China is overhauling its vocational education courses to expand the pool of hi-tech workers for strategic sectors. The Ministry of Education unveiled 40 new vocational majors on Thursday – more than half of them in advanced manufacturing and digital technology – to promote a digital, marine, and low-altitude economy, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The … Read more
Chinese former football star Li Tie, who also served as coach of the country’s national men’s team, has been handed a sentence of 20 years on corruption charges. Li, who also played as a midfielder for Britain’s Premier League side Everton, is the latest to fall amid China’s far-reaching anti-corruption campaign in its sports sector, … Read more
On Dec. 1, President Ursula von der Leyen, leader of the European Commission since 2019, launched a new set of mandates with a new team of commissioners. On Dec. 6, the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), held a webinar outlining seven key policy recommendations for the new commission to consider, especially in light of … Read more
In February 1986, on the final day of Lunar New Year, Yue-Sai Kan sat anxiously in her hotel suite in Beijing. She had spent the past two years preparing for One World – billed as the first television show to bring cultures from around the world to Chinese viewers – and its first episode was … Read more
Indian travelers spent $34.2 billion on outbound travel in 2023, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. But the current level of Indian travel is “minuscule” compared with what’s to come, Alan Watts, Hilton’s Asia-Pacific president, told “Squawk Box Asia” Monday. “The story for India is before us,” he said. “India outbound will be … Read more
Hangzhou-based Uniview on Tuesday was added to the so-called Entity List for enabling “human rights violations, including high-technology surveillance targeted at the general population, Uygurs, and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups”, the US Department of Commerce, which oversees the country’s trade policy, said in a filing. In a statement on Wednesday, Uniview … Read more
MILAN — Woolrich is setting its ambitions higher, fashion and luxury slowdown notwithstanding. The outerwear specialist is welcoming a new investor, the Chinese apparel group Baoxiniao Holding Co. Ltd. The company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and parent to the Saint Angelo, Hazzys, Bono, Camicissima and Henry Grant brands, is acquiring Woolrich’s intellectual property … Read more
China’s customs chief Yu Jianhua, who helped China fight its trade war with the US during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, has died suddenly aged 63. Yu was suddenly taken ill on Tuesday and died despite receiving emergency treatment, the customs office said in a statement. He had made his last public … Read more
Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou will visit mainland China later this month, his third visit in the past two years, in another push to promote people-to-people exchanges amid elevated cross-strait tensions. Ma will lead a delegation of Taiwanese youth to visit the cities of Harbin in the northeast and Chengdu in the southwest on a … Read more
Engineering graduates in China often lack basic knowledge and their training across disciplines can be limited – and that could be hampering the country’s ability to gain a tech advantage, a survey of universities and companies has found. “The mismatch of engineering graduates’ abilities and company needs, a student appraisal system that is focused on … Read more
