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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Mandy Zuo |He Huifeng
With her son’s future on the line, Shenzhen mother Eva Deng recently made a tough call that she never would have considered a few years ago – to let the 12-year-old, who had been studying at an international school for six years, attend a public junior high school.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Mandy Zuo |He Huifeng
“[Logan Rozos] lied about the speech he was going to deliver,” a NYU spokesperson said. New York University is facing mounting criticism after it …
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Fan Chen |Alice Li |He Huifeng
Within hours of Beijing and Washington announcing a temporary truce in their ongoing trade war on Monday, production lines across China began grinding back into gear. Chinese factory owners say they quickly received a barrage of messages from US buyers, demanding they resume production on orders that had been frozen due to sky-high tariffs – and expedite as many deliveries as possible.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | He Huifeng |Sylvia Ma
Despite the absence of most American buyers, China’s largest trade fair achieved surprise growth in deals signed during its three-week spring edition – driven by a record high in overseas attendance. Exhibiting Chinese exporters and analysts said the Canton Fair’s impressive performance was unexpected and has boosted export sector confidence while strengthening the public’s belief in China’s ability to cope with a prolonged trade war with the US.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | He Huifeng
Around the world, cash remittances from workers abroad are vital to local economies. Around the world, cash remittances from workers abroad are vital …
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | He Huifeng
With US President Donald Trump warning that American children might have to make do with fewer dolls as the result of his tariffs on Chinese imports, interest in toys was muted during the third week of the Spring Canton Fair, China’s biggest trade expo.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | He Huifeng
As a reporter who has attended the Canton Fair – China’s oldest and largest trade exhibition – on many occasions, I can say with confidence there’s something very different about the current session. Walking through the exhibition halls, the near-capacity crowds came as a surprise. It felt like the largest number of foreign buyers I’d ever seen at a fair, especially as rapidly intensifying tariffs from the US were throwing the established trade order into disarray.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | He Huifeng
3 hours agoOn summer break from a Ph.D. program, an international student at University of California, San Diego, was planning a trip with a few friends to Hawaii. But after seeing international students across the United States stripped of their legal status, the student decided against it. Any travel, even …
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Kandy Wong |He Huifeng
With the impact of US President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs haunting American retailers of festive products – nearly 90 per cent of which are imported from China – US consumers may find themselves having to spend more on lower quality Halloween and Christmas novelties this year, industry insiders and analysts warn. The “reciprocal tariffs” were introduced in early April, as American retailers were preparing to stock their shelves for festival celebrations later in the year.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | He Huifeng
The operator of the Canton Fair announced on Thursday it would provide a 50 per cent refund on booth fees for all Chinese exporters taking part in the exhibition, a move made to mitigate the effects of sky-high tariffs from US President Donald Trump. It is the first time in the history of the trade show – China’s oldest and largest – that organisers have offered such a substantial reduction in fees.
