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Senior officials to take over China’s football body amid corruption crackdown
Seven-member working group headed by Li Yingchuan will lead CFA, government sporting agency says.
Malaysia open to talks with Beijing over dispute in South China Sea - PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday said he was prepared to negotiate with China over a maritime dispute between the two countries, days after a think tank reported Chinese patrolling close to a Malaysian offshore gas project.
Sales of TikTok owner ByteDance neared Tencent’s level in 2022
That double-digit growth, revealed in a recent memo to investors, also topped most global internet leaders, including Meta Platforms and Amazon.com.
Chinese underwater neutrino telescope to unlock cosmic radiation origin
US$300 million telescope will help pin down sources of the extremely high-energy particles constantly bombarding Earth.
‘We are ready to negotiate’: Malaysia open to South China Sea talks, PM says
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told reporters on Monday that his country was prepared to hold talks with China ‘if the condition’ for continued energy exploration in the disputed waterway ‘is that there must be negotiations’.
Investors Sue Binance, NBA’s Jimmy Butler in Crypto’s Latest Court Case
A group of investors is suing the largest crypto exchange, its chief executive and a host of online promoters, marking the latest class-action lawsuit filed against crypto firms for allegedly selling unregistered securities. The lawsuit, filed in Miami federal court, alleges that Binance’s propriet
Ant Group partners with Zhejiang University to promote intelligent vision technology · TechNode
Alibaba’s financial affiliate, Ant Group, has partnered with Zhejiang University to establish an Intelligent Vision Joint Laboratory.
China’s Micron probe propels chip firms as investors bet on state support
The CNI Chip Index, which tracks semiconductor-related stocks in Shanghai and Shenzhen, rose 5.2 per cent, with Ingenic Semiconductors and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment leading gains.
China Warns Top Bankers of Deepening Crackdown on Corruption
Chinese authorities warned the nation’s top banking executives that the crackdown on the $60 trillion industry is far from over in a private meeting late Friday, just as they were about to announce the probe of the most senior state banker in nearly two decades.
China Renaissance delays results, halts trade citing star dealmaker's disappearance
Boutique investment bank China Renaissance Holdings said it would delay its audited annual results and suspend its stock trading from Monday, after mainland authorities took away its chairman, Bao Fan, to co-operate with an investigation.
ByteDance Matches Tencent’s $80 Billion Sales After TikTok Boom
ByteDance Ltd.’s revenue surged more than 30% to surpass $80 billion in 2022, matching the tally at archrival Tencent Holdings Ltd. after twin video platforms TikTok and Douyin drew eyeballs and advertisers from social media incumbents.
Private Chinese firm takes big step towards developing reusable rockets
Beijing Tianbing Technology Co, also known as Space Pioneer, successfully sent its liquid-propellant Tianlong-2 rocket into orbit on Sunday.
Editorial: To Ease Anxiety in the Private Sector, Follow the Rule of Law
A government document sparking controversy over whether businesses and executives are getting special treatment highlights a perception of arbitrariness in the judicial system that needs to be set right
Baidu Stock Rallies Even as Doubts Grow Over ChatGPT Rival Ernie Bot
Baidu Inc.’s market-beating stock rally this year has held up even in the face of the company’s underwhelming demonstration of its ChatGPT-like bot. Traders increasingly are betting that the gains won’t last.
Time for China to limit Covid mask mandates, Zhong Nanshan says
Respiratory expert says extended use of face coverings does not encourage development of natural resistance to disease, particularly in children.
China Renaissance Whose Banker Bao Fan Is Missing Delays Results, Halts Trading
China Renaissance Holdings Ltd. said it’ll suspend trading of its shares from Monday and delay the release of its audited results for 2022, as the investment bank failed to get in touch with Chairman Bao Fan who was cooperating in an investigation by Chinese authorities.
The other Chinese apps taking the US and UK by storm
Four out of the top 10 most downloaded free mobile apps in the US and UK are Chinese-owned.
Famous soccer player, Steve Bannon, and exiled billionaire declare ‘New Federal State of China’
One of the most famous soccer players in China, Hǎo Hǎidōng 郝海东, set the Chinese language internet abuzz last week, but not the internet in China, where most mentions of his name were scrubbed.
Poetry and protest: That other Tiananmen incident
In 1976, in Tiananmen, poetry became a subtle vehicle for civil protest. Understanding why poetry was used to express dissent, and how the government responded, would inform events 13 years later.
Should Chinese women have multiple husbands?
Yew-Kwang Ng 黄有光, a Malaysian economist who currently serves as a professor of economics at Fudan University in Shanghai, has attracted a great deal of ire on Chinese social media after publishing an article in which he suggested China legalize and promote polyandry — allowing women to marry multiple men — in a bid to solve the country’s surplus of bachelors.
