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Caixin China Biz Roundup: How Alipay’s Nose Print Recognition Can ID Your Pet
In today’s episode: online payment provider rolls out innovative tech in hope of cracking national pet insurance market; medical experts blame testing and quarantine loopholes for Hong Kong’s latest Covid-19 outbreak; and Ant Group’s plans to go public in Hong Kong and Shanghai
Jul 21, 2020 18:53 PM
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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: The British Government's U-Turn on Huawei
Plus, China reports 3.2% YOY growth in the second quarter; the U.S. government reverses a policy that could have affected up to 1.1 million foreign students; and behind two prominent Chinese chipmakers' decisions to file for an IPO
Jul 21, 2020 16:41 PM
00:00/00:00Caixin China Biz Roundup: Are China and the U.S. Delinking Tech Sectors?
In today’s episode: Apple recruits new Chinese iPhone manufacturer as tensions brew between the world’s two largest economies; how the pandemic is contributing to Hong Kong’s widening wealth gap; and cinemas welcome back audience members — but with a few social distancing measures
Jul 20, 2020 19:05 PM
00:00/00:00Sunday Long Read: Inside the Illicit Business Running Up China’s Credit Card Debt
This episode lifts the lid on “cash-out services” — the dodgy businesses that enable individuals and businesses to tap their credit cards for cash loans by masking the transactions as purchases that never take place
Jul 19, 2020 17:00 PM
00:00/00:00Saturday Long Read: China Mulls Post-Pandemic Changes to Decade-Old Emergency Response Law
In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, the nation’s Emergency Response Law has come under heavy criticism. Officials and legal experts have decried “wartime controls,” including a lack of information disclosure and administrative overreach
Jul 18, 2020 17:00 PM
00:00/00:00Caixin China Biz Roundup: China’s Latest GDP Figures Beat Expectations
In today’s episode: Despite signs of recovery, overall economic growth expected not to return to pre-Covid-19 levels for the rest of 2020; world’s top contract chipmaker will no longer supply Huawei due to U.S. sanctions; and China’s top court unveils new plan to tackle bond disputes — but is it really up to scratch?
Jul 17, 2020 20:35 PM
00:00/00:00Caixin China Biz Roundup: SMIC Scores Chinese Mainland’s Biggest IPO in Ten Years
In today’s episode: Huge injection of funds could help chipmaker surpass international rivals; Trump administration makes U-turn on policy that threatened international students with deportation; and how relaxing equity investment restrictions could unleash trillions into China's economy
Jul 16, 2020 19:02 PM
00:00/00:00Caixin China Biz Roundup: U.K. Bans Huawei From 5G Networks
In today’s episode: What’s up with the British government U-turn on the tech titan; behind Jack Ma’s $8.2 billion divestment; and China’s exports and imports have returned to growth.
Jul 15, 2020 19:17 PM
00:00/00:00Caixin China Biz Roundup: Microsoft Spins Off Chinese ‘Teenage’ Chatbot
In today’s episode: U.S. tech giant’s Xiaoice chatbot to become a separate company; rigorous testing of cold food imports has tripled customs clearing times at several Chinese ports; and banking regulator warns of a coming wave of nonperforming loans as the full force of the pandemic’s economic costs is yet to be felt
Jul 14, 2020 19:04 PM
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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: Didi to Take Digital Yuan for Test Drive
Plus, TikTok reveals it has deleted 50 million videos from its platform in the latest transparency report; the PBOC considers extending a grace period for companies to comply with new asset management rules; and the ongoing feud between the now-divorced cofounders of former major ecommerce company Dangdang
Jul 14, 2020 14:11 PM
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