3 h. ago Arc’teryx Won Over China With a $1,000 Jacket. Now It’s Popping Up Everywhere.

Arc’teryx Won Over China With a $1,000 Jacket. Now It’s Popping Up Everywhere.  The Wall Street Journal

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34 h. ago China's $98 Billion AI Chip Boom: Cambricon's 500,000 Gamble to Replace Nvidia

China's $98 Billion AI Chip Boom: Cambricon's 500,000 Gamble to Replace Nvidia  Yahoo Finance

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3 d. ago Why China Yugur ethnic group weddings involve groom shooting 3 arrows at bride

A unique wedding tradition exists within China’s Yugur ethnic group which requires the groom to shoot three arrows at the bride, striking her clothing without causing her any harm. This unique ethnic minority who primarily live in the Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gansu province, northwestern China. Their total population is about 14,000 according to the 2020 census. Most Yugurs follow Tibetan Buddhism and speak a Turkic language. One of their most distinctive cultural traditions is the...

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4 d. ago NRs 50, 500 and 1,000: Nepal awards new banknotes contract to China; map row with India resurfaces

NRs 50, 500 and 1,000: Nepal awards new banknotes contract to China; map row with India resurfaces  Times of India

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5 d. ago China boy, 14, acts like ancient scholar, turns bedroom into museum of artefacts

A 14-year-old Chinese boy who turned his bedroom into a small history museum and spoke like an ancient scholar has attracted an army of followers online. The secondary school student from central China’s Henan province, Xie Zhaoyutong, loves ancient Chinese history and literature and has filled his bedroom with his antique collections. A recent video of Xie passionately introducing his collections went viral online. It attracted 837,000 likes and 40,000 comments. Xie collects pottery, china,...

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7 d. ago Starbucks and Burger King among global food giants restructuring in China as local competition rises

Starbucks and Burger King among global food giants restructuring in China as local competition rises  Le Monde.fr

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9 d. ago China's GWM targets 300,000 cars yearly at first European plant

China's GWM targets 300,000 cars yearly at first European plant  Reuters

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1 week ago Agents seize more than $775,000 worth of counterfeit toys shipped from China

Agents seize more than $775,000 worth of counterfeit toys shipped from China  KBTX News 3

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1 week ago Exclusive: China's GWM targets 300,000 annual production with first Europe car plant

Exclusive: China's GWM targets 300,000 annual production with first Europe car plant  Reuters

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1 week ago China businesswoman sells lotus roots to repay US$700,000 debt after living lavishly

A businesswoman from central China who once lived a life of luxury is rebuilding her future by digging up and selling lotus roots to repay five million yuan (US$700,000) of debt. According to the mainland media outlet, Changjiang Daily, 44-year-old Hu Qin from Hunan province and her husband launched a fruit business in 2012 that grew to have more than 30 shops nationwide. At its peak, Hu’s assets reportedly topped 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million). The couple lived in a villa by the Xiang River,...

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2 w. ago Why China is stockpiling a mountain of 700,000 tons of tomatoes

Why China is stockpiling a mountain of 700,000 tons of tomatoes  Diario AS

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2 w. ago Ford opens orders for the electric Bronco in China, starting at under $33,000

Ford opens orders for the electric Bronco in China, starting at under $33,000  Electrek

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2 w. ago KFC, Pizza Hut operator Yum China pushes rapid expansion into lower

Yum China Holdings, operator of KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant chains across mainland China and Hong Kong, plans to ramp up expansion into more lower-tier cities based on its flexible store formats, expecting this push to generate higher returns for the company over the next five years. At the company’s Investor Day conference in Shenzhen on Monday, CEO Joey Wat said Yum China’s total number of outlets would increase to 30,000 by 2030, 76 per cent more than the firm’s estimated 17,000 outlets by...

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2 w. ago China has only bought 332,000 tons of U.S. soybeans since Trump's deal with Xi that promised 12 million

China has only bought 332,000 tons of U.S. soybeans since Trump's deal with Xi that promised 12 million  Fortune

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3 w. ago Beijing Puts $35,000 Bounty On Taiwanese Influencers Over 'Anti

Beijing Puts $35,000 Bounty On Taiwanese Influencers Over 'Anti-China' Posts  NDTV

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3 w. ago Collectors go all in at festival, marking Hong Kong’s rise as card trading hub

Hong Kong’s annual collectable card festival will return later this month with its biggest showing yet, as industry watchers say the local market is “beginning to take off” with the city poised to become a trading hub. The fourth Grade10 Festival will take place at the Hopewell Hotel in Wan Chai on November 22 and 23, featuring more than 120 global exhibitors and an anticipated 20,000 visitors, including enthusiasts from mainland China. This edition marks the first event since MemeStrategy, the...

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3 w. ago Why in Chinese culture ‘wearing a green hat’ means man has a cheating wife

The colour that Chinese men dislike the most is perhaps green. This aversion stems from centuries of tradition in Chinese history, where “wearing a green hat” signifies that a man’s wife has been unfaithful. Around 2,000 years ago in ancient China, green was regarded as a lowly and degrading colour. It was referred to as a “mixed colour” because it is created by blending blue and yellow. At that time, the general populace valued five “primary colours” – red, yellow, blue, white, and black –...

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3 w. ago China accuses US of stealing 127,000 Bitcoin worth $13 billion — calls it a state hack; BTC price predicti

China accuses US of stealing 127,000 Bitcoin worth $13 billion — calls it a state hack; BTC price predicti  The Economic Times

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3 w. ago Hong Kong school fair with mainland China focus set to attract 50,000 visitors

A three-day education fair featuring more than 300 institutions from kindergartens to universities will be held in Hong Kong later this month to boost student enrolment from mainland China, with the organisers expecting it to draw more than 50,000 visitors. The fair, the third since 2023, is being arranged by four major school councils, with the city facing the problem of a shrinking student population. “It is one of the ways to expand our source of students,” said primary school head Jessie...

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3 w. ago Burger King to more than triple outlets in China under joint venture plan

Burger King to more than triple outlets in China under joint venture plan  Al Jazeera

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