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JD.com issues apology to customers after Singles’ Day campaign sparks backlash
The adverse reaction to stand-up comedian Yang Li shows that JD.com underestimated how she is constantly targeted by male internet users.
18 Oct 2024 - 10:36PM
China’s central bank to cut reserve ratio, bolster property and capital market
18 Oct 2024 - 5:36PM
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Alibaba’s new Singles’ Day focus: protecting sellers from price wars
17 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM
Big Tech
Alibaba opens walled garden to rival JD.com’s logistics services
China’s tech giants have been breaking down the digital walls between their ecosystems in response to Beijing’s call.
17 Oct 2024 - 8:23AM
The Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Photo: Bloomberg
Big Tech
Chinese brands, Apple drive global smartphone shipments
Shipments from Vivo surged nearly 23 per cent in the third quarter, while Samsung’s fell almost 3 per cent, according to IDC.
15 Oct 2024 - 6:39PM
China Economy
When will it end? How inexperience is fuelling the fire of China’s economic woes
Economists have ‘never seen anything like this’, and ‘challenges are on a greater scale’ than ever before, so how can China bring the wild ride to an end?
15 Oct 2024 - 3:05PM
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Tech War
US-sanctioned camera maker Hikvision said to be slashing jobs
The Hangzhou-based company says it is optimising its research manpower, while denying large-scale lay-offs.
13 Oct 2024 - 9:00AM
Policy
China stays cryptic on fiscal stimulus, readies debt relief: as it happened
China’s Ministry of Finance gave no specific figure for fiscal stimulus at closely watched press conference.
17 Oct 2024 - 12:30PM
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China’s Finance Minister Lan Fo’an during a news conference in Beijing on Saturday. Source: Bloomberg
Big Tech
Apple opens lab in China amid fierce competition with Huawei
The new facility in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong tech cooperation zone is one of several Apple research centres in China.
11 Oct 2024 - 5:00PM
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Policy
Mainland China detains four Taiwanese employees at ‘iPhone city’
Police in Zhengzhou city have detained four Foxconn staff on charges of breach of trust, according Taiwanese officials.
11 Oct 2024 - 10:08AM
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Banking & Finance
China Renaissance names missing founder’s wife to chair investment bank
Hui Yin-ching, also known as Xu Yanqing, was designated as the chairperson of the bank’s board and executive director effective October 9, Renaissance said.
10 Oct 2024 - 4:21PM
Policy
China launches US$70 billion swap tool to enhance stock market liquidity
Earlier than expected launch of China’s Securities, Funds and Insurance companies Swap Facility triggers market enthusiasm, speculation of more supportive policies.
10 Oct 2024 - 2:00PM
A public screen displaying financial figures in Shanghai. Photo: Bloomberg
China Business
China’s small-cap ETFs send danger signs of ‘overshooting’ risks
At least 15 ETFs linked to the ChiNext benchmark of small companies on the Shenzhen exchange issued warnings to investors within the first hour of trading today.
10 Oct 2024 - 8:30AM
Policy
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What can we expect from the pair of 100 billion yuan investments China advanced?
China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced two ‘100 billion yuan (US$14.2 billion)’ investment plans on Tuesday.
9 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM
Big Tech
Shopping on Taobao via WeChat: Tencent, Alibaba break digital wall
Users of Tencent’s WeChat can now buy and pay for products sold on Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace without leaving the multipurpose app.
9 Oct 2024 - 5:00PM
Policy
China to tap stimulus arsenal with bond mechanism, finance briefing
Central bank and finance ministry held a joint working group, with Ministry of Finance set to hold a press conference on Saturday, but markets still fell.
9 Oct 2024 - 5:22PM
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Investors pay attention to the stock market trends at a securities firm in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: Xinhua
China Business
Hong Kong stocks fall as profit-taking halts China onshore market frenzy
Hang Seng Index slipped 1.4 per cent, adding to its 9.4 per cent plunge on Tuesday, while the CSI 300 Index of onshore stocks sank 7.1 per cent.
9 Oct 2024 - 4:49PM
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China Business
China’s housing market saw spurts of buying during ‘golden week’
Transactions of new homes jumped 27 per cent from a year earlier in an index that tracks deals across 25 mainland cities.
9 Oct 2024 - 9:27AM
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Big Tech
Tencent says WeChat payments jump during China’s ‘golden week’
Consumers in China appear to have loosened their purse strings after Beijing announced a slew of heavyweight measures to boost the economy.
8 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM
China Business
China has its busiest market day as Hong Kong surrenders all gains
The CSI 300 Index pared gains after registering a record intraday jump while the Hang Seng Index slumped the most since 2008.
9 Oct 2024 - 1:39AM
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A trader at a brokerage house in Taiyuan in Shanxi province on August 3, 2009. Contrary to global conventions, China represents gains and advances in red, using the green colour to denote losses and declines. Photo: Reuters
Policy
With economic-growth faith, China to front-load 100 billion yuan: as it happened
China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), held a press conference on Tuesday morning.
9 Oct 2024 - 8:45AM
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From gold rush to fading dreams: the rise and fall of China’s e-commerce hub
As China’s economy struggles, a rat race in the e-commerce sector has taken a toll on merchants and manufacturers.
5 Oct 2024 - 12:17PM
Policy
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What are the unconventional tools that will bolster China’s stock markets?
People’s Bank of China governor says it is the first time central bank has ‘innovated structural monetary policy tools to support the capital market’.
4 Oct 2024 - 9:00PM
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OPINION
Perry Wong
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Yeen Chong
Opinion
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China pushes ahead on its long march to become a global tech leader
13 Oct 2024 - 9:11PM
Anthony Cheung
Opinion
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There’s hope for China’s economy, as long as planners can ‘let go’
13 Oct 2024 - 9:30AM
Winston Mok
The View
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China should make its economy work for its youth
8 Oct 2024 - 7:30PM
Anthony W.D. Anastasi
The View
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China’s latest stimulus measures still don’t go far enough
1 Oct 2024 - 4:30PM
Zhou Xin
My Take
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Grow wages, not night markets: how China can lift consumer spending
10 Sep 2024 - 7:00AM
Donald Low
Opinion
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To restore consumer confidence, China must save the property sector
27 Aug 2024 - 9:30AM
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