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VIMworld to Burn 44 Million POWA Tokens on Binance Smart Chain
/PRNewswire/ -- VIMworld, the immersive NFT utility platform announced today that it will burn over 44 Million POWA tokens on Binance Smart Chain. This...
University Dean Sacked After Sharing Lewd Image With Colleagues
An immediate investigation by the university confirmed that the professor had shared the pornographic image in a work group chat.
Chery Tiggo 7 Pro PHEV and 8 Pro PHEV confirmed for Malaysia - SUVs to debut early next year in CKD form - paultan.org
Chery Tiggo 8 Pro Max e+ PHEV Of late, as we get closer to Chery’s official return to the Malaysian market, we’ve been sharing with you the confirmed models and their timeline. The public will […]
Hong Kong has ‘strategic ambiguities’ to navigate US-China rivalry: Kishore
Hong Kong ‘enjoys the status’ of ‘one country, two systems’, but has to ‘work very hard’ to convince the US that it remains autonomous, says retired Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani.
Bitcoin-Tether Pair Is Most Liquid on Binance Even as TUSD Pair Sees Higher Volume
While trading volume in the BTC/TUSD pair has surged over the past four weeks, liquidity remains thin compared with the BTC/USDT pair.
Warning for US, Thai farmers: China to grow 90 per cent of its grain by 2032
China plans to grow nearly 90 per cent of the grain it needs by 2032, while also reducing imports, with food security high on the agenda for Beijing amid rising geopolitical tensions and the Ukraine war.
Relief as Chinese firm reaches royalty deal on Congo cobalt mine
Deal between China’s CMOC and state-owned Gecamines over world’s No 2 cobalt mine puts to rest dispute dubbed ‘poster child for the beginning of the end for Chinese miners’ in Congo, analyst says.
Tencent CEO Pony Ma affirms support for rust-belt province Heilongjiang
Internet giant Tencent is assisting Heilongjiang’s economic development through a series of collaborations that include the digital economy, transport, energy and agriculture.
Family: Chinese journalist faces espionage charges
The family of a veteran Chinese journalist says he faces espionage charges after being detained while meeting with a Japanese diplomat in a restaurant. Dong Yuyu, deputy head of the editorial department at Guangming Daily, often wrote liberal-leaning articles and regularly met with foreign journalists and diplomats to help understand global trends. But his family says Chinese authorities regarded his contacts with foreign diplomats as evidence of spying. Espionage can be penalized with a jail term of more than 10 years. Dong is the latest in a series of liberal Chinese voices to be accused by the government of being linked to what it terms foreign interference.
Taiwanese activist faces ‘secession’ charges in mainland China
Yang Chih-yuan, 33, has been formally arrested after being detained in Wenzhou last year, according to Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing.
Guatemala president pledges strong support for 'Republic of Taiwan'
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei pledged his unconditional support on Tuesday for the "Republic of Taiwan" on a trip that comes as China steps up pressure on the handful of countries that still maintain formal ties with the island.
Baozun Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - Baozun (NASDAQ:BZUN)
SHANGHAI, China, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baozun Inc. (NASDAQ:BZUN) ("Baozun", the "Company" or the "Group"), a leading brand e-commerce solution provider and digital commerce enabler in China, announced
Hong Kong loophole allowing homeowners to buy subsidised public flats to close
Public housing tenants who already own a property to be banned from buying subsidised homes, source says.
Baozun Files Annual Report on Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2022 - Baozun (NASDAQ:BZUN)
SHANGHAI, China, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baozun Inc. (NASDAQ:BZUN) ("Baozun", the "Company" or the "Group"), a leading brand e-commerce solution provider and digital commerce enabler in China, today
Coronavirus: China to scrap PCR tests for travellers to the country
From April 29, authorities will accept negative rapid antigen test results for entry to China.
Baozun Releases 2022 Chairman Letter - Baozun (NASDAQ:BZUN)
SHANGHAI, China, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dear Shareholders: On behalf of the Board of Directors and the management team of Baozun, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continued
Mitsubishi Motors takes one-time $78 mln hit from China woes
Mitsubishi Motors Corp will take a one-time hit of 10.5 billion yen ($78.31 million) related to slowing sales at its China unit, it said on Tuesday, as mounting competition in the world's largest auto market hits foreign automakers.
Chinese journalist arrested on charges of espionage
Trial of Dong Yuyu, detained after meeting Japanese diplomat, comes as country’s espionage laws widened
Germany invites Chinese premier for talks in June - source
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has invited Chinese Premier Li Qiang for talks in Berlin on June 20, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Editor’s note for Monday, December 28, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
China sentences citizen journalist to four years in prison for challenging COVID-19 response narrative
Zhang Zhan, a freelance video journalist who documented the early days of Wuhan’s lockdown and criticized the government’s response, was convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
Editor’s note for Wednesday, December 23, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Will China and the EU clinch an investment deal soon?
The EU and China are reportedly very near to signing an investment deal that has been in negotiations since early 2014. However, hesitancy from the U.S., Poland, and the European Parliament present obstacles.
Ride-hailing giant Didi wants to create the next Alipay
Despite government attention and the threat of regulation, financial technology remains a white-hot destination for investment among China’s tech firms and venture capitalists.
An emperor reveals his guts
Xuanye (1654–1722), better known as the Kangxi Emperor, is widely considered one of imperial China’s most successful rulers. But in a valedictory speech given five years before his death, he revealed his fears and vulnerabilities with a candor that seems almost impossible for the politicians who lead the world today.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, December 22, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Empathy, China, and the future: The China Project year in review
The trajectory of the U.S.-China relationship is the most important human-controlled variable in the equation that determines the ultimate outcome of humanity. The onus to understand “the other” does not fall to just “us” or just “them” — we are irrevocably in this together by circumstance of birth on the same planet at this exact point in time. It’s why we at The China Project do what we do to help increase mutual understanding.
Zhu Jun breaks silence to dispute sexual harassment allegations, declaring himself ‘the real victim’
The legal suit isn’t over yet, but the accused perpetrator of China’s most prominent #MeToo case says he did nothing wrong.
Consumers love cheap groceries, but can community group buying withstand government scrutiny?
Community group buying is taking China’s residential compounds by storm as even non-tech-savvy grannies see the price benefits and tech companies pour millions into the sector. But not everyone is happy with the booming new industry.
Editor’s note for Monday, December 21, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
More than just censorship: How China shaped public sentiment in the early days of COVID
The Chinese government hired private companies to “flood social sites with distracting chatter,” among other tactics to tamp down public outrage during the worst parts of the coronavirus epidemic in China.
JD Finance under fire for advertising that preys on the poor
China’s fintech companies are under growing pressure as their need for rapid growth leads to ethically questionable business practices that target the financially vulnerable.
Modernizing tradition: Shen Congwen and his literary classics
Shen Congwen was an author of the people, writing about everyday life in rural villages and peppering his stories with regional flavor. He was denounced during the Cultural Revolution and then forgotten, but rediscovered in the 1980s — and would have become China’s first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature if only he’d lived a few more months.
Jeremy Lin’s Warriors return blocked by Chinese Basketball Association
Jeremy Lin’s hopes of signing with the Golden State Warriors’ G-League affiliate were dashed over the weekend after the Chinese Basketball Association failed to provide a letter of clearance.
U.S. blacklists China’s top chipmaker and world’s biggest consumer drone company
The U.S. government has added 60 Chinese companies to its growing “Entity List” of organizations, which restricts exports from American firms. But is Washington cutting off its nose to spite its face?
Editor’s note for Friday, December 18, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
‘Thank God, the vaccine is now available’: China makes inroads abroad with COVID-19 diplomacy
Western countries have begun rollouts of vaccines from firms like Pfizer and Moderna. But from Latin America to Southeast Asia and the Middle East, leaders hope that Chinese companies like Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm hold the key to curbing COVID-19.
Transgender teen missing after forceful admission to underground psychiatric clinic
It’s been over two weeks since Zhāng Xiǎoqián 张小乾, a transgender youth from Weifang, Shangdong Province, was cut off from the outside world entirely for so-called “conversion therapy,” a harmful and discredited practice intended to alter gender identity.
‘Finding Yingying’: Chinese pain and the empathy deficit
What one mother’s grief can teach us about our common humanity.
