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Lazy Brits should learn from China – Liz Truss

A LEAKED PIECE of audio today revealed prospective new UK leader Liz Truss wishing that British people worked hard, like the Chinese. The country needs “more graft”, she says, using a British slang term for hard work. “Essentially it’s partly a mindset and attitude thing, I think. It’s working culture, basically. If you go to…

August 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Cheeky Elon announces sci-fi humanoid robot in Chinese

CHEEKY ELON MUSK revealed his latest projects IN CHINESE TEXT and some people are furious. The tech entrepreneur revealed he is about to launch a sci-fi style humanoid robot which is the size and weight of an adult human being. The Tesla Optimus will eventually be able to cook and clean and do other jobs…

August 16, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

‘Yes, we’re propagandists,’ say western journalists, as public confidence falls

Majority of U.S. reporters oppose ‘balanced’ news, preferring to take sides Confidence in mainstream media plummets in the U.S. and worldwide Massive financing enables industrial-level vilification of the Chinese TRUST IN THE MAINSTREAM media has collapsed, a series of new studies show. Western journalists openly see their role as propagandists for their beliefs, in contrast…

August 15, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

The world’s first restaurant and earliest celebrity chef

Shopkeepers in China 900 years ago accidentally created restaurant food culture, and their achievement is listed among Life magazine's 100 greatest achievements of the past millennium. Emily Zhou reports IN OR ABOUT THE YEAR 1120 AD, a shopkeeper in the old Chinese city of Kaifeng had an idea. There were lots of merchants arriving from…

August 11, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Opinion

Chinese finance firms could get ESG edge

IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU that your investments don’t worsen problems of pollution, the mistreatment of workers, and corruption? If so, you are probably aware of two hot topics in finance: Environmental, Social and Governance investing (ESG), and Sustainable Finance. Both initiatives are bringing business opportunities for investment banks and commercial banks to drive profit…

August 10, 20220Comments ByJason Yan

Culture

A student told Confucius the most important thing in life

ONE DAY, CONFUCIUS asked four of his students to tell him about the greatest thing they would like to achieve. “I’d like to help rule a troubled land and bring peace to it,” said one. “I’d like to govern a poor place and raise it to prosperity,” said another. The third was a humbler young…

August 9, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Features

Return to the Kingdom of Bicycles

Planners designed ten thousand kilometers of bike track in China, as cycling makes a huge comeback THE BICYCLES ARE BACK. Cycling, for decades the dominant mode of transport in China, is becoming popular again, and the potential is immense. Shanghai, 1980s As recently as the 1990s, China was known as the Kingdom of Bicycles, with roads…

August 8, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Tiny Hong Kong firm rises 14000% to become bigger than Disney

INSTANT SUPER-WEALTH ALL ROUND? An obscure Hong Kong company named AMTD Digital has seen a record-breaking rise. On Tuesday a scramble for its shares, newly listed in New York, saw its value rise to US$300 billion, which is more than Chinese giant corporation Alibaba’s New York valuation. AMTD Digital has just 50 staff, so shared…

August 5, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Chinese firms are world’s biggest earners, new data reveals

FOR THE FIRST TIME. Chinese enterprises made more money than firms in the US or elsewhere on the planet, it was revealed yesterday. And an obscure Chinese firm you’ve never heard of called State Grid came in well ahead of Apple Inc. The data is in the 2022 Fortune Global 500 chart, released yesterday. It…

August 4, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

‘China wise not to attack plane’

THE RANGE OF PEOPLE condemning US politician Nancy Pelosi for smashing the long-held agreement that kept people in East Asia safe is eyebrow-raising. The US "speaker of the house" flew to Taiwan on Tuesday, August 2, in violation of pacts that prevent senior US officials from visiting the island. Below, we review a range of…

August 3, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Lazy Brits should learn from China – Liz Truss

Cheeky Elon announces sci-fi humanoid robot in Chinese

‘Yes, we’re propagandists,’ say western journalists, as public confidence falls

The world’s first restaurant and earliest celebrity chef

Chinese finance firms could get ESG edge

A student told Confucius the most important thing in life

Return to the Kingdom of Bicycles

Tiny Hong Kong firm rises 14000% to become bigger than Disney

Chinese firms are world’s biggest earners, new data reveals

FAQ: Is Hong Kong’s ‘Friday’ news project a commie plot from Beijing?

Hong Kong now has world’s top insurance penetration rate

Space: a new business frontier is opening up over our heads