The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real competition is internal, and profits are hard to find.
Tag: Shanghai (China)
Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,’ Dies at 93
She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.
No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel
Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”
China Releases Mintz Employees After 2-Year Detention
The release of the five employees, detained during a crackdown on foreign due diligence, comes as Beijing is trying to bring back overseas investment.
‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers
People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity.
How ‘Her Story,’ a Feminist Comedy, Came to Rule China’s Box Office
“Her Story” touches on sensitive topics in China, like censorship and gender inequality. But its humorous, nonconfrontational approach may have helped it pass censors.
In China, Comedy Is Giving Women a Voice. But Can Men Take a Joke?
Comedy has become a way for women to skewer China’s gender inequality. Some men aren’t happy about it.
China’s Latest Security Target: Halloween Partygoers
Last year, the Shanghai government said Halloween celebrations were a sign of “cultural tolerance.” This year, the police rounded up people in costume.
David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary, Visits China in Bid to Reset Relations
David Lammy is set to meet China’s foreign minister in Beijing on Friday, in a trip the British government said would acknowledge “areas of contention as well as areas for cooperation.”
Tropical Storm Pulasan Nears Shanghai After Grazing Japan
Pulasan made landfall near the Chinese megacity, days after it was hit by its strongest typhoon in decades, bringing flood and landslide risks.