Tag: China News

Chinese E-Retailer Temu Sues Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Over Alleged ‘Anticompetitive Scheme’

Chinese e-retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit against fellow Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein, accusing the latter of engaging in an “anticompetitive scheme” aimed at stymieing its business. The lawsuit (pdf) was filed in Massachusetts court on July 14 and accuses Shein of engaging in a “campaign of threats, intimidation, false assertions of infringement, and attempts to impose…


Data With Chinese Characteristics

//Commentary// China released its latest GDP figure showing strong 6.3 percent year-on-year growth in the second quarter. There is, of course, a low base effect in play, given the 0.4 percent year-over-year growth in 2022Q2. A simple way to adjust such an effect is to sum the two numbers that differ by four quarters. The…


James Cleverly Says UK ‘Keen to Work Internationally’ on AI Safety, Including China

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the UK is “keen” to work with other countries including China on Artificial Intelligence (AI) as he chaired the first U.N. Security Council meeting on AI on Tuesday. It also comes as the UK government is reportedly considering whether to invite Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the first major…


LIVE 8 AM ET: House Committee on CCP Holds Hearing on Biden Admin’s China Strategy

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party holds a hearing on “The Biden Administration’s PRC Strategy” at 8:00 a.m. ET on July 20.   …


LIVE NOW: House Committee on CCP Holds Hearing on Biden Admin’s China Strategy

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party holds a hearing on “The Biden Administration’s PRC Strategy” at 8:00 a.m. ET on July 20.   …


House Committee on CCP Holds Hearing on Biden Admin’s China Strategy

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party holds a hearing on “The Biden Administration’s PRC Strategy” at 8:00 a.m. ET on July 20.   …


A Harrowing 24 Years: Living Under the CCP’s Ongoing War Against Falun Gong

In her 34 years, Doria Liu almost never saw her mother cry—not even when her mother recounted suffering harrowing torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in a bid to break her faith. But during a video call on May 6, when Ms. Liu showed her mother a photo of her and her husband holding…


Falun Gong Practitioners Recount a Harrowing 24 Years of Withstanding CCP Persecution

In her 34 years, Doria Liu almost never saw her mother cry—not even when her mother recounted suffering harrowing torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in a bid to break her faith. But during a video call on May 6, when Ms. Liu showed her mother a photo of her and her husband holding…


China’s Q2 GDP Growth Slows to 0.8 Percent as Economic Engines Stall

The Chinese communist regime admitted on July 17 that the GDP growth rate in the second quarter of the year was lower than expected. Observers pointed out that China’s economy is actually in stagnation or even decline, as investment and demand both domestic and foreign continue to weaken, with domestic structural problems predicted to lead…


ANALYSIS: Beijing Attempts to Coerce Western Diplomats Through Differential Treatment

Beijing recently canceled a visit to China by a top European diplomat while hosting another same-level EU diplomat. Such tactics are part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to coerce Western powerhouses into submission by signaling disapproval to those diplomats who speak to the CCP about human rights or other sensitive topics, a China…