Guess Who’s Angry at China’s Real Estate Bailout: Homeowners
For much of the past decade, China’s efforts to curb speculation on real estate grew broader and more extensive.
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China Is Buying Gold Like There’s No Tomorrow
As gold surged this year to its highest price ever, Xena Lin joined the frenzy by making monthly purchases of gold “beans,” pebble-like morsels of the precious metal.
The Chinese Site That Rewired Online Shopping
When Pinduoduo, the Chinese discount shopping app, debuted nearly a decade ago, the tech giants Alibaba and JD.com dominated China’s e-commerce business.
Blizzard and NetEase Settle Their Beef, Returning Warcraft to China
The Chinese company NetEase said on Wednesday that it had struck a deal to distribute titles from Microsoft’s Blizzard Entertainment, restoring access to popular video games like World of Warcraft for Chinese gamers.
Big American Tech Profits From Chinese Ad Spending Spree
The trade relationship between China and the United States has plenty of friction. But at least one area is booming: Chinese start-ups looking to establish a presence in the West are spending billions of dollars for advertisements on services owned by some of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology companies.
China Expands Scope of ‘State Secrets’ Law in Security Push
China passed revisions to an already stringent state secrets law, broadening the scope of the type of information that would be considered a national security risk in the world’s second-largest economy.