1. What’s next for Calvin Klein after parent’s inclusion on Chinese blacklist?
In a sprawling shopping centre in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger stores sit eerily empty on a workday lunchtime, their quiet storefronts a ghostly reflection of China’s broader consumption slowdown.
2. New measures by Trump administration keep Chinese exporters’ heads spinning
From tariffs to package deliveries, unexpected policy declarations – and in some cases, near-immediate reversals – from US President Donald Trump are becoming an inescapable aspect of risk calculation for Chinese companies with links to the American market.
3. China’s ability to launch DeepSeek chatbot draws US panel’s scrutiny
China’s ability to launch DeepSeek’s popular chatbot came under scrutiny before a US government advisory panel on Thursday, with one witness stressing the role that American technology played and another cautioning that the country’s ability to “iterate” other breakthroughs in the industry could overcome this factor.
