Mainland China

A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country's customs authority.

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds could be launched in Hong Kong this month with the first approvals likely to be announced next week, two people familiar with the matter said.

Apple Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Sunday, according to state media. Cook revealed the headset's China launch plan in response to a media question on the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing.

In about 10 years, 88 cases of H5N6 have been reported from across the world. Of those, 87 were in mainland China.

Apple’s China formula is under its greatest strain in recent memory. Even as CEO Tim Cook was smoothing things over in Beijing in late March, Apple executives were hard at work developing ties to other countries to lessen reliance on the country, according to multiple people familiar with Apple’s operations.

Honduras will establish diplomatic relations with mainland China, President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday, a move that would result in the severing of longstanding official ties with Taiwan.

"The fast-growing consumer markets of mainland China, India, and Southeast Asia will provide an important growth engine for the world economy," S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections that have overwhelmed its health system.

South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travellers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing grapples with a surge in Covid infections.

Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.

American tech giant Google on Monday (local time) announced that it was shutting down the Google Translate service in mainland China, citing low usage in the country, as per reports.

Mainland China has reported its first case of monkeypox in the western megacity of Chongqing in a traveller who arrived in the city from overseas, media reports said.

A trip to the United States by the head of Taiwan's Chinapolicy making Mainland Affairs Council has been delayed due to important domestic matters he has to handle, his office said

The head of Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council will visit the United States to meet officials and speak at think-tank events to help garner international support for the island, his department said on Friday.

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has fired around 10,000 employees in three months, as per various reports. The company laid off 9,241 employees during the June quarter. Earlier in July, Alibaba announced plans to apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong opening up the firm to a vast pool of mainland China investors for the first time, report...

A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country's customs authority.

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds could be launched in Hong Kong this month with the first approvals likely to be announced next week, two people familiar with the matter said.

Apple Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Sunday, according to state media. Cook revealed the headset's China launch plan in response to a media question on the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing.

In about 10 years, 88 cases of H5N6 have been reported from across the world. Of those, 87 were in mainland China.

Apple’s China formula is under its greatest strain in recent memory. Even as CEO Tim Cook was smoothing things over in Beijing in late March, Apple executives were hard at work developing ties to other countries to lessen reliance on the country, according to multiple people familiar with Apple’s operations.

Honduras will establish diplomatic relations with mainland China, President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday, a move that would result in the severing of longstanding official ties with Taiwan.

"The fast-growing consumer markets of mainland China, India, and Southeast Asia will provide an important growth engine for the world economy," S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections that have overwhelmed its health system.

South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travellers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing grapples with a surge in Covid infections.

Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.

American tech giant Google on Monday (local time) announced that it was shutting down the Google Translate service in mainland China, citing low usage in the country, as per reports.

Mainland China has reported its first case of monkeypox in the western megacity of Chongqing in a traveller who arrived in the city from overseas, media reports said.

A trip to the United States by the head of Taiwan's Chinapolicy making Mainland Affairs Council has been delayed due to important domestic matters he has to handle, his office said

The head of Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council will visit the United States to meet officials and speak at think-tank events to help garner international support for the island, his department said on Friday.

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has fired around 10,000 employees in three months, as per various reports. The company laid off 9,241 employees during the June quarter. Earlier in July, Alibaba announced plans to apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong opening up the firm to a vast pool of mainland China investors for the first time, report...