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Daimler, Geely Deepen Bond With Electric City-Car Venture
Daimler and Chinese auto maker Geely have agreed to create a joint venture in China to transform Daimler’s struggling Smart compact city car into a global all-electric brand.
China March factory activity seen contracting for fourth month
Factory activity in China likely contracted for a fourth straight month in March, a Reuters poll showed, suggesting the economy is still losing steam and adding to worries about faltering global growth.
Nursery staff disciplined for sharing photos of boys’ genitals
Administrator at Shenzhen school said nurse who sent images to staff doctor was worried infants were touching themselves and they might have been injured.
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu released by police
Advocate was first held as part of the ‘709’ crackdown on human rights activists in 2015; her husband says she was freed less than 24 hours after she was detained in Beijing on Wednesday.
Push for more coal power in China imperils efforts to fight climate change, researchers say
East Asia News -PARIS (AFP) - Even as the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide declines, increased coal use in China and a proposal to boost capacity could imperil global
Censorship pays: China's state newspaper expands lucrative online scrubbing business
People.cn, the online unit of China's influential People's Daily, is boosting its numbers of human internet censors backed by artificial intelligence to help firms vet content on apps and adverts, capitalizing on its unmatched Communist Party lineage.
As China pushes traditional medicine globally, illegal wildlife trade flourishes
Chinese traditional medicine is rapidly expanding worldwide as a key pillar of the country's Belt and Road initiative, but conservation groups say demand for treatments using animal products is driving a surge in illegal trafficking of wildlife.
US steps up efforts to blacklist Masood Azhar, forcing China’s hand
US resolution at UNSC aims to designate Masood Azhar a terrorist and subject him to an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze.The world cannot afford China’s shameful hypocrisy toward Muslims, tweets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
US steps up push to blacklist Jaish chief Masood Azhar at UN
The United States circulated a resolution - drafted with British and French support - to the 15-member council that would designate JeM leader Masood Azhar, subjecting him to an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze, diplomats said.
Trade talks ‘hindered by Beijing not having Chinese copy of draft deal’
Misunderstandings and the lack of a Chinese-language text of the 120-page agreement Beijing was potentially agreeing to have raised barriers to a deal, says Michael Pillsbury, an outside adviser to Donald Trump.
Hong Kong risks China-style 'interpretation' of freedoms, says UK, as latest report adopts tougher tone | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong’s expulsion of a British journalist and banning of a pro-independence party has led the United Kingdom to issue a wary assessment of the city on Wednesday. In the UK’s latest Six-Monthly Report on Hong Kong, which covers July 1 to December 31, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he was concerned that the former […]
Exclusive: China shifts position on tech transfers, trade talks progress - U.S. officials
China has made proposals in talks with the United States on a range of issues that go further than it has before, including on forced technology transfer, as the two sides work to overcome obstacles to a deal to end their protracted trade war, U.S. officials told Reuters...
Trump's Gunboats Test Xi's Red Lines as China Talks Grind On
Even as the U.S. and China near a deal on trade, the Trump administration is becoming increasingly assertive in challenging Beijing on its geopolitical red lines.
Meituan and Alibaba Have Reshaped Food Delivery in China
In China, Meituan has reshaped city life—and heightened a rivalry with a certain competitor.
The Future Is Female in China's Wealth Management Industry
Amy Lo manages money for some of the richest people in China.
Google 'President' Sundar Pichai met with Trump, U.S. military to discuss AI and China - 9to5Google
The U.S. military and other Washington officials are still upset over Google pulling out of Project Maven last year. Sundar Pichai and Trump today...
Thailand Moves Forward With Chinese Tech Company Huawei To Build 5G Network
The Chinese company Huawei is now building and testing Thailand's first 5G network. Thai authorities say they could not say no to Huawei's bargain prices, despite pressure from the U.S.
China's green-vehicle makers feel the blues as subsidies ebb
BYD's profit drops as automakers bleed cash to keep prices low amid rising sales
US-China soy trade war could destroy 13 million hectares of rainforest
Study suggests Brazil likely to rush to fill China’s sudden soy shortfall by boosting farming
Luxembourg Signs Accord With China on Belt and Road Initiative
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel signed an agreement with China on Wednesday to cooperate on the Asian nation’s Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s giant infrastructure project to redraw the global trade map.