Category: Chinese

World Shares Mostly Lower as Chinese Growth Data Disappoints

World shares were mostly lower on Monday after China reported its economy grew at a meager 4.9 percent annual pace in July-September. Germany’s DAX declined 0.5 percent to 15,506.11 and the CAC 40 in Paris gave up 0.8 percent to 6,676.21. Britain’s FTSE 100 lost 0.2 percent to 7,216.79. The future for the Dow industrials…


Unauthorized Footage of South Koreans Trend on Chinese TikTok, Raising Serious Privacy Concerns

Do you have to worry that images of you in public are appearing on Chinese multimedia platforms? Many South Koreans are concerned about exactly this problem after learning that Chinese TikTokers have been recording unauthorized footage of people in public places in South Korea. A recent post titled, “Do you know that Chinese people take…


Chinese Illegal Immigrant Charged Over Arson of Historic Alabama Church

A Chinese illegal immigrant has been charged with setting multiple fires to the First Baptist Church Montgomery in Alabama. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced federal charges against Xiaoquin Yan, who was accused of setting four fires inside First Baptist Church Montgomery on Sept. 29, according to court filings reported by WSFA 12 News. Yan, a 27-year-old Chinese…


Chinese Man Acquires Upscale South Korean Real Estate Amid Restrictive Loan Measures

While the South Korean Government tightens its mortgage rules to mitigate its growing household debt, a 33-year-old Chinese national purchased a luxury penthouse apartment worth 8.9 billion won ($7.51 million) in Seoul’s upscale district with 100 percent of the purchase price coming through a bank loan, drawing widespread concern. South Korea’s household debts have continued…


Pentagon, Chinese Military Officials Hold ‘Frank’ Talks, Weeks After AUKUS Pact

U.S. and Chinese military officials this week held “frank, in-depth” talks on a variety of defense issues, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. The virtual meetings were held on Tuesday and Wednesday between Michael Chase, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, and Chinese Maj. Gen. Huang Xueping, Department of Defense Spokesperson Lt. Col. Martin…


Polish Gene Project Moves to Drop Chinese Tech Over Data Concerns

WARSAW—A European Union-funded project to build a genomic map of Poland plans to drop gene-sequencing technology from China’s BGI Group over concerns about data security, one of the project’s leaders told Reuters. The Genomic Map of Poland’s concerns stem from questions over how Polish genomic data may be used that relate to national security, said…


Don’t Make These Stir-fry Mistakes

“It has to be done, so it might as well be done by me,” I told myself as I dumped the thawed package of supermarket potstickers into the vegetable stir-fry. I may be crazy, but it’s a lock that my kids will like it. So how crazy could that be? Trying to make a stir-fry…


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Chinese Prosecutors Drop Case Against Former Alibaba Employee Accused of Sexual Assault

SHANGHAI—Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba Group Holding Ltd employee accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague, saying they had determined he had committed forcible indecency but not a crime. The employee, identified by his surname Wang, was detained by police last month after a female Alibaba employee posted an 11-page…


New Generation of Dancers Recover Chinese Culture

Every time Shen Yun Performing Arts dancer Marilyn Yang takes to the stage, she feels a sense of responsibility. On Sept. 4 in New York where she performed solo for the NTD International Classical Chinese Dance semifinals, it was the same. “As an artist you have a responsibility for what you’re expressing,” she said. “There’s…