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CEFC China Chairman Ye Jianming Awarded Yakir of the Jewish People Award

/PRNewswire/ -- Evening, May 3, Israel local time, Keren Hayesod - UIA (United Israel Appeal) held Keren Hayesod Annual World Conference 2017 in the...

May 4, 2017 Source: PRNewswire

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (HKHRDA) is a United States federal law that requires the U.S. government to impose sanctions against mainland China and Hong Kong officials considered responsible for human rights abuses in Hong Kong, and requires the United States Department of State and other agencies to conduct an annual review to determine whether changes in Hong Kong's political status justify changing the unique, favorable trade relations between the U.S. and Hong Kong. The passage of the bill was supported by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, and in 2019 received near-unanimous support in Congress.

May 3, 2017 Source: Wikipedia

Tencent poised to launch virtual reality headset

Tech group looks to dominate China’s fast-growing VR market

April 30, 2017 Source: FinancialTimes

End of the Line for Subway Ad Against Sexual Harassment

One year later, Guangzhou feminist group still hasn’t succeeded in putting up anti-harassment billboards.

April 28, 2017 Source: Sixth Tone

Hunan Slaughterhouse Pumped Cows Full of Water

Netizens angry over inhumane treatment of animals and safety risks of injected well water.

April 25, 2017 Source: Sixth Tone

Inside China’s Plans for World Robot Domination

Embracing robotics with the same full-on intensity that made the country a force in high-speed rail and renewable energy.

April 24, 2017 Source: Bloomberg

Whatever Happened to Free Trade?

Companies and countries are scrambling to adjust to a strange new world created by a decade of economic retrenchment and an upswing in populism.

March 29, 2017 Source: WSJ

Sri Lanka wants to reduce China’s stake in strategic port deal

Sri Lanka's government wants a Chinese company to agree to cut its stake in a strategic port project by up to a quarter, as part of a renegotiation aimed at blunting public and political opposition to the deal.

March 27, 2017 Source: U.S.

Chinese drone factory in Saudi Arabia first in Middle East

March 25, 2017 Source: South China Morning Post

Afghanistan’s relentless opium woes have a 'new seed in town,' and it comes from China

Afghanistan's opium production is up because of new genetically modified "Chinese seed" that allows opium to be grown year round.

March 25, 2017 Source: CNBC

Tencent leads $350M investment in Chinese photo/streaming app Kuaishou

We reported last month that China-based photo app firm Kuaishou is gearing up for an IPO in the U.S. later this year. Well the company, which also offers live-streaming video in its service, has stopped to refuel its tanks first after it raised $350 million in fresh funding led by Chinese internet giant Tencent. Tencent, Asia’s […]

March 23, 2017 Source: TechCrunch

Exclusive: China's AgBank suspends account being used to crowdfund Myanmar rebels

One of China's biggest state-owned lenders has suspended an account used to fund ethnic rebels fighting government troops in Myanmar, halting an arrangement that could have stoked diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Myanmar.

March 21, 2017 Source: U.S.

Trump Adviser Gary Cohn to Sell Stake in Chinese Bank Giant (Published 2017)

The former Goldman executive’s shares in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China appear to have been his largest holding, apart from his Goldman stake.

March 16, 2017 Source: The New York Times

China, Saudi Arabia eye $65 billion in deals as king visits

Saudi Arabia's King Salman oversaw the signing of deals worth as much as $65 billion on the first day of a visit to Beijing on Thursday, as the world's largest oil exporter looks to cement ties with the world's second-largest economy.

March 16, 2017 Source: U.S.

ZTE Corporation Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $430.4 Million for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Sending U.S.-Origin Items to Iran

March 7, 2017 Source: www.justice.gov

In the 1990s, McDonald’s fought the Chinese Communist Party… and won

They were loving it

March 2, 2017 Source: Medium

Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Follow the money.

March 1, 2017 Source: Bloomberg

Valuation boss at Savills eager to tread the reit path

Reit way for China would reduce cost for developers and offer investors more choice

February 28, 2017 Source: South China Morning Post

2014 NPCSC Decision on Hong Kong

The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Issues Relating to the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by Universal Suffrage and on the Method for Forming the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the Year 2016 (Chinese: 全國人民代表大會常務委員會關於香港特別行政區行政長官普選問題和2016年立法會產生辦法的決定), commonly known as the 31 August Decision (Chinese: 八三一決定; lit. '8 31 decision'), is a decision made by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), the national legislative body of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on 31 August 2014 which set limits for the 2017 Chief Executive election and 2016 Legislative Council election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

February 26, 2017 Source: Wikipedia

Chinese private security companies go global

Beijing’s protection industry looks after workers in the most dangerous places

February 26, 2017 Source: FinancialTimes