Tokyo last week said it would restrict exports of three chemicals vital to South Korea's world-leading chip and smartphone industry in an escalation of a decades-long dispute over Japanese forced labor of Koreans during World War II.
Topics covered this week include a report that Amazon is pushing toward same-day delivery in a new threat to traditional retail stores; John’s in-depth look at why Microsoft’s giant aQuantive acquisition didn’t work out as planned; my imagining of a broken-up Microsoft; and Steve Wozniak’s unexpected praise of the Redmond company.
Transport authorities in various cities have said that there are no rules prohibiting the use of mini-stores, but that discussions are underway as to how they might be regulated.
Total amounts of the country's GDP for the first time surpassed 90 trillion yuan (.41 trillion), reaching 90.03 trillion yuan in 2018.
Trademark mortgages have become a popular financing tool for enterprises in Shenyang, Liaoning, one of the three "Rust Belt" provinces in China's northeastern region. [Photo/IC]
Total revenue of the central SOEs was up 14.3 percent to 23.6 trillion yuan in the 11-month period.
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Torsten Dietze, executive director, Schüco Greater China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Traffic management departments in several cities, such as Shenzhen, Nanjing and Haikou, Hainan province, are telling food delivery businesses to solve the problem.
Travelers take the "Jinbo Hao" flight at the airports in Seoul and London. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourism also breathed new life into the job markets of countries along the Belt and Road. Marouane Lamrabet, a 26-year-old from Morocco, is enjoying the benefits.