Category: China
China urged to subsidise cash-strapped households despite higher holiday spending
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Think tank calls for Beijing to issue 1.5 trillion yuan in treasury bonds to prop up consumption as country faces uneven economic recovery despite Dragon Boat Festival tourism boost. https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3225307/china-urged-subsidise-cash-strapped-households-despite-higher-holiday-spending?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreGreen beauty: L’Oreal partners with Alibaba, key suppliers to decarbonise China’s US$80 billion cosmetics industry
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. L’Oreal and 10 key suppliers pledged last week at China’s first carbon-neutrality expo to reduce supply-chain emissions in the country’s US$80 billion cosmetics market. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3225302/green-beauty-loreal-partners-alibaba-key-suppliers-decarbonise-chinas-us80-billion-cosmetics?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWhy a joke about the PLA has got China’s stand-up comics worried
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Performers say they are steering clear of ‘sensitive matters’ and fear the censors are clamping down. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3225142/why-joke-about-pla-has-got-chinas-stand-comics-worried?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIn Zibo, China’s barbecue capital, a distant deadly gas blast puts safety in the spotlight
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. More than a thousand kilometres away, people in Yinchuan were coming to terms with a restaurant explosion that killed 31. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3225268/zibo-chinas-barbecue-capital-distant-deadly-gas-blast-puts-safety-spotlight?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreAlibaba Cloud founder Wang Jian says Paris Olympics 2024 presents great opportunities and challenges
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Wang says the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will give Alibaba a unique platform to showcase its cloud-based technologies to the world. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3225162/alibaba-cloud-founder-wang-jian-says-paris-olympics-2024-presents-great-opportunities-and-challenges?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTaiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen sees support fall to 4-year low as #MeToo scandals rock ruling party
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Disapproval rating for Taiwanese leader at 48.2 per cent tops the previous worst from May 2019, survey shows. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3225259/taiwanese-president-tsai-ing-wen-sees-support-fall-4-year-low-metoo-scandals-rock-ruling-party?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina scientists turn to ‘Terminator’ liquid metal in alloy breakthrough
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘Unbelievable’ breakthrough just adds gallium and it could lead to unprecedented new alloys, researchers said. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3224843/china-scientists-turn-terminator-liquid-metal-alloy-breakthrough?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreZambia has struck a debt deal with China and other major creditors. How will it work?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Beijing is the African country’s biggest bilateral lender and has not taken any haircuts as part of the agreement. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3225251/zambia-has-struck-debt-deal-china-and-other-major-creditors-how-will-it-work?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreJail term for abuse case in China doesn’t go far enough, critics say
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A court has sentenced Mou Linhan, 26, to more than three years in prison for abuse that led his girlfriend to take her own life. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3225139/jail-term-abuse-case-china-doesnt-go-far-enough-critics-say?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreCan China fix youth unemployment woes with military recruitment drive?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Observers say PLA plan to recruit more graduates will boost modernisation and help to ease record jobless rate for young people. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3225127/can-china-fix-youth-unemployment-woes-military-recruitment-drive?utm_source=rss_feed
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