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AirAsia offers B1T1 promo, ramps up China flights this February

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 11:55 AM

AirAsia Philippines is offering a "Buy 1, Take 1" promo this Valentine's Day for as low as P158 for domestic and P828 for international destinations. Read more »

PSE. Shenzhen Stock Exchange ink cooperation deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 06:52 PM

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to strengthen communication and economic cooperation. Read more »

Students in China face another unpredictable school year amid outbreaks and strict measures

Phoebe Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 06 07:50 AM

Online teaching, masks and frequent testing mark the beginning of classes for a third school year as China battles the latest Covid-19 flare-ups. Read more »

Record floods threaten southern China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 23 12:20 PM

Record floods were expected in parts of southern China Thursday as heavy rains pushed water levels in the Pearl River delta. Read more »

Chinese cities, factories lock down as COVID outbreak spreads

Laurie Chen, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 09:04 PM

All 17 million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown Monday, as restrictions spread across Shanghai and other major cities. Read more »

China places 17M residents under COVID lockdown

Laurie Chen, with Vivian Lin in Shanghai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 08:25 AM

Chinese tech hub Shenzhen was put under a citywide lockdown Sunday, the local government announced, after it reported 66 new coronavirus cases. Read more »

Shenzhen's tennis ambitions imperiled by Peng scandal

David Kirton, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 19 10:35 AM

Hosting the WTA Finals was supposed to put the Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen on the sporting map. Read more »

Chinese merchants on Amazon minimizing losses after platform closes over 50,000 shops

Iris Deng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 27 01:27 PM

Chinese merchants locked out of selling on Amazon are weighing their legal options and looking to Beijing for help after the world’s largest e-commerce platform shut down more than 50,000 stores from the country over banned practices such as commissioning fake reviews.   Read more »

China shipping backlog leaves factory owners with nowhere to put goods

Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 20 12:24 PM

A month after container shipping operations returned to normal at China’s Yantian Port, factory owners are still feeling the pinch from a debilitating three-week shutdown, with warehouses chock-full of goods awaiting export.   Read more »

One of largest ‘made in China, sold on Amazon’ firms had 340 stores closed amid e-commerce crackdown

Iris Deng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 09 12:35 PM

Amazon.com has closed 340 online stores operated by one of the platform’s largest Chinese retailers in the first half of this year, as the US e-commerce giant intensifies its crackdown against paid reviews and other violations.   Read more »

Man who placed cockroach in hotpot to blackmail restaurants caught

South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 18 07:13 AM

A man has been detained by police in the Chinese city of Shenzhen for blackmailing two hotpot restaurants by falsely claiming that he found a cockroach in his food. Read more »

Engineers inspect Chinese skyscraper after shaking triggers panic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 19 11:36 AM

Engineers were inspecting a skyscraper in southern China on Wednesday, a day after it triggered widespread panic when it suddenly began shaking, as people took to social media to ask if shoddy construction may have been to blame. Read more »

For China's property developers, Hong Kong is becoming Shenzhen's backyard

Clare Jim, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 26 08:16 AM

HONG KONG - Chinese property developers have turned their sights to Hong Kong's border districts as mainlanders from neighboring boomtown Shenzhen consider parts of the former British colony as a more affordable long-term housing prospect. Read more »

In city where China welcomed the world, Xi prepares for a colder one

Chris Buckley, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 15 07:39 AM

China is striving to revive its economy and repair its international standing amid the coronavirus pandemic, which began late last year in the central city of Wuhan. The pandemic has driven negative views of China to new heights in the United States and other wealthy democracies, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center that was published last week. Read more »

In city where China welcomed the world, Xi prepares for a colder one

Chris Buckley, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 15 12:34 AM

When China first opened to overseas investors, the country was desperate for foreign technology to revive its growth. Now, as China faces rising global barriers, its leader, Xi Jinping, is urging greater domestic innovation. Read more »

You probably won't catch the coronavirus from frozen food

Katherine J. Wu, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 14 06:30 AM

Amid a flurry of concern over reports that frozen chicken wings imported to China from Brazil had tested positive for the coronavirus, experts said Thursday that the likelihood of catching the virus from food — especially frozen, packaged food — is exceedingly low. Read more »

China tech giant Tencent's net profit jumps during pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 09:09 PM

Chinese internet giant Tencent reported Wednesday a sharp rise in first-quarter net profit after a surge in demand for its online games as the coronavirus pandemic forces people to stay home. Read more »