What It Takes to Move a Factory From China to Vietnam

new video loaded: What It Takes to Move a Factory From China to Vietnam Tariffs have forced Chinese companies to move their operations to Vietnam. Alexandra Stevenson, our Shanghai bureau chief, visits a factory in Ho Chi Minh City to see how one of the biggest challenges isn’t relocating machinery and tools, but overcoming language […]

Blink and it’s gone: China unveils world’s fastest train; CR450 hits 453 km/h

Image credits: X @/CRRC_global A video posted online by the Chinese Embassy in the US has gone viral, unveiling the nation’s new CR450 bullet train, which has set a new world record for speed.The clip, which has drawn a lot of attention, introduces the train as “China’s CR450 — the world’s fastest train!” and notes […]

Typhoon Co-May makes landfall in China: Orange alert issued in Shanghai; over 280,000 evacuated, flights and ferries halted

Typhoon Co-May made landfall on Wednesday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and fears of coastal surges as Shanghai and several eastern Chinese cities faced disruption. Authorities issued alerts, cancelled hundreds of flights, and urged people to stay indoors as the tropical storm swept across the region, reports news agency Reuters.The storm first struck Zhoushan, a […]

Too glam to scan: Shanghai airport stops woman with ‘bridal-level’ makeup as her face didn’t match passport

Shanghai airport stops woman with ‘bridal-level’ makeup as her face didn’t match passport (Pic credit: @wchinapost) A woman flying out of Shanghai was forced to scrub off her makeup at airport immigration after facial recognition scanners couldn’t match her heavily contoured face to the photo in her passport, sparking a viral moment.In a video that […]

Shanghai Archery World Cup: Parth Salunkhe to enter recurve men’s individual semifinals; Deepika Kumari reaches women’s semifinals

Deepika Kumari. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Parth Salunkhe stunned Olympics and World championships medallists Mete Gazoz and Kim Je Deok on his way to enter the recurve men’s individual semifinals at the Archery World Cup Stage-2 in Shanghai on Friday (May 9, 2025). Deepika Kumari, who beat Olympics silver medallist Li Jiaman, reached […]