VIENNA, AUSTRIA – NOVEMBER 25, 2022: Karin Teigl is seen wearing Hermès yellow leather mini Kelly, Baum & Pferdgarten green leather jacket, Lumina beige cropped turtleneck sweater and vintage checked green yellow pants. Jeremy Moeller | Getty Images Quiet luxury was one of last year’s biggest viral fashion trends on social media — but unlike … Read more
The move immediately raised fears of the sorts of industrial clampdowns the market has seen in other sectors, triggering a global sell-off in China’s tech stocks and wiping out billions of dollars of value. The regulator then sacked Feng Shixin, a long-serving official and publication bureau chief at the NPPA, sources told the South China … Read more
Tsai is now facing calls from her party to lead the inauguration of the renovated pier next month – in a symbolic reassertion of Taiwan’s claims over Taiping, also known as Itu Aba. Does Taiwan-held Taiping Island need a longer runway? Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CSA) said that the completed project cleared inspection checks on … Read more
Samsung will team up with Baidu to integrate the Chinese tech giant’s Ernie chatbot capabilities into Galaxy S24 smartphones. As a result, Chinese owners of the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24 Ultra will be able to translate calls in real-time and access a slew of other exciting AI features. With Ernie Bot, … Read more
A British businessman living in China, who disappeared five years ago without any trace, was secretly convicted of espionage charges in 2022 by the Chinese authorities. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs finally released updates on his whereabouts on Friday. Stones disappeared from public life in 2018. He had lived in China since the 1970s, … Read more
ROTTERDAM, SOUTH HOLLAND, NETHERLANDS – 2022/02/08: The deep-sea creatures on board the Luciana and the mining vessel Hidden Gem seen in the background, during the demonstration. Ocean Rebellions protest The Deep Sea Says No Why the deep sea? The deep seabed is largely unexplored, many areas have unique marine life (an estimated 10-million life forms … Read more
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of property company China Evergrande Group, a move likely to send ripples through China’s crumbling financial markets as policy-makers scramble to contain the deepening crisis. Evergrande, the world’s most indebted developer with more than $300 billion US in total liabilities, sent a struggling property sector into a … Read more
Heavy lifting ahead For her plan to work and to attract the necessary firepower, expertise and resources, Meloni needs buy-in from the EU. European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, who could find herself in need of Meloni’s support after the June EU election to secure a second term, has confirmed she will attend the … Read more
LONDON – Harrods is doubling down on its partnership with Chinese fashion retailer and emerging talent support platform Labelhood with a dedicated pop-up for the upcoming Lunar New Year, which will land on Feb. 10 for the Year of the Dragon. Running till Feb. 18, the pop-up is covered in red, the color of luck … Read more
NATS ministers spent a “senseless” £25,000 promoting their botched 2022 census on TikTok, it has emerged. The five-figure sum was paid to the Chinese-owned social media platform in an effort to boost the crisis-hit survey. 3 The Snp were branded ‘senseless’ for their failed campaignCredit: Alamy 3 They spent £25,000 promoting their botched 2022 census … Read more
