Beijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 - China's top internet regulator said Tuesday it would take action against ByteDance-owned news app Jinri Toutiao and Alibaba's internet browser company UCWeb for allegedly displaying harmful content, a day after announcing a two-month social media crackdown.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2025 - China's internet regulator said on Thursday it had ordered warnings and strict punishment to bosses at popular social media app Xiaohongshu over its online content, slamming trivial and negative posts.
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 9, 2008 - China's passenger car sales fell last month from a year earlier, an industry group said Tuesday, the first monthly drop since early 2005 as the economy slowed and the Olympics deterred car purchases.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2021 - Chinese regulators have summoned ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing and ten other car platforms to demand they cease disorderly expansion and vicious competition tactics, the government said Thursday, amid a national crackdown on the tech industry.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2011 - China on Wednesday criticised European Union plans to charge airlines for carbon emissions, accusing it of unilaterally introducing the new tax.
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 - China is gearing up to ban petrol and diesel cars, a move that would boost electric vehicles and shake up the auto industry in the world's biggest but pollution-plagued market.
Beijing Sept 25, 2012 - Cartographers who publish maps which do not include all of China's territorial claims may receive tougher punishments in future, according to a draft of regulations, state media reported Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 - Chinese authorities launched a security audit of ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing on Wednesday following a public outcry over the rape and murder of a passenger last month, the transport ministry said.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2010 - China has granted licences to 31 companies to provide web mapping services in the world's biggest online market, an official said Thursday, but many foreign firms including Google have yet to apply.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2009 - China has approved a plan by US auto giant General Motors to buy back part of former parts arm Delphi following an anti-monopoly probe, state media said Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2014 - An affiliate of German carmaker Volkswagen has been fined more than $40.5 million for price-fixing in China, authorities said Thursday, the latest company to be punished under a sweeping anti-monopoly crackdown.
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 12, 2013 - A fire at a giant Chinese factory making almost one sixth of the world's supply of a key high-tech component shows how vulnerable global manufacturing chains can be to an unexpected event, analysts say.
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 - The operator of KFC in China is rolling out a futuristic system of paying at a fast-food counter via facial recognition, as the country embraces the technology for everything from toilet paper to travel.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 - Chinese factory activity picked up pace in August as strong foreign demand boosted business confidence, independent data showed Friday, the day after a better-than forecast official reading.
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 - China is gearing up to ban petrol and diesel cars, a move that would boost electric vehicles and shake up the world's biggest car market in a country that is plagued by pollution.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - The designer of China's largest home-produced commercial jet expects strong interest from domestic and overseas buyers when it starts taking orders next year, state media reported Wednesday.
