tech The rapidly changing investor calculus on China’s tech giants – TechCrunch Christin Hakim, May 2, 2023March 19, 2023 As wave after wave of regulatory crackdowns have dominated China tech news in 2021, one can be excused for losing track of what is being regulated, who is doing the regulating, and what exactly the regulations are. From fintech to data management to education, the rules of the game are… Continue Reading
Real Estate China’s property problems spread to once-healthy developers like Shimao Christin Hakim, January 8, 2022 InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, a luxury hotel developed by Shimao and managed by IHG, opened in 2018 and is pictured here on Oct. 11, 2020. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — One of China’s healthiest real estate developers has reportedly defaulted, a sign of how more pain is… Continue Reading
Real Estate Even in tech hub Shenzhen, China’s property market succumbs to chills Christin Hakim, December 1, 2021 SHENZHEN, China, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Life used to be good for Jerry Tang, who left his rural hometown in 2014 to become a real estate agent in Shenzhen – China’s tech megacity and one of the world’s hottest property markets. Just a few years ago Tang could make up… Continue Reading
Real Estate How Evergrande found itself on the wrong side of China’s regulators Christin Hakim, October 20, 2021 High-rise apartment buildings at China Evergrande Group’s under-construction Riverside Palace development in Taicang, Jiangsu province, China, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese developer Evergrande made little progress toward complying with Beijing’s crackdown on real estate debt — until it was too… Continue Reading
Entertainment Ultraman Tiga ban: Cartoons and children’s shows are on the chopping block in China’s entertainment crackdown Christin Hakim, September 29, 2021 The National Radio and Television Administration, the country’s broadcasting authority, announced late Friday that it would ban cartoons and other TV shows primarily produced for children that contain any mention of violence, blood, vulgarity or pornography. TV channels must “resolutely resist bad plots,” and instead only broadcast “excellent cartoons with… Continue Reading
Real Estate China’s Property Problems Go Beyond Evergrande Christin Hakim, September 18, 2021 The China Evergrande Group headquarters in Shenzhen, China. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images Text size Remember that guy who ran for mayor of New York City by shouting, “The rent is too damn high?” Chinese authorities have taken his lament to heart, setting “reference prices” for secondary apartment sales in half a… Continue Reading