Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Updated 8:46 pm CDT, Sunday, September 23, 2018 FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Fan Bingbing poses for photographers as she arrives for the screening of the film The Beguiled at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Fan Bingbing, one of China's best-known starlets and a rising Hollywood star, has well and truly fallen off the map amid vague allegations of tax shenanigans and possibly other infractions that have put her at odds with China's Communist Party-appointed culture czars. less FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Fan Bingbing poses for photographers as she arrives for the screening of the film The Beguiled at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Fan ... more Photo: Alastair Grant, AP In this Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, photo, the management office of actor Fan Bingbing is seen in Beijing. Fan Bingbing, … [Read more...] about Mystery around disappearance of Chinese star Fan Bingbing
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As China builds biotech sector, cash floods U.S. startups
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - For three whirlwind days in June, U.S. scientist Zhi Hong went shopping at the Boston Bio Conference to find drugs to fill the pipeline of his two-week-old drug company. FILE PHOTO: A scientist works at Zai Labo's drug development facility in Shanghai, China October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Adam Jourdan/File Photo Crammed in tight, four-person booths executives use for private conversations, the former GlaxoSmithKline PLC executive pitched dozens of U.S. biotech companies to partner with his start-up, Brii Biosciences. Months earlier, Hong had raised $260 million - much of it from Chinese and Asian investors - with a strategy to bring U.S. biotechnology drugs to China, the world’s second-largest prescription drug market and home to a rapidly growing biotech sector. Brii is now discussing partnerships with about a dozen drugmakers, which it aims to help by conducting clinical trials in China, applying for governmental approval and … [Read more...] about As China builds biotech sector, cash floods U.S. startups
Starbucks partners with Alibaba, as It tries to keep its throne in China
By Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times Published 4:19 pm CDT, Friday, August 3, 2018 Photo: Ng Han Guan /Associated Press Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 In this photo taken Wednesday, May 16, 2018, foreigners walk past a man and woman outside a Starbucks outlet under construction in Beijing, China. Starbucks and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced a coffee delivery venture on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, that adds to growing competition in China's booming delivery industry. less In this photo taken Wednesday, May 16, 2018, foreigners walk past a man and woman outside a Starbucks outlet under construction in Beijing, China. Starbucks and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced ... more Photo: Ng Han Guan /Associated Press Starbucks partners with Alibaba, as It tries to keep its throne in China 1 / 1 Back … [Read more...] about Starbucks partners with Alibaba, as It tries to keep its throne in China
China sentences veteran rights activist to 13 years’ prison
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Updated 6:06 am PDT, Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Photo: Kin Cheung, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2017, file photo, pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese activists Qin Yongmin, left, and Wu Gan outside the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong. China on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, has sentenced Qin, a veteran pro-democracy campaigner, to 13 years in prison on vaguely defined subversion charges, one day after releasing the widow of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. less FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2017, file photo, pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese activists Qin Yongmin, left, and Wu Gan outside the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong. China on ... more Photo: Kin Cheung, AP China sentences veteran rights … [Read more...] about China sentences veteran rights activist to 13 years’ prison
China trade talks: U.S. delegation to focus on tech policies
A U.S. delegation of top Trump administration officials arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks with Chinese officials on defusing tensions that are propelling the world's two largest economies toward a trade war. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is leading the group, which includes Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Liu He, President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser, was heading the Chinese side in the talks, which analysts say appear unlikely to yield a breakthrough given the two sides' intensifying rivalry in strategic technologies. President Donald Trump said he expected relations with Beijing to stay on an even keel. "Our great financial team is in China trying to negotiate a level playing field on trade!" he said on Twitter late Wednesday. "I look forward to being with President Xi in the not too distant future. We will always have a good (great) relationship!" Trump is seeking to cut the chronic U.S. trade deficit by $100 billion … [Read more...] about China trade talks: U.S. delegation to focus on tech policies