China plans $75 billion infrastructure fund to revive economy: SourcesChina has unveiled a raft of economic support measures in recent weeks, although analysts say the official gross domestic product target of...
05 Jul, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
China’s tech moguls see $80 billion of wealth evaporate in 2021The country’s 10 richest tech tycoons lost $80 billion in combined net worth in 2021, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, amid w...
30 Dec, 2021, 02.51 PM IST
What China expects from businesses: Total SurrenderUnlike regulators in Europe and the United States, China is using the guise of antitrust to bring powerful tech companies into line with it...
19 Jul, 2021, 11.52 AM IST
The world’s billionaire factory shudders as China cracks downBeijing’s motivations for the crackdown are varied. These include concerns about anti-competitive behaviour in the tech industry, risks to ...
11 Jul, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
China's biggest challenge: Surviving autocratic Xi JinpingXi, or as he is now come to be portrayed Xitler, has taken every play out of Mao's secret game book and has further honed it into a fine ar...
28 Jun, 2021, 01.04 PM IST
ByteDance founder donates $77 million amid China billionaires' charity rushThe donation will set up the "Meifang Foundation" to assist teachers with advanced education and support vocational education. The foundati...
22 Jun, 2021, 04.36 PM IST
TikTok founder Zhang Yiming enters world's richest people-club with over $60 billion net worthDuring its last fundraising round, ByteDance reached a $180 billion valuation.
14 Apr, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
China shares dip as strong trade data fuels tightening concernsAt the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.48 per cent at 3,396.47, its third day of losses. The blue-chip CSI300 index ended do...
13 Apr, 2021, 01.22 PM IST
War over TikTok worsens, China threatens retaliation against US 'smash and grab'An editorial, published late Monday by the China Daily newspaper, represented Beijing’s strongest defence yet of ByteDance Ltd. and its vir...
05 Aug, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
By going after TikTok, Donald Trump is opening a new front in technology war with ChinaIndia showed the way when it banned dozens of Chinese mobile apps including TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat, while Australia and Japan are repo...
04 Aug, 2020, 02.37 PM IST
World's most valuable startup takes a hit from China's slowdownThe company told investors to expect revenue of 50 billion ($7.4 billion) to 55 billion yuan during its most recent fundraising.
16 Jan, 2019, 10.20 AM IST
In battle for talent, one startup founder tries 'unlimited' payThe company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao, or Today's Headlines, which aggregates news and videos from hundreds of me...
25 Sep, 2017, 10.01 AM IST
In battle for talent, one startup founder tries 'unlimited' payThe company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao, or Today's Headlines, which aggregates news and videos from hundreds of me...
25 Sep, 2017, 09.54 AM IST
The next nightmare decision for the Chinese economyAs its economy slows and its stock markets whip violently up and down, China faces a brutal choice. It can let the value of its currency, t...
11 Aug, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
China opens $962 million border railway with KazakhstanThe rail line is expected to ease the burden of the Alataw trade pass, where the first China-Central Asia railway traverses.
22 Dec, 2012, 04.50 PM IST
- 'Chinese economy not to suffer from post-Olympic blues'
With the Olympics halfway through, officials have started reassuring the world that China will not suffer from a "post-Olympic recession" d...
19 Aug, 2008, 08.41 AM IST