Chinese companies going global. Global companies capitalizing on the size and growth of the China market. State-owned enterprises. Policy-based state investment. Startup unicorns with Chinese characteristics. There is no shortage of business stories to tell in China.
Facebook employees are raising concerns about the Chinese government’s use of ad money to promote propaganda about happy Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the Wall Street Journal reports. Might Facebook eventually follow Twitter in restricting political advertisements in response?
Xiaomi is a much-loved mobile phone company, but it has never made a vehicle. Yet there’s reason to believe its $10 billion electric car plan might work.
A new beverage company — valued at $6 billion after its latest fundraising round — has combined technology with health-conscious marketing to take the consumer goods industry by storm.
Hydrogen fuel cell cars are not attracting the same levels of buzz and boatloads of cash as electric vehicles, but in China, companies and the government are aggressively pushing ahead with new zero-emissions buses and cars using hydrogen technology.
Computers, phones, cars, ships, and even planes: batteries are essential for the technologies of tomorrow, and China looks set to dominate the industry from mining to manufacturing.
Even with harsh border restrictions between the U.S. and China, Elite Education’s IPO indicates that demand for overseas education remains resilient among Chinese youths.
Heart disease is an enormous health problem for China, and represents a huge market for medical companies like NewMed and its competitor Hanyu Technology.
Sina Corporation, one of the original Chinese internet firms to join Nasdaq, has now gone private, even as its social media site, Sina Weibo, remains listed. Many Chinese companies are considering alternatives to U.S. capital markets amid U.S.-China tensions.
After the Communist Youth League of China resurfaced a letter from last year by Swedish fashion retailer H&M disavowing Xinjiang cotton over forced labor concerns, Chinese social media is in an uproar. H&M’s China business will likely suffer serious financial repercussions.