The harbingers of Friday's Spring Festival, at least for me, are not the ubiquitous traditional red lanterns nor my parents' busy preparations in my home province Anhui for the family reunion dinner. Instead, they are emojis, the most exciting segment of China's digital economy.
Block 12, a Beijing-headquartered, internet-based startup founded in 2015, is negotiating an uncharted territory for a Chinese business. It specializes in creating, marketing and licensing digital-age intellectual property or IP in the form of original content like comic characters, emojis and the like.
Shenzhen, Guangdong-based China Communication Technology Co Ltd or CCT, a satellite-based communication services provider, will beef up its overseas presence to exploit opportunities brought by the Belt and Road, or B&R, Initiative.
China' s Consumer Confidence Index or CCI will likely remain in positive territory in 2018, given the strong economic growth momentum and people's expectation of better employment and higher income, according to Nielsen China.
Back in the 1990s, Cai Mingpo, 48, was just a "poor Chinese student" in France. Today, he helms the $2 billion Cathay Capital Private Equity.
CLEVELAND - With their NBA title hopes fading fast, the Cavaliers got aggressive at the trading deadline.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Jamaica's men's bobsleigh team famously turned heads at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, their ballsy attempt at the white-knuckle sliding sport later immortalized by the movie Cool Runnings.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - A wrong turn on a drive through western Sydney led a 9-year-old Harley Windsor to an ice rink and over a decade later, the figure skater will become Australia's first indigenous Winter Olympian at the Pyeongchang Games.
For those fond of gossip, the athletes' village represents an intriguing part of Olympic folklore, becoming synonymous with stories of wild parties and rampant hookups as sportsmen and women from around the world supposedly waste little time in getting to know one another.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - You had one job! Norwegian chefs hoping to buy 1,500 eggs to feed hungry Olympic athletes have had their dinner plans scrambled after a mix-up with a grocery order.
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