by mujair | Jul 22, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Here’s what you need to know: China’s consulate in Houston.Credit…Steve Campbell/Associated Press Stock markets were mostly lower on Wednesday, as the United States’ decision to order the closure of the China consulate in Houston seemed to rattle investors, and...
by mujair | Jul 18, 2020 | Business & Finance News
HONG KONG — Xiao Jianhua was once a trusted financier to China’s ruling elite who came to represent an era of unbridled capitalism. But three years ago, he was snatched from a Hong Kong luxury hotel and disappeared into Chinese custody. Now, the empire he built is...
by mujair | Jul 15, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Officials have also been considering potential national security risks from other Chinese internet and social media services, including Tencent’s WeChat, which had more than a billion active monthly users worldwide in the first quarter of 2020. “These companies cannot...
by mujair | Jul 14, 2020 | Business & Finance News
In April, a group of agencies that calls itself Team Telecom, led by the Justice Department, moved to remove China Telecom, another big wireless company, from its operations inside the United States. It has long been operating “points of presence” in U.S. networks...
by mujair | Jun 30, 2020 | Business & Finance News
The global internet is fracturing. And people like Anusmita Dutta are paying the price. Ms. Dutta, 24, joined TikTok three years ago and now has more than 350,000 followers on the video app. From her home in Kolkata, in eastern India, she records funny skits,...
