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Shuang Shan Tsinghua Unisplendour Co Ltd (Unis) announced on Wednesday that it invested $3.78 billion in Western Digital Corp, purchasing a 15 percent stake (which it must hold for five years) at a premium price of $92.50—33 percent higher than Western Digital’s closing price on Tuesday. The investment gives Unis the right to nominate a […]
Shuang Shan The sale of 300 Boeing Co. airplanes worth $38 billion to Chinese firms—the largest aerospace order ever from China—was announced last week during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Boeing in Seattle. The deal also includes a plan to establish a joint venture between Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) to open […]
Shuang Shan Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and China Media Capital Partners (CMC) are forming a joint venture called Flagship Entertainment Group Ltd. to produce Chinese language films for the Chinese market. Flagship—majority-owned by CMC—could see its first production released as early as 2016, according to the partners. The new joint venture—based in Los Angeles, […]
Organizer: Seattle University and Brookings Institution Location: Seattle University, Seattle, WA Dates: September 22, 2015 Website: Click here Email: [email protected] Phone: 202-797-6000
Chinese president’s US trip needs to address uncertainties in the relationship by John Frisbie American voters likely do not go into the poll booth thinking about China, but they often hear about China from the presidential primary campaigns. Some candidates were even calling for the cancellation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States […]
Shuang Shan Update: During a joint press conference on Wednesday, Didi Kuaidi and Lyft announced a cross-border partnership that gives users of either app access to both services in the United States or China. The alliance, which will also allow users to pay in their native currency, will launch early next year. Didi Kuaidi […]
Organizer: APEC China Business Council Location: Yintelligence Center, Beijing, China Dates: September 14, 2015 – September 16, 2015 Website: Click here Email: [email protected] Phone: 010-65542128
By Lauren Dodillet China Shipping Container Lines Co. (CSCL)—a subsidiary of China Shipping Group Co.—is seeking to buy 10 ultra-large ships for $1.5 billion, reports the Wall Street Journal. The ships can carry up to 20,000 intermodal containers each, and will help the company to fulfill capacity commitments for its Ocean Three Alliance, a three-way […]
By Lauren Dodillet After years of rumors, a merger may be in the works for China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO)—China’s largest shipping enterprise—and China Shipping (Group) Company. The two state-owned enterprises (SOEs) would combine over $82.9 billion in total assets, including hundreds of bulk cargo and container ships, and hundreds of thousands of container […]
By Lauren Dodillet A series of blasts in Tianjin on August 12th may cue billions of dollars in insurance claims. The explosions rocked the world’s third-largest port last Wednesday and burned into the weekend, the result of currently unknown circumstances surrounding hazardous materials found at a storage facility. Financial planner Credit Suisse Group estimates that […]
