and China disengage at one of many border conflict zones
Pangong Lake, part of the disputed border between India and China, will essentially become a no-man’s-land after an agreement between the two countries’ armies. While a significant step back from the brink, tensions remain high along many other parts of the India-China border.
Asylum for the Uyghurs
Protecting the Uyghurs isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s also good politics.
Words on the street: ‘Beijing Graffiti’ examines street art in the Chinese capital
A new book examines Beijing’s small but vibrant graffiti scene, via photographs and interviews with 25 of the city’s graffiti artists.
What China’s listening to this Spring Festival (and every Spring Festival)
Happy year of the ox!
Takeaways from the WHO investigation — frozen-food imports are a target
The WHO went to Wuhan, and Beijing is happy.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.