China’s Secret Plan to Crush SpaceX and the US Space Program
on March 28, 2017
China’s breakneck economic expansion may be flagging, but the country's ambitions in space show no signs of slowing down.
China’s Tencent Bought A 5 Percent Stake in Tesla
on March 28, 2017
Tencent, a Chinese internet giant, is also an investor in Chinese ride-hail player Didi Chuxing.
Taiwan Democracy Activist Said To Be Detained in China
on March 28, 2017
People close to a Taiwanese pro-democracy activist say he went missing nine days ago during a visit to the Chinese territory of Macau and appears to be in Chinese custody.
China’s HNA in Talks to Buy Controlling Stake in Forbes: Sources
on March 28, 2017
Acquisitive Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the owner of the publisher of Forbes magazine, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters
A Bigger Catch: China’s Fishing Fleet Hunts New Ocean Targets
on March 28, 2017
Seagulls wheel and cry around the Caleta Portales fishing pier in the Chilean port of Valparaíso while sea lions loiter in the waves.
Ker Gibbs
on March 27, 2017
Ker Gibbs is Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He is a private equity investor focused on technology and life sciences. He was previously an investment banker at HSBC. As head of technology and media for greater China, he served clients like Alibaba, Touch Media, and JD.com. Before banking, Gibbs worked for technology companies including Apple, where he led the Hong Kong-based software subsidiary.
Gibbs has been an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai for the past 14 years. He served on the Board of Governors for the last two years, and was elected Chairman for 2016. Before joining the board, he served as Chair of the Financial Services Committee. He has been appointed to a number of other boards, including the ChinaSF Advisory Board, the San Francisco Mayor’s business initiative in China.
Gibbs first came to China in the mid-1980’s as a student, then returned to Shanghai in the 1990’s with the Boston Consulting Group. He has been living in Shanghai since 2002. He has an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
China Bars Professor at Australian University From Leaving, Lawyer Says
on March 27, 2017
A Chinese-born professor at an Australian university who has often criticized Beijing’s crackdown on political dissent has been barred from leaving China and is being questioned by state security officers as a suspected threat to national security, his lawyer said on Sunday.
China Plans Fresh Crackdown on Tangshan Steel Production
on March 27, 2017
China is planning a new crackdown on steel production in the north-eastern city of Tangshan in a bid to prevent false reporting of mill closures by local governments reluctant to obey shutdown orders.
China State Firms Eye Land around Panama Canal: Waterway Authority
on March 27, 2017
Chinese state firms have expressed an interest to develop land around the Panama Canal, the chief executive of the vital trade thoroughfare said, underlining China’s outward push into infrastructure via railways and ports around the world.
In Rare Move, Chinese Think Tank Criticizes Tepid Pace of Reform
on March 27, 2017
These withering findings on China’s reforms come from a startling place: from within the government itself.