(Bloomberg) — Like millions of amateur investors across China, Min Hang has become infatuated with the country’s surging stock market. “There’s no way I can lose,” said the 36-year-old, who…
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Police detain prominent law professor and government critic as China’s crackdown continues
Chinese President Xi Jinping (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press) Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, one of China’s few remaining outspoken critics of Chinese President Xi Jinping and the…
SMIC hopes to bolster China’s domestic chipmaking capabilities
SMIC needs to develop 7nm foundry capabilities to help China-based companies fill the void left by TSMC and Samsung. But even with government support, SMIC faces a significant challenge in…
How China’s Ant is evolving from a payments app into a technology champion
This is the second in a series of four articles analysing the Hong Kong and mainland stock markets, delving into the reforms, emergence of the Star Market as a solid…
Founder Hits Jackpot Thanks to China’s Love of Stock Trading
(Bloomberg) — When the coronavirus put a halt on people’s lives in China in February, Justin Jin’s old university classmates thought about selling face masks to make money. The 21-year-old…
China’s Reopened Cinemas Make Slow Start
Click here to read the full article. China reopened its cinemas on Monday after nearly five months of closure, but audiences are only trickling in. The re-opening was restricted to…
Microsoft To Spin-Off Xiaoice, China’s Teenage Chatbot
Microsoft (MSFT) has announced the spin-off of the AI chatbot Xiaoice into a separate company according to an announcement made in Chinese by the company on Sunday. The virtual teenager…