6 d. ago ‘Hong Kong Inc’ concept needed even as tourist numbers rocket, forum told

New cultural and sports venues have helped to attract visitors, with tourist numbers for August hitting a post-Covid high, but the city needs a “Hong Kong Inc” movement to elevate its brand on the world stage, a forum has heard. Speakers at the Redefining Hong Kong conference on culture, sports and tourism, hosted by the South China Morning Post on Monday, said that the city was still struggling with global brand recognition and faced major financial challenges in sustaining its arts...

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8 d. ago Tesla's Struggles In China Come At Bad Time: Electric Vehicles Hit 51% Market Share In Most Populous Country

Tesla's Struggles In China Come At Bad Time: Electric Vehicles Hit 51% Market Share In Most Populous Country  Yahoo Finance

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2 w. ago China Struggles to End Deflation With 2015 Playbook Out of Reach

China Struggles to End Deflation With 2015 Playbook Out of Reach  Bloomberg.com

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3 w. ago Massive Travel Disruption Across China: Air China, China Southern, China Eastern Struggles with Delays and Cancellations in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, All You Need to Know Now

Massive Travel Disruption Across China: Air China, China Southern, China Eastern Struggles with Delays and Cancellations in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, All You Need to Know Now  Travel And Tour World

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3 w. ago Importers struggle to resell Canadian canola meal caught in China tariff crossfire

Importers struggle to resell Canadian canola meal caught in China tariff crossfire  Reuters

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3 w. ago South China Sea film Beijing condemned set to open in Philippine cinemas

A documentary film that Beijing sought to have banned chronicling the hazardous everyday lives of Filipino fishermen and soldiers in the South China Sea is set to open in cinemas in the Philippines this Wednesday. Food Delivery by director Baby Ruth Villarama was denounced last month for being “rife with disinformation and false propaganda” by the Chinese consulate-general in Auckland, which called for a New Zealand festival not to screen the film, calling it a “political tool” for the...

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4 w. ago China Struggles to Shake Off Deflationary Pressures Despite Policy Pivot

China Struggles to Shake Off Deflationary Pressures Despite Policy Pivot  The Wall Street Journal

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last month Kenya faces US threat for praising China’s role in ‘new world order’

Kenya has become the latest country in a high-stakes geopolitical struggle between the US and China after Washington threatened to revoke Nairobi’s Major Non-Nato Ally status. The tension escalated following a state visit to Beijing in April, when President William Ruto secured landmark infrastructure and trade deals and publicly praised China’s role in what he called a “new world order”. This provoked a backlash from the United States, which has launch a review of the ally status. The status,...

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