Thailand News with a China Business Perspective
Thailand News with a China Business Perspective
The Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok has been banned in the two biggest policy-making institutions of the European Union over concerns about cybersecurity and promotion of Beijing’s agenda overseas. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has been widely criticized…
CATL, which is facing intensifying competition from smaller rivals, has agreed to offer top clients like Nio, Li Auto, Huawei and Zeekr batteries at sharply lower prices for the next three years, industry sources said. Source link
News Analysis China’s economy is moving into a downward spiral in the medium-to-long term due to demographic headwinds and declining productivity after it slowed down substantially in 2022 with GDP growth reaching its second lowest since 1977. The International Monetary…
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 three years ago, Beijing has ordered the construction of countless makeshift hospitals nationwide, some costing as much as 10,000 yuan (about $1,500) per square meter. Those facilities were primarily used to quarantine mild to asymptomatic…
China should postpone the retirement age, lower the investment-to-GDP ratio, reform state-owned enterprises and promote education and innovation, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Source link
Australia and China have held a meeting between trade ministers for the first time in three years as the two sides seek to resume the normal trade relationship after a period of tension. On Feb. 6, Australian Trade Minister Don…
Communist China leads the world in the creation of counterfeit and pirated goods, according to a report by the office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai. Some 75 percent of the value of all counterfeit and pirated goods seized…
Hong Kong needs to look beyond the East and the West, and go anywhere “if there is money to be made”, including the Middle East, Hang Lung Properties Chairman Ronnie Chan says. Source link
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced on Jan. 25 the “No TikTok on United States Devices Act” to prohibit the Chinese-based app from being downloaded on all U.S. devices and ban commercial transactions with ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. Rep. Ken Buck…
