Category Archives: News

‘Explosive’ and ‘phenomenal’ are the sort of adjectives that best describe the growth of Chinese tourism to Taiwan over the past two years. From having no regular direct cross-Strait flights before 2008 and just 100,000 tourists that year, China became … Continue reading →

Best Buy, the world’s largest electronics retailer by sales, is closing all of its branded stores in China, highlighting the resistance of Chinese shoppers to some western-style store experiences. 全球销售额最高的电器零售商——百思买(Best Buy)正关闭所有在中国的自有品牌门店，突显中国消费者对一些西式店内体验的抵制。 The retailer, which will continue to run 170 stores … Continue reading →

Kazakhstan announced billions of dollars in deals with China on Tuesday, emphasising central Asia’s gradual shift from Moscow towards Beijing. 哈萨克斯坦周二宣布与中国达成巨额交易，突显中亚逐渐从莫斯科转向北京。 Meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Chinese leader Hu Jintao signed a series of agreements … Continue reading →

Alibaba.com, the world’s largest online marketplace for trade between businesses, has replaced its chief executive after sales staff were found to have helped set up fraudulent online shopfronts. 在发现销售人员帮助创建了欺诈性网店后，全球最大的企业间在线交易平台——阿里巴巴(Alibaba.com)更换了两位高管。 David Wei, chief executive, and Elvis Lee, chief operating officer, both … Continue reading →

日本内阁官房长官枝野幸男周一（2月21日）就中国沈阳警方在镇压当地“茉莉花革命”事件时逮捕一名日本外交官提出抗议。他说，中方已就此道歉，并说将适当辅导有关部门。这名日本驻沈阳领事馆的外交官在周日当地发生“茉莉花革命”行动时前往察看日本人安全情况时被捕并被关押近一小时后获释。沈阳警方说，不知道此人是日本外交官。但沈阳日本领事馆还是向辽宁省外事办公室提出“事件令人遗憾”的交涉。

The west is rebuffing North Korea’s call for bilateral food aid, saying any extra shipments must go through the UN and that Pyongyang must allow tougher inspections to stop food going to soldiers. 对于朝鲜提出的双边粮食援助请求，西方表示了拒绝，称任何额外援助都必须通过联合国，而且朝鲜必须接受更加严格的检查，以防粮食流入军队。 North Korean diplomats have in recent … Continue reading →

周二，美国哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS Corp.）新闻部门说，上周五，CBS新闻网女记者罗根（Lara Logan）在埃及报道时，在人群中被迫与随行团队分开，随后遭到了“持续而残暴的性侵犯和殴打”。事发当时，身为资深战地记者的罗根正在报道埃及前总统穆巴拉克（Hosni Mubarak）下台后开罗解放广场（Tahrir Square）的庆祝活动。CBS说，逾200多名暴民突然陷入疯狂，将罗根与她的团队分开。一位知情人士说，分开和袭击的过程持续了约20到30分钟，还说这“不是强奸”。除发表的声明外，CBS新闻网发言人拒绝置评。 CBS News correspondent Lara Logan on Friday suffered a ‘brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating’ after being separated from her crew in the midst of a crowd in Egypt, the CBS Corp. news unit … Continue reading →

Han Zheng, the mayor of Shanghai, has just delivered a pleasant surprise to the city’s workers: their minimum wage is to rise by more than 10 per cent in April. 上海市市长韩正刚刚为上海工人送上了一个惊喜：今年4月，他们的最低工资标准将上调10%以上。 No one will be getting rich – the new … Continue reading →

It is no secret that China’s appetite for Treasuries has been waning. Official figures now bear out Beijing’s stated desire to diversify away from US government debt. 中国对美国国债的兴趣一直在减退，这并不是秘密。官方数据如今证实了中国政府已经公开申明的意愿：减少对美国政府债务的购买，实现投资多样化。 The market impact is likely to be muted for now, given the … Continue reading →

Late last summer, officials working for a secretive US government committee that vets foreign takeovers on national security grounds came across a puzzling find during what one insider said was a routine review of Huawei, a company that was prominent … Continue reading →