Category: Shanghai News

China-US relations are in tatters. Can both sides cool their hostile strategies to avoid disaster?

China relationship is in free fall. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Nixon Library speech signals the de facto, if not de jure, end of the so-called communique framework for maintaining stability ……


A Violinist Lost His Seat and His Job. He Blames China.

In a lawsuit filed in New Jersey, a former member of the well-known Shanghai Quartet said he had been dumped after a remark he made on social media was misinterpreted as an ethnic slur….


China Issues New Rules to Tighten Control Over Financial Holding Firms

The rules also set requirements in total assets that financial holding firms can manage. Companies that hold banking assets will need to have at least 500 billion yuan in total as ……


The Shanghai cafe helping China’s underprivileged and disabled stand on their own two feet

A cafe in Shanghai, which is operated by a special needs school, is staffed mostly by the mentally disabled. Its staff includes seven graduates from the Special Education School in Pudong New Area and ……


Tourism festival kicks off in Shanghai

12, 2020 shows the opening ceremony of the 31st Shanghai Tourism Festival in Shanghai, east China. [Photo/Xinhua] The Shanghai Tourism Festival opened on Saturday night in the Nanjing Road Walkway ……


Hitting the books: How China uses AI to influence its 1.4 billion citizens

Today, states and their actors are waging a digital cold war with artificial intelligence systems at the heart of the fight. In T-Minus AI, the US Air Force’s first Chairperson for Artificial ……


Disney Wanted to Make a Splash in China With ‘Mulan.’ It Stumbled Instead.

A political controversy over a filming location was a rare blunder for one of the world’s savviest companies in dealing with China….


Five Indian nationals detained in China handed over: Indian army

Five Indian nationals from a remote eastern state who had been detained by Chinese authorities in a region bordering Tibet were handed over to Indian authorities on Saturday, the Indian army said….


UPDATE 1-Five Indian nationals detained in China handed over – Indian army

NEW DELHI/SHANGHAI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Five Indian nationals from a remote eastern state who had been detained by Chinese authorities in a region bordering Tibet were handed over to Indian ……


Bloomberg New Economy: Fund Managers Are Rushing Into China

America’s largest fund managers are leading a new gold rush into China. Even as the U.S. president calls for American companies to pull out of the country, the likes of BlackRock and Vanguard are ……