A wave of criticism from Chinese online users has pushed French fashion label Lemaire to issue a public apology, after a fragrance campaign was widely condemned as culturally insensitive. The controversy centers on visuals promoting Lemaire’s “Objets Senteur” collection, a line of home fragrance objects. Campaign images featuring braided forms paired with long garments and…
Resale listings for a Labubu-themed refrigerator have surged to nearly double its retail price days before its official debut. On secondary online marketplace Xianyu, some early listings for the limited-edition fridge have climbed to nearly 10,000 yuan ($1,465), up from the official retail price of 5,999 yuan. Chinese collectibles giant Pop Mart announced on April…
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd signed a three-year deal to supply 60 gigawatt-hours of sodium-ion batteries to energy storage firm Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co Ltd on Monday, marking what the companies said is the world’s largest order of its kind. The agreement, signed in Ningde, in eastern China’s Fujian province, positions Hithium as CATL’s…
The Golden Statue Cup China Selection, a regional qualifier for the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners Cup of Bakers 2027, is now open for registration to top bakers and vocational school students from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, organizers said. The competition is guided by the China Association of Bakery and…
Solar giant Longi Green Energy Technology Co announced two major technological breakthroughs, setting new world records for the conversion efficiency of both its crystalline silicon solar cells and modules. The company’s self-developed Hybrid Interdigitated-Back-Contact (HIBC) solar cell achieved a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 28.13 percent, according to an authoritative certification by the Institute for Solar…
Oil workers at Daqing Oilfield’s Chongqing branch use a video monitoring system to conduct electronic inspections of the natural gas wells at the exploration area of Sichuan province and Chongqing. [Photo by Zhao Qilong/chinadaily.com.cn] As of Monday, Daqing Oilfield, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp in Heilongjiang province, has achieved cumulative natural gas sales…
Chinese photovoltaic giant Trina Solar announced on Monday that its self-developed TOPCon-compatible, Hybrid Back-contact Cell (THBC) achieved a maximum conversion efficiency of 28 percent — a record high. The breakthrough, independently certified by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) in Germany, marks the first time the industry has broken the 28 percent efficiency…
Bank of Communications recently obtained approval from the People’s Bank of China to serve as the exclusive pilot bank for the China-Brazil Bond Connect (CBB Connect). The move marks a notable southward expansion of financial ties as cooperation among Global South countries deepens, and formally establishes a two-way connectivity mechanism between the bond markets of…
Ivan Espinosa, CEO of Nissan Motor, delivers a speech at Auto China 2026 in Beijing on Friday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Chinese market has become the growth engine of Nissan Motor’s global strategy, CEO Ivan Espinosa said at the Auto China show, adding that the country enhances Nissan’s overseas competitiveness via exported cars, know-how…
Honor launches its latest tablet. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Chinese tech company Honor Device Co Ltd has unveiled what it called the world’s thinnest flagship tablet with tailored support for running AI agents like OpenClaw. The launch comes amid soaring demand for computational power. According to the latest data from the National Data Bureau, China’s average…