SAIF Partners has raised $400 million for a new fund and rebranded the 18-year-old influential venture capital firm as it looks to back more early-stage startups in the world’s second largest internet ... ( read original story ...)
RPT-UPDATE 2-Australia will join naval drills involving India, US, Japan
Australia will join three-way naval exercises involving the United States, Japan and India, the countries announced on Monday, in a move that could raise concerns in China, which has criticised ... ( read original story ...)
Why India Oxenberg Didn’t Participate in The Vow: “I Just Wasn’t Ready to Speak Out”
India Oxenberg was not on HBO's The Vow because she wasn't ready to tell her story, but she is featured on Starz's Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult. ( read original story ...)
China makes it incredibly hard for foreign businesses to operate – but they stay because the money is just too good
Doing business in China can be a difficult and contentious proposition for companies in many countries. Yet even with charges of intellectual property theft, forced partnerships and tight restrictions ... ( read original story ...)
China Deserves a Day in Court
Congress could change the law to allow lawsuits against Beijing over Covid-related misconduct. ( read original story ...)
China is beating the coronavirus while Trump leads America to defeat
If Biden Wins, China Wins. When WE Win, YOU WIN.” But on the most important crisis facing the world right now — fighting the novel coronavirus — China is winning and America is losing. That’s because ... ( read original story ...)
Macao Casinos Still Tarnished After Soft Golden Week Holiday
The Chinese Golden Week holiday didn't deliver the kinds of gains Macao casinos needed to lift them out of despair. Although gaming revenue for the first eight days of October nearly quadrupled from ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan firm enlists SRB for Sharia certification
“By leveraging our scholarly resources and experience in financial transactions, we think that more Islamic investment offerings will help bring growth and innovation to the industry here in ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba fintech arm gets nod for record IPO listing in Hong Kong
The financial arm of Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba received Monday a green light from Chinese regulators to list in Hong Kong, according to data published online, another step towards the biggest ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus Golden Passports: A Total Failure Of Checks And Balances
The Cyprus Investment Program had a big blind spot: its implementation. We now know that despite the fact that strict laws and regulations were in place, there was no capacity to impose them. The ... ( read original story ...)