HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s biggest social network and gaming firm Tencent Holdings, which last week reported forecast-beating quarterly results, is close to making Malaysia the first foreign country to roll out its WeChat ecosystem, an executive told Reuters. Tencent has made a “breakthrough” in gaining an e-payment license in Malaysia for local transactions, and plans a launch early next ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus 5T has been listed online ahead of official launch The phone has been listed with a price tag of $549 OnePlus 5T said to be the company’s first all-screen smartphone OnePlus 5T price and specifications have leaked online courtesy a listing on third-party Chinese e-commerce retailer Oppomart. As per the listing, OnePlus 5T price is $549 (roughly Rs. ... Read More »
U.S. and Chinese delegations participating in an annual economic dialogue on Wednesday have both canceled news conferences scheduled for late afternoon following the conclusion of the talks, a U.S. Treasury spokesman said. The spokesman said there was no information on the cause of the cancellations. The Chinese embassy in Washington confirmed the cancellation of the Chinese press conference, also without explanation. Senior Trump administration ... Read More »
Will China tightening spook the markets? That’s the question UBS’s global macro strategists Bhanu Baweja and Manik Narain ask and try to answer in a recent global macro research report. The report considers the current state of the markets. Specifically, while US investors appear to be relatively unconcerned about the world’s economic problems with market volatility near a 25 year ... Read More »
EFF has joined a coalition effort, led by Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), to oppose the federal government’s proposal to scrutinize the social media activities of Chinese visitors. Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seeks to ask certain visa applicants from China to disclose the existence of their social media accounts and the identifiers or handles associated with those ... Read More »
Paytm ‘Is as Indian as Maruti’, CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Says on Chinese Funding HIGHLIGHTS Alibaba pumped in $680 million into Paytm’s parent One97 last year Chinese investors are looking to raise their stake to 70 percent in Paytm Paytm Bank will not engage in a rate war with rivals like Airtel Facing criticism over significant Chinese ownership, Paytm Founder ... Read More »
Advertising technology company Mirriad says it is working with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and China’s video site Youku to market Samsung products to Chinese viewers who are gravitating toward streaming video content. Mirriad’s technology inserts products or signage, from things like a branded beverage bottle on a table to a billboard with brand imagery in the background, into streaming video content. ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Amazon offer local shoppers a bridge to sellers in overseas markets Amazon has been struggling to gain a serious foothold in China Prime service in China costs CNY 388 for a year-long subscription Amazon.com Inc has launched a tailored version of its Prime service in China to tap consumer demand for overseas goods, putting the US online retail firm ... Read More »
Arun Jaitley, who arrived in Beijing on June 23, is scheduled to attend the annual Financial Dialogue at the ministerial level with Lou Jiwei on June 27. (PTI photo) BEIJING: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today met his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei in Beijing and discussed the bilateral economic cooperation and the global macroeconomic situation. The two ministers talked about bilateral ... Read More »
they’re the maximum hated group in chinese language our on-line world. they’re, to hear their ideologicalopponents inform it, “fiercely ignorant,” eager to “insert themselves in the whole thing,” and preen as though they had been “spokesmen for the country.” Westerns bemoan their propensity to conquer the drum of nationalism, bombard chinese language liberals with non-public assaults, and pollute online communicate ... Read More »
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