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Excluding UK from ‘Made in Europe’ law will hurt entire EU car industry, Mercedes boss warns
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The Guardian
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Ola Källenius says it will ‘weaken the industry on both sides’ ahead of act intended to counter non-EU competition
Locking the UK out of the EU’s flagship industrial “Made in Europe” legislation would amount to a “deliberate choice” by EU leaders to “hurt” the car industry across the bloc, the head of Mercedes-Benz has said.
Speaking in his capacity as president of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Ola Källenius said such a move would “...
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Why Chinese College Grads Are Becoming Farmers
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New York Times
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Facing a competitive job market, college graduates in China are trading corporate jobs for farming, equipped with smartphones and tech skills.
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UK resists EU pressure to hit China with tariffs
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The Guardian
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Exclusive: Business secretary says he will not change trade rules due to EU pressure and denies UK will become a ‘back door’ for cheap imports
The business secretary has hit back at European demands for British tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the government will not change its trade rules because of pressure from Brussels.
Jonathan Reynolds warned that the government would not bow to calls from other countries for the UK to hit Chinese vehicles with import taxes, despite political...
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China’s Exports Soar, Putting Its Trade Surplus on Track for a Record
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New York Times
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China’s exports grew last month at the fastest pace in almost any month since the end of the global financial crisis.
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Graduate student accused of poisoning colleague and trying to flee to China arrested at LAX
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The Guardian
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Microbiologist Aili Wang, 32, poisoned tea of colleague in Wyoming who had pending patents, prosecutors allege
A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she did not get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her.
Aili Wang, 32, was arrested 6 October at Los Angeles international airport, where prosecutors allege she sought to return to China. With her...
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'I'd talk to the TV': The paid companions bringing warmth to China's lonely
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BBC News
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As loneliness grows in China, a new industry is emerging to provide companionship and support.
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Why the lonely in China are hiring 'temporary children'
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BBC News
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A new industry being dubbed the “loneliness economy” has emerged in China, with people hiring themselves out as companions to help the elderly.
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It’s My Time review – Michelle Yeoh excels in Rocky-style quest to be Rubik’s Cube champ
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The Guardian
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True story about a former maths teacher who became a puzzle champion in retirement is squeezed into predictable sports-movie formula
It’s not quite up there with Leonardo DiCaprio to get into character, but to prepare for this Chinese drama in which she plays a real-life former maths teacher who became a champion in retirement. The true story is stretched and squeezed here, fictionalised to fit sports-movie formula; it ends up being so-so entertaining and funny in places, but...
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Two photos, 84 years apart, witness special bond between Chinese, American people
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People's Daily Online
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This taken in April 1942 shows Guan Dongxiang (C), who was nine-year old at that time, standing behind an American pilot in Shangrao, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua) NANCHANG, Oct. 13 (Xinhua ...
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Chinese Americans once flocked to S.F.'s Chinatown and the west side. Now they're moving elsewhere
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Bing
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There's a seismic shift underway as Chinese American households in San Francisco move away from historically Chinese neighborhoods.
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