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Pressure Mounts on China to Offer Debt Relief to Poor Countries Facing Default
There was optimism at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank that China will make concessions over restructuring its loans.
Tesla Stock Vs. BYD Stock: Tesla Dives On Weak Margins; BYD Unveils Several New EVs
Tesla dived as price cuts slashed gross margins, with Elon Musk hinting at further pain. BYD unveiled new EVs.
SoftBank’s Alibaba account begins to run low
One scoop to start: Florida-based investment firm GQG Partners sold its entire $1.4bn stake in brokerage giant Charles Schwab during last month’s banking turmoil amid fears over paper losses on its bond portfolio following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. If he receives National Football League approval, it would-be a global record paid for a sports franchise. Masayoshi Son, who once drew crowds for his risky tech bets and fanciful power point slides, has retreated from the spotlight over the past year.
Binance And Benzinga Join Forces: Newsfeed Collaboration And Inaugural Charity Blockchain Event On April 20th
Binance recently rolled out a newsfeed on their platform featuring stories from the top crypto publications, now including Benzinga.
CFTC Chair Behnam Says Binance Deliberately Dodged Rules: Bloomberg
Bloomberg reports that Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam accused crypto exchange Binance of intentionally breaking regulatory rules during an event hosted by Princeton University on Thursday. Separately, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler is expected to testify before Congress next week. Ron Hammond, Director Of Government Relations at Blockchain Association, discusses the latest on crypto regulation.[reward]f98efe5a-3a6f-407e-baba-73bf6ce073e5[/reward]
Alibaba-backed IM Motors takes aim at Tesla with new launches
Alibaba-backed IM Motors is aiming for head-on competition with Tesla in mainland China this year, with the launch of new EVs expected to take on the US carmaker’s bestselling Model 3 and Model Y.
The 82kWh BYD Seal Joins The Dolphin In Europe!
A few days ago, BYD announced that its new 60 kWh C-segment hatchback, the Dolphin, is coming to Europe. Now BYD has announced that its D-segment sedan, the Seal, is also coming to Europe later this year. The European version of the Seal will have an 82 kWh battery pack with a combined WLTP range […]
BYD: A Look At The Other Side Of The Ocean & The Dynasty
Battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles are called New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China. BYD is the leader in terms of NEV sales worldwide. Last year, BYD sold 1,868,543 NEVs. These sales were made up of 911,140 BEVs and 946,239 plug-in hybrids, which means that full BEVs accounted for 48.8% of BYD’s NEV sales […]
Hong Kong’s district councils ‘to be purely advisory bodies formed by patriots’
Xia Baolong, director of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, lays down explicit criteria for this year’s poll for municipal bodies that were once opposition bastion.
Tech Insider: Alibaba Joins ChatGPT Fray, Didi Unveils Driverless Concept Car
Faraday delays delivery of its first model yet again, lidar-maker Hesai sued for patent infringement
Binance Frees 18 Million ETH Staked: Cash In Your BETH Now
Binance announced on Thursday that starting April 19, 8 UTC, users who staked Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) through the platform can redeem coins with their BETH holdings at a 1:1 ratio.
TikTok Parent ByteDance Battles Meta for Virtual-Reality App Developers
ByteDance is offering to pay software makers to bring apps to its VR device, while Meta sees friction over its app-store approvals.
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Salesforce, Cisco Systems, Baidu and Adobe
Salesforce, Cisco Systems, Baidu and Adobe are part of the Zacks top Analyst Blog.
Baidu Inc. (BIDU) Stock Moves -0.21%: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Baidu Inc. (BIDU) closed at $136.40, marking a -0.21% move from the previous day.
Recession talk, PPI and jobless claims, Alibaba stake sale - what's moving markets
The Federal Reserve has put the idea of a recession back on the agenda, and investors will study producer prices and jobless claims for further clues on the health of the U.S. economy. Elsewhere, shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba slumped on a report Softbank is set to dump the majority of its stake. Signs that U.S. inflation is cooling provided investors with a boost on Wednesday, but a lot of that goodwill evaporated after the minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting showed that policymakers now expect a "mild recession" this year.
Ren Zhiqiang called Xi Jinping a ‘clown’ and got 18 years in prison
After an essay critical of Chinese leader Xi Jinping circulated online, its author — Party member and former real estate executive Ren Zhiqiang — has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars on corruption charges.
Xi promises carbon-neutral China by 2060 in UN speech
At the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump bashed the UN and Xi Jinping praised it. Xi also made a significant environmental commitment: that the country would “achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.”
Sex education advocates push back after Chinese parent denounces reproductive anatomy lesson in primary school
Although the State Council, China’s Cabinet, urged all schools to make sexual and reproductive health education part of their compulsory curriculums in 2011, lessons covering sex-related topics are still limited and not offered at all in many Chinese schools.
Editor’s note for Monday, September 21, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
TikTok and WeChat both in limbo in U.S. after Trump ‘blessing’ and court ruling
A day before TikTok and WeChat were due to be taken off app stores in the U.S., both apps were saved from the ban — TikTok by Trump’s “blessing” of a restructuring deal, and WeChat by a free speech lawsuit. The future of both apps is hard to predict.
Lanzhou adopts no-visible-ink policy for taxi drivers, prompting debate over tattoos in the workplace
The decision has been met with mixed reactions from the public, with some denouncing the ban on tattoos as a form of discrimination in the workplace, and others applauding it for protecting the interest of passengers.
Mao’s ‘shameless poet’: Guo Moruo and his checkered legacy
At one time, Guo Moruo was at the forefront of Chinese arts and literature, considered a romantic and iconoclast. But all that changed during the Cultural Revolution, when, in the face of persecution, he failed to rise up to the moment.
Ty Lawson kicked off Chinese basketball team after dance club photo
An Instagram post has gotten former NBA point guard Ty Lawson into hot water in China, but the post itself was tame compared to the racial abuse the player received afterwards.
Confessions of a Chinese-American Trump voter
“Growing up in an authoritarian system, I regarded cynicism as part of life,” writes Connie Mei Pickart, who became an American citizen six years ago and voted in her first presidential election in 2016. “But in a democratic state, a cynical attitude has far-reaching consequences,” she adds — a lesson she learned the hard way.
Zhang Yuhuan’s wrongful conviction: A miscarriage of justice, illustrated
He served 26 years for a crime he didn’t commit. Zhang Yuhuan’s case is an example of “snow in June,” a Chinese metaphor for injustice.
Editor’s note for Friday, September 18, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Blind man films disability-unfriendly designs in Shenzhen — only to find himself attacked by abusive trolls
Almost overnight, a five-second video posted by the visually impaired man thrust him to the forefront of a national conversation, as well as the receiving end of a barrage of abusive insults.
Trump’s WeChat and TikTok ban starts Sunday
The Trump administration is poised to implement a Chinese Great Firewall–style block on WeChat starting on September 20, with downloads of the app barred and network interruptions ordered. Downloads of TikTok will also be blocked, but the company has until November 12 to strike a deal with Oracle before also suffering technical freezes.
Disney’s live-action ‘Mulan’ offers new interpretation of an old legend
Mulan is an age-old story that has consistently changed with the times, and Disney’s latest version is doing its part to give the ancient story some new vitality. A professor of medieval Chinese literature and culture takes a closer look.
A messy sexual assault case in China is over. But a broader debate has begun
The case that has caused a reckoning in China’s #MeToo movement.
Editor’s note for Thursday, September 17, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
U.S. increases high-level Taiwan contacts as Pentagon plans large weapons sale
Two high-level American officials have met with Taiwanese officials this week, continuing a trend of increased Taiwan-U.S. diplomatic contacts. Meanwhile, the U.S. is planning to sell “as many as seven major weapons systems” to Taiwan soon.
DOJ sanctions 5 Chinese hackers operating with ‘tacit’ state support
Two DOJ indictments shed light on a prolific hacking group that has long mystified security researchers, known by such names as APT41, Winnti, Barium, and Wicked Panda.
Chinese homestyle spicy and sour shredded potato
Forget French fries. Make this non-greasy, crunchy potato dish that pairs well with anything.
Rat breeders make a case against China’s wildlife consumption ban
Meet the social-influencer farmers winning public sympathy because they can no longer breed bamboo rats as food.
