Business-First Hong Kong Now Comes With a Catch: Beijing Politics
Doing business in Hong Kong increasingly comes with a new risk: the political cost of upsetting Beijing.
Alexandra Stevenson in asian news
Spicy Noodles and Pickled Fish: Chinese Eateries Move Into Hong Kong
The ravenous came for a taste of home in a dish of spicy fried beef or steamed fish head. Waiters, speaking in Mandarin, delivered plates heated with green and red chiles.
Guilty Verdict for Chinese Activists Who Gave #MeToo Victims a Voice
A court in southern China on Friday found a prominent feminist journalist guilty of endangering national security and sentenced her to five years in prison, Beijing’s latest blow to civil society. A labor activist convicted of the same charge got a sentence of three years and six months.
China Has a Plan for Its Housing Crisis. Here’s Why It’s Not Enough.
China has a housing problem. A very big one. It has nearly four million apartments that no one wants to buy, a combined expanse of unwanted living space roughly the area of Philadelphia.
China Says It Will Start Buying Apartments as Housing Slump Worsens
Chinese officials signaled their growing alarm over the country’s worsening real estate market on Friday, unveiling a plan to step in to buy up some of the vast housing stock and announcing even looser rules for mortgages.
In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice
In bars tucked away in alleys and at salons and bookstores around Shanghai, women are debating their place in a country where men make the laws.
Slide Over, Auntie: Young Chinese Find Tasty Meals in Senior Canteens
Inside a canteen for seniors in downtown Shanghai, a worker brandishing a sponge inched closer to Maggie Xu, 29, as she was finishing her rice and garlic-and-oil-soaked broccoli. Ms. Xu ignored her.
Germany’s Leader Walks a Fine Line in China
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany tried to strike a delicate balance on a trip to China this week, promoting business ties with his country’s biggest trading partner while criticizing its surge of exports to Europe and its support for Russia.