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The O2O wars intensify

Internet & Tech, Talking Point How China’s biggest tech start-ups are gobbling each other up

Unicorns are supposed to be rare beasts. Mythical, in fact. But according to a study in March by an affiliate of the Ministry of Science and Technology ...

The next Alibaba?

China Consumer Why a Tencent-backed start-up has Jack Ma worried

Many of China’s proverbs concern money and one of the most famous of all relates to its corollary, haggling for a better price: ...

Keeping the door open

China and the World Xi Jinping’s speech in Boao takes a more conciliatory tone

On December 16, 1978 China signed a joint communiqué with the United States on establishing diplomatic relations. Just two days later the Communist ...

Into the fast lane

Auto Industry Battery maker CATL jumps IPO queue to fund production expansion

Coming after a year of frenetic fundraising in 2017, China’s IPO market saw far fewer new listings in the first quarter this year – suggesting that ...

China and the World China is driving an Asian arms race, writes Asian Affairs magazine’s…

The soldiers who battle China’s enemies in the hit film Operation Red Sea are presented as fine examples of the bravest men in the People’s ...

Doing the robot

Internet & Tech Cheetah boss upsets China’s robotics community with negative assessment

At the beginning of the movie iRobot, Will Smith’s character, Detective Spooner is saved by a robot after he crashes into a river and his car sinks ...

Ones for the future

Auto Industry More electric car start-ups

China has no shortage of electric vehicle (EV) brands and they all seem to have seized on the word ‘future’ in their marketing. But what’s the ...

Belt and Road A warning from the IMF on Belt and Road loans

On April Fools’ Day this year, the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV ran a report which turned out to be sadly not a hoax story. It detailed the ...

Property Evergrande to invest Rmb100 billion in tech space

Starbucks irked some of its customers in 2011 when it expunged its name and the word “coffee” from its logo. The rebranding was aimed at giving the ...

Society Allegations that academics abused their grad students

During Qing Ming, or Tomb Sweeping Day, a woman named Li Youyou posted a short online account of her friend’s suicide 20 years earlier. Gao Yan, ...

Ready to play (and pay)

Entertainment Spielberg’s virtual reality movie proves a big hit with China’s online…

As a filmmaker, Steven Spielberg has always tried to strike a balance between more substantial material and more commercial fare – he made ...

Planet China Everyone wants clean streets, but has the government of Shaanxi’s capital…

Everyone wants clean streets, but has the government of Shaanxi’s capital Xi’an taken things a bit too far? That was the question both media and ...

Proclamation of love

Sino-File “I need China. More than anybody else at this point, I…

Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte speaking on the eve of his trip to the Boao Forum this week. He added of Xi: “He understood, he understands my ...

Tariffs on flamethrowers?

Cartoons Tariffs on flamethrowers?

As Bloomberg has pointed out, “When you export half a trillion bucks worth of stuff to the US, there’s bound to be some unusual items in the ...

Smartphone scams

And Finally Meet China’s ultimate con artist

Want to be a top-notch scammer? Two recent stories from China show you need little more than a mobile phone. The first involves Zhang Junbo, a 41 ...