Joe Mcdonald

November 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

The rise in cases announced by the government Tuesday adds to pressure on officials who are trying to reduce economic damage by easing controls that confine millions of people to their homes.

By Joe McDonald | The Associated Press

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September 10, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, one of China's wealthiest and best-known entrepreneurs, gave up his post on his 55th birthday as part of a succession announced a year ago.

By Joe McDonald

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September 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BEIJING AP - Foreign companies face rising economic nationalism in China and are watching Coca-Cola's bid for a Chinese juice producer to see whether regulators are swayed by politics, a European business group said Tuesday.Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.5 billion offer last week for China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. has sparked criticism in China over the sale of a leading brand to foreigners.

By JOE McDONALD

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September 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JOE McDONALD

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April 17, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BEIJING AP _ Officials defended China's efforts to stop rampant copying of movies and other goods, saying Thursday that 4,322 people were convicted of product piracy last year and promising special efforts to protect Olympics-related trademarks.China is the world's biggest source of illegally copied goods and trade groups say violations are growing despite increased penalties and repeated crackdowns.

By Joe McDonald

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April 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Joe Mcdonald

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March 25, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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April 30, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BEIJING AP - News Corp.'s popular social networking site MySpace launched a test version of its new China service on Friday, making a late entry into the intensely competitive Chinese Internet market.MySpace China will be a Chinese-owned company with backing from MySpace Inc., the IDG venture capital firm and a Chinese investment fund, the company said.

By Joe Mcdonald

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July 02, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BEIJING AP - China enacted a law Friday meant to improve workers' rights after the communist government took the unprecedented step of seeking input from foreign companies and the Chinese public.The measure, the biggest change in Chinese labor law in more than a decade, was preceded by intense debates, warnings about potential damage to business, and charges from activists that U.

By Joe Mcdonald

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June 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BEIJING AP - Just last month, China announced plans to buy $4.3 billion of U.S. technology as a way to show how serious it is about reducing the ballooning trade gap with the U.S.So it must have come as a mixed blessing in Beijing to see that China's antigravity trade surplus soared again in May to the third-highest monthly level on record, according to government figures released Monday.

By Joe Mcdonald

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