The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 146

01/25/21 • 14 min

This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: Hong Kong imposes its first COVID-19 lockdown; Shenzhen will hand out roughly $3.1 million to migrant workers, provided they stay in the city they are currently based in to discourage traveling during the upcoming Lunar New Year; and new data from China’s National Energy Administration reveals that a record-setting 72 million kilowatts of wind power capacity was installed in 2020.

In addition, we speak with Caixin Global managing editor Doug Young, who shares with us the story of Lín Qí 林奇, the head of a popular Chinese game studio, who was poisoned and tragically died on Christmas Day last year.

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This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: The U.S. adds nine Chinese companies to a Department of Defense blacklist for alleged ties to Chinese military organizations; President-elect Joe Biden appoints two senior National Security Council officials to Asia-Pacific and China positions; and stronger-than-anticipated demand for personal protective equipment drives China’s trade surplus to a record-high level.

In addition, we speak with Caixin Global managing editor Doug Young about two brewing workplace crises at two Chinese companies.

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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 147

This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: The Indian government permanently bans several apps owned by China’s largest internet companies, with WeChat, Taobao, and TikTok among them; growth in China’s manufacturing sector slows slightly while the debt-to-GDP ratio surges; and German insurance company Allianz is given the go-ahead to set up China’s first wholly foreign-owned insurance asset management firm.

In addition, we speak with Caixin Global podcast producer Nandini Venkata, who tells us about a story making the rounds recently regarding a nursing home accused of scamming its elderly residents.

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