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Unnamed VIPs in Binance Crypto Case Are Jane Street, Tower and Radix
Jane Street Group, Tower Research Capital and Radix Trading are the three unidentified trading firms cited as “VIP” clients of Binance Holdings Ltd. in a top US regulator’s lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Opinion | Our Bill Is the Best Way to Counter the TikTok Threat
The Chinese company is spreading false claims about the Restrict Act in an effort to continue operating with impunity.
China Publishes Data Showing Raccoon Dog DNA at Wuhan Market
Scientists from the Chinese C.D.C. confirmed that DNA from raccoon dogs and other animals susceptible to the coronavirus was found at the market in early 2020.
Lemon8 Explained: ByteDance Pushes Brand New App That Blends Instagram And Pinterest And Quickly Climbs The Charts
The app made its way on the App Store and the Google Play Store in the U.S. and U.K. earlier this year, reportedly already garnering over 4 million monthly U.S. users.
License Lockdown: Dubai's Crypto Clampdown Leaves Binance Sweating
Dubai is intensifying its examination of cryptocurrency license applicants, such as Binance (CRYPTO: BNB), in light of last year's FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) bankruptcy, demanding more details from
Binance Compliance Chief Calls His Job One of the ‘Most Challenging’
Noah Perlman joined Binance in January from rival crypto exchange Gemini Trust.
Alibaba: A Post-Breakup Valuation Breakdown
Alibaba has announced plans to split into 6 segments
China's oil giants to invest over $14bn in renewables by 2025
Sinopec, CNOOC and PetroChina diversify operations amid decarbonization push
Binance Rejected Justin Sun’s Offer to Buy His Huobi Stake: Source
Binance has no interest in buying Huobi due to its rumored ties to China, according to a person familiar with the situation.
China weighs export ban for rare-earth magnet tech
Beijing looks to strike back after Washington's chip restrictions
Why Xi Jinping is not another Chairman Mao
He is a strongman who wants to harness, not blow up, China’s deep state
It is getting even harder for Western scholars to do research in China
Access to databases of vital materials is dwindling
China’s Warnings Loom Over Speaker McCarthy’s Meeting With Taiwan’s Leader
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met amid concerns over how far China will go to retaliate over the encounter.
Chinese Tutoring Giants Set Sights on Overseas Expansion
Still reeling from the “double reduction” policy, private tutoring firms are looking for new markets abroad.
2023 Chery Omoda 5 in Malaysia - CKD SUV with 1.5T, CVT, ADAS; Q2 launch; priced between X50 and HR-V - paultan.org
The Chery Omoda 5 is a compact SUV that will be launched in Malaysia to compete against the Honda HR-V and Proton X50. Before that happens, we’re bringing you a full gallery of the model […]
Options Traders See iShares China Large-Cap ETF Gaining This Much Within A Few Months - Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA), iShares China Large-Cap ETF (ARCA:FXI)
iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSE: FXI) has gained more than 3% since the start of the year.
Struggling movie theaters in Shanghai get $2.5 million in stimulus aid
After being forced to close for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, around 345 movie theaters in Shanghai have received much-needed financial aid of nearly 18 million yuan ($2.5 million) from the city’s film bureau. But with cinemas across the country showing no signs of reopening, China’s movie theater business is still expecting widespread bankruptcies.
How China is scrambling to find jobs amid COVID-19 for 9 million college graduates
In May, China’s Ministry of Education unveiled a “One-Hundred Day Project” to help this year’s college graduates find employment in one of the worst job markets in recent history. But serious challenges remain.
COVID-19: A turning point for international higher education?
In only a few tumultuous months, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the face of higher education. But besides inspiring a proliferation of virtual classrooms, it has also brought a string of longer-term trends and concerns to the forefront of the international higher-education industry.
Craft beer in China: A brief and complete history
A survey of craft beer in the Middle Kingdom, from Boxing Cat and Master Gao and Great Leap Brewing in the early days (2008-10) to a new generation of independent breweries scattered across China; from tea lagers and Sichuan peppercorn-inspired brews to durian porters and a “hot dry noodle stout.”
Editor’s note for Tuesday, July 7, 2020
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Trump administration move puts 370,000 Chinese student visas at risk
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said that if schools move to online-only education in the fall, then student visas could be cancelled and deportations would ensue. Chinese students are the largest group affected.
Solitary confinement as ‘treatment’ — founder of internet addiction school gets three years in prison for unlawful restraint
The founder of Yuzhang Academy, a “Confucian reform school” that purportedly treats internet addiction, has been sentenced to almost three years behind bars on charges of unlawful restraint, after dozens of former students came forward accusing the institution of using corporal punishment and torture to “cure” them.
Editor’s note for Monday, July 6, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Hong Kong police escalate crackdown, claim new powers for internet censorship
From books to online posts, the Hong Kong government is cracking down on any information perceived to threaten national security after a new law was imposed by Beijing. Police are claiming powers to decrypt and censor online messages, and technology companies, including Facebook and Twitter, are refusing to comply.
Beijing detains one of Xi Jinping’s most prominent critics
Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, one of the most prominent critics within China of the leadership of Xi Jinping, has been detained in Beijing. Two other critics, Peking University legal scholar Xu Zhiyong and property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang, have been missing for months.
A fragile détente between India and China after border standoff
India and China have agreed to stand down from their Himalayan standoff after a call between two senior officials. But there’s no sign of a real thaw in the relationship, and New Delhi is pressing ahead with efforts to limit Chinese involvement in India’s economy. Beijing’s latest new claim to Bhutanese territory won’t help.
Chinese trans woman wins sex discrimination lawsuit against employer in landmark victory
More than a year after she first began her legal fight, a transgender woman in Beijing has won her case against Chinese ecommerce platform Dangdang after the company fired her when she took a leave of absence for her gender confirmation surgery.
Viya, China’s most popular (and hardest-working) livestreamer
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history. This week: Viya, the face of China’s “ecommerce livestreaming” boom.
Badminton legend Lin Dan retires, HK Sevens canceled
In this week’s China Sports Column: One of China’s most decorated world champions hangs up his boots, Wu Lei is still mulling a transfer to the English Premier League, and COVID-19 has put a premature end to this year’s World Rugby Sevens Series.
How China’s Communist Party has used U.S. protests to its advantage
The Chinese Communist Party has used Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. to “prove” to the Chinese people that their country’s rigorous system, however nominally “unfree,” is superior to their fragile and fragmented American counterpart.
A shipment of Uyghur hair?
The U.S. blocked a shipment of hair extensions and accessories from China on the grounds that the products may have been made using forced labor in an internment camp in Xinjiang.
Freedom of expression is dead in Hong Kong
The government of Hong Kong has essentially banned a protest slogan because it carries “secessionist intent,” which is a crime under the new national security law forced on the city by Beijing.
A fresh look at the 1930s Jewish refuge, in ‘The Last Kings of Shanghai’
Jonathan Kaufman’s latest book provides an engaging, colorful history of Shanghai’s past that fully explores, but does not romanticize, the cosmopolitanism and colonialism of that era.
