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2 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Jane Cai
Ten years have passed since President Xi Jinping, who is reported to be a fan of the game, unveiled a plan to make China a “world football superpower” by 2050. Since then, the men’s national team has been overshadowed by its consistently excellent women’s counterpart, while falling in the world rankings from 2016’s 81st place to 94th in April. The scandal-stricken football sector has also become a focus of Xi’s anti-corruption campaign in recent years. Yet China has not missed all its yardsticks.
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4 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Jane Cai
China’s doctoral education has long been under attack for overemphasising the number of published papers, along with their lack of groundbreaking research findings. At a recent forum in Beijing, a noted academic blamed the system for shackling talent and hindering innovation.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Jane Cai |Meredith Chen
America’s top diplomat Marco Rubio has made clear that he does not trust Beijing’s English translations of Chinese officials’ words – he says they are “never right”. The China hawk has instead urged his colleagues to go back to the original Chinese version of statements put out by Beijing to get a more accurate understanding of what is going on. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, appears to be the most powerful diplomat under President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Jane Cai
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Jane Cai
In a nationalist-inspired music mash-up, Chinese children’s songs are getting the rock treatment to project the “hardcore” nature of China’s military. Using the hashtag “People’s Liberation Army hardcore songs”, state media has launched at least three of the songs since April 20, all with video showing Beijing’s military muscle – from submarines and aircraft to tanks – on Chinese social media platforms. But not everyone is happy with the military makeover.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Fan Chen |Jane Cai
China has reported a drop in consumer prices in April, unwelcome news as the country scrambles to battle deflation wrought by sky-high tariffs levied on shipments between the world’s two largest economies. The national consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, edged down by 0.1 per cent year on year last month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. That was nearly the same as the 0.09 per cent fall predicted by economists in a Bloomberg poll.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Jane Cai |Meredith Chen
China’s economic leapfrog into global second place, along with its eradication of extreme poverty, has been achieved through an array of plans covering the long and short term, while ranging from specific industries to the country as a whole. The best known of these blueprints is the five-year plan for national economic and social development, which sheds light on Beijing’s priorities for the medium term and features some quantifiable and comprehensive goalposts.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Jane Cai
Usain Saint Leo Bolt (hereinafter referred to as the"Opponent") filed an opposition application on November27, 2020, against the trademark No. 43691032 for " " in Class 12 (hereinafter referred to asthe "opposed mark"), filed by Fujian Victoria MachineryCo., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "opposedparty"), based on his name rights. The National IntellectualProperty Administration, PRC ("CNIPA") issued a decisionon October 19, 2021, rejecting the registration of the opposedmark.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Jane Cai
Recently, the author received inquiries from clients regardingthe recordal of trademark licenses. After carefully reviewing thematter, we have compiled some insights to share with everyone. Overview: A foreign company (licensor) intends to sign atrademark license agreement with a Chinese company (licensee),allowing the Chinese company to use its registered trademark. The licenseewill produce goods under the trademark and introduce them to themarket.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Jane Cai |Sylvie Zhuang
China’s development prospects are expected to be severely dimmed by the intensifying tariff war between Washington and Beijing, with many Chinese anticipating economic hardship as the country bears the brunt of a war that risks plunging the world into recession.
