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China-backed rail link project still alive, says Malaysian PM
Work on the project ground to a halt nine months after breaking ground, following the elder statesman’s landslide election victory in May.
After Singles' Day's dazzling first decade, what's next for global shopping fest? · TechNode
New technology, markets hold promise but gloomy economy and increased regulatory control pose threats.
China wants universities to lift standards, put more pressure on students
China wants universities to raise academic standards and put more pressure on students
In Search of the Real Thing: China’s Quest to Buy Back Its Lost Heritage (Published 2018)
Chinese collectors flock to London to buy items from their country’s Imperial past, attracted by pieces with ownership histories that guarantee authenticity.
HSBC raises annual, maternity leave for half its workforce
About 11,000 employees in Hong Kong to benefit from increased annual leave
China Approves American Express Card Service, Addressing U.S. Concerns About Markets
American Express won approval to set up card-clearing services in China, as Beijing seeks to show progress in opening its markets ahead of a summit between the Chinese and U.S. presidents.
Chinese short video apps want to make us shop
Kuaishou became famous for users that eat lightbulbs; now it wants to help those users sell stuff too
Forget the trade war, China's economy has other big problems | CNN
China is riding out the trade war so far but its economic troubles run deep and could escalate rapidly if US tariffs really start to bite.
Alibaba's future is cloud computing, CEO Daniel Zhang says · TechNode
Cloud computing revenue for Alibaba increased 90% year-on-year in the third quarter to RMB 5.7 billion.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the Chinese Economy (Published 2018)
At a news conference, the president answered a question about healing national divides by saying, falsely, that he had forced China to back down from a plan to strengthen its manufacturing industry.
‘Tracey’ (‘Chui-see’): Film Review
Jun Li makes his feature directorial debut with transgender drama ‘Tracey.’
With Russian support, China broadcasts export ambitions at air show
China paraded industrial and military clout and sent deliberate signals to Western rivals that its aerospace and arms industries aim to catch them up on world markets, while playing down trade tensions at the nation's largest air show this week.
China's choreographed trade expo more 'theater' than deal clincher
German car maker Volkswagen AG signed what looked like a meaty deal with one of its China joint ventures this week at a huge new trade show in Shanghai to ship almost $9 billion worth of cars and parts to China next year.
Interpol ‘not allowed’ to investigate missing Chinese official
Secretary general Juergen Stock says there was ‘no reason for me to [suspect] anything was forced or wrong’ about Meng Hongwei’s resignation letter.
Ma Jian lands in Hong Kong as venue reverses decision to cancel talks
Arts space in Central has rethink and offers to host novelist for Hong Kong International Literary Festival events. Stand-in venue The Annex had earlier said it would not host the talks.
China Auto Sales on Track for a Down Year
The slump in China’s automotive sector dragged on through October, as the fourth straight month of lower year-over-year sales pulled 2018 into negative territory.
In China, response to pledged share meltdown stirs concern
Scores of Chinese brokers and banks are struggling under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of loans to companies using their own plummeting shares as collateral.
'Shocked and baffled': Hong Kong's ban on journalist a 'threat to free society,' says press club as UK demands answers | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The refusal to grant Financial Times Asia news editor Victor Mallet entry into Hong Kong poses a threat to free society, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) of Hong Kong said on Friday. “This action places journalists working in Hong Kong in an opaque environment in which fear and self-censorship may replace the freedom and confidence essential […]
Air show deals highlight Russia’s prospects for arms sales to China
Russia’s prospects for arms sales to China remain undiminished by US sanctions after the countries signed new weapons contracts at China’s major air show.
Why the Marshall Islands leader says China’s fuelling a political crisis
President Hilda Heine’s adoption of a cryptocurrency as legal tender sparked fierce criticisms from opposition, and eventually a vote of no confidence
