Category: Shanghai News

Analyst argues that China’s regulation of Ant Group is bad for financial technology — and China’s economy

Alibaba recently saw more than $100 billion of its market cap shaved off in two sessions as the tech giant and its affiliate Ant Group face regulatory scrutiny….


China-Australia relations: from Kazakhstan to Serbia, winemakers vie for piece of Chinese market amid trade dispute

Proximity to China and an abundance of arable land for vineyards could see Kazakhstan well-positioned to take advantage of the lingering trade dispute between its neighbour and Australia, but ……


China is trying to press mute on noisy public transportation

Major cities in China are trying to lower the din on public transportation by introducing “quiet cars” or punishing people for using their phone speakers with no headphones on the subway. In China, ……


China ramps up domestic jet development as OTT Airlines makes maiden flight

Airlines maiden flight comes as China looks to push home-grown aircraft to more markets and break the Boeing-Airbus manufacturing duopoly….


China’s Henan registers first successful bond issue by state firm since default shock

Henan Investment Group issued a bond on Monday that was more than three times oversubscribed, underwriters said on Tuesday, marking the first successful bond issuance by a state-owned company in Henan ……


Top five China commodities to eye for growth in 2021

A China-led economic recovery should boost demand for these commodities in 2021 after COVID-19 roiled global markets in 2020….


China Jails Wuhan COVID Reporter for Four Years in Latest Crackdown on Dissidents

Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was reportedly given four years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” by reporting on the Chinese government’s handling of the early COVID-19 outbreak….


What is China trying to hide about the coronavirus?

WHAT IS China trying to conceal? That question arises from Beijing’s decision to prosecute Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old citizen journalist who roamed Wuhan at the time of the coronavirus outbreak in ……


China Hands Four-Year Jail Sentence to Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan for Wuhan Coverage – Global Bulletin

Zhang left her home in Shanghai for Wuhan in February of this year to document what was happening at the center of the pandemic. She shared her experiences through several videos shot in hospitals and ……


China jails citizen journalist Zhang Zhan for four years over Wuhan coronavirus reports

Court in Shanghai hands sentence down to Zhang Zhan after she was found guilty of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’….