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ELECTRONICS March 14, 2020 COVID-19 may further dwindle Chinese electronics goods import to India
By: Loknath DasChina’s share in the import of electronics and IT hardware goods to India have slid below 40% of the total share for the second consecutive fiscal despite clocking over 55% between 2015-16 and 2017-18 and the Covid-19 outbreak in the neighbouring country could further dwindle due to disruption in the supply chain. Track live updates […]
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ELECTRONICS July 22, 2019 U.S. electronics makers worry sales to Chinese firms could fall more
By: Loknath DasU.S. chip and components manufacturers are nervous about the U.S. trade position with China because many Chinese companies buy and use many billions of dollars of U.S.-made electronics products every year. Simply put, U.S. chipmakers don’t want to lose the enormous Chinese market to sell chips into, analysts said in recent interviews. The lucrative Chinese market […]
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COMPUTERS February 18, 2019 Chinese Embassy hands over 44 computers to Mveso
By: Loknath DasChief Mandla Mandela and Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Lin Songtian Johannesburg – Schools around former President Nelson Mandela’s birthplace are set to have a major boost. On Monday, the Chinese Embassy in South Africa will hand over 44 computers to the community of Mveso in the Eastern Cape. Up to 22 of the computers […]
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COMPUTERS June 8, 2017 Chinese Apple Staff Suspected of Selling Private Data
By: Loknath DasHIGHLIGHTS Twenty-two people are suspected infringing individuals’ privacy 20 Apple employees allegedly sold users’ names, phone numbers, Apple IDs The sale of personal information is common in China Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation run by Apple employees selling computer and phone users’ personal data. Twenty-two people have been detained on […]
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NEWS May 26, 2017 TV show triggers Chinese virginity debate
By: Loknath Das“He asked me whether I am a virgin,” says Qiu Yingying, bursting into tears. She has just found out her relationship with boyfriend Ying Qin is over, after he found out she had had sex in the past. The scene from China’s biggest soap opera right now, Ode to Joy, has triggered much discussion on […]
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CLOTHING April 26, 2017 Chinese Workers at Factory for Ivanka Trumps Clothing Maker Earn About $62 a Week Report
By: Loknath DasA new report by a watchdog group found the Chinese knitting factory used by a company that makes clothing for Ivanka Trump’s brand has poor conditions and pay, with workers putting in up to 60 hours a week for wages of about $62 weekly. The factory violated two dozen standards set by the U.N. International […]
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December 30, 2016 BMW Wins Case Against Chinese Clothing Companies Over Copying of Logo
By: sristy SahaBMW logo (Image: Reuters/file image) Two Chinese clothing companies lost a court case filed by BMW over copying of its logo. Shanghai Intellectual Property Court said that the two companies infringed BMW’s registered trademarks and capitalised on the brand’s reputation. BMW will now be paid £350,000 in compensation, Shanghai Daily reported. The Chinese company in […]
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NEWS June 28, 2016 Unpaid And irritated, some chinese workers Ditch holidays To Protest
By: sristy SahaA migrant worker takes notes as he talks on phone at the construction website online of Changxiang Gardens development complex in Fengrun District, China. (Reuters photograph) QIAN’AN/DONGGUAN, CHINA: This yr, labourer Fan Fu and 20 or so colleagues operating on the Zixiagarden condo complicated in Hebei province have now not joined China’s legion of migrant […]
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HOME & GARDEN June 6, 2016 Unpaid And irritated, some chinese employees Ditch holidays To Protest
By: sristy SahaA migrant worker takes notes as he talks on phone at the construction website of Changxiang Gardensimprovement complicated in Fengrun District, China. (Reuters photo) QIAN’AN/DONGGUAN, CHINA: This year, labourer Fan Fu and 20 or so colleagues operating at the Zixialawn condominium complicated in Hebei province have no longer joined China’s legion of migrant peoplereturning domestic […]
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COMPUTERS May 28, 2016 chinese language customers Criticise Microsoft’s Push for windows 10 upgrade: report
By: sristy Sahachinese language customers of Microsoft merchandise are criticising the software business enterprise‘s push to get them to mandatorily upgrade their windows operating systems, the legit Xinhua informationemployer suggested on Friday. Posts important of Microsoft on microblog website online Weibo referring to the home windows 10improve, which Microsoft customers have to switch to, have grown to […]
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NEWS April 12, 2016 Stephen Hawking’s Brief History on Chinese Social Media
By: sristy SahaRenowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking entered the universe of Chinese social media with a big bang on Tuesday, with his first post to the country’s Twitter-like Weibo service garnering him more than a million followers the same day. In less than five hours Hawking flew past Apple chief Tim Cook, who has around 820,000 fans after […]
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ALL DEALS March 11, 2016 Chinese Couple Reportedly Sells Infant Daughter to Buy iPhone
By: sristy SahaIn a shocking incident, a Chinese couple allegedly sold their new born 18-day-old baby daughter for $3,530 to buy an iPhone. A Duan, father of the child, from Fujian Province in country’s southeast found a buyer for his 18-day-old child on the social media site QQ, who paid $3,530 (CNY 23,000 or roughly Rs. 2,38,000) […]
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