Enlarge / Liang Wannian (2nd L) and Peter Ben Embarek (3rd R) both members of the WHO-China joint study team, shake hands after the WHO-China joint study press conference in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 9, 2021. (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency ) The Chinese government failed to share key data on early […]
Enlarge / Dalian Railway Station. (credit: akiradhin / Wikipedia) In 2017, Adobe announced it would deactivate Flash at the end of 2020. Earlier this month, on January 12, Adobe carried through on its plans, activating Flash installations around the world. One result, according to Apple Daily, was chaos in a Chinese railroad in Liaoning province. […]
In 2014, a group of university students in Beijing founded Ofo, a bike-sharing startup that let customers scan QR codes to rent bikes for short rides around cities, picking up and dropping off the bikes wherever they wished. The convenience and ease of dockless bike shares spawned competing startups like Mobike and Bluegogo, with each […]
Enlarge / Health workers in personal protection suits stand next to buses at a cordoned-off section of the international airport in Wuhan on January 14, 2021, following the arrival of a World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. (credit: Getty | NICOLAS ASFOURI ) Chinese authorities have held up two […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Nearly one week ago, Brazilian officials sounded triumphant in announcing that the vaccine from Chinese drugmaker Sinovac was 78% effective in preventing COVID-19 infections. “Today is the day of hope, the day of life,” João […]
On Monday, the NBA’s Houston Rockets returned to Chinese screens for the first time in over a year, when Tencent carried the team’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The game’s airing signals that China has rekindled its relationship with the franchise now that the team no longer employs former general manager Daryl Morey. “I’m […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. On Monday, Indonesia’s top drug regulator approved Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, and President Joko Widodo is expected to kickstart the country’s vaccination drive later this week by being publicly injected with the vaccine […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. A team of scientists dispatched by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan will arrive in China on Thursday, the country’s National Health Commission said Monday—more than a […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Controversy has rocked Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo since the start of 2021, with two employee deaths and a viral video from a former employee fomenting widespread online criticism of the company and renewing debate about […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. China has placed the capital of Hebei province—Shijiazhuang, a city of 11 million—under lockdown as the city enters “wartime mode” to combat a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 that has infected over 300 people. On Saturday, […]