by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 28, 2023 | China, Asia, Lifestyle, Technology
Chinese people are increasingly using TikTok’s sister app Douyin as a way to complain about products. Douyin, which is produced by TikTok’s owner ByteDance, has become influential in offering Chinese people a way of putting consumer pressure on companies....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 19, 2023 | China, Asia, News, Travel
China will once again start issuing a range of visas to foreigners as of Wednesday, the country’s Foreign Ministry says. The move is the latest step towards reopening China to the outside world, as Beijing gradually breaks with the strict zero-Covid strategy that...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 18, 2023 | Laos, Lifestyle, Travel
Laos may struggle with the expected surge in Chinese visitors arriving on the Laos-China railway from Kunming, the capital of neighboring Yunnan province in China, President of the Hotel and Restaurant Association Pakasith Chathapaya says. “My concern is that our...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 12, 2023 | Linkss, Asia, Business, Cambodia, China, Economy, News, Southeast Asia
The 187-km-long freeway from Phnom Penh is a 2 billion USD investment by the China Road and Bridge Corporation. It is also one of the results of cooperation between China and Cambodia under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). More than one million vehicles had...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 3, 2023 | Laos, Asia, Business, China, Lifestyle, Travel
Cross-border passenger trains on the Laos-China Railway are expected to come into operation this year due to growing demand, according to Xinhua. The railway has recorded rising numbers of passengers making local trips on both sides of the border since its launch on...
