Fine Chinese cuisine is here to stay – and it’s about time – Marin Independent Journal
Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times/TNS “We’re just trying to push a limit that’s never been pushed before,” says Kato chef Jon Yao, 27, who serves soy turbot. Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times/TNS Kato serves sea trout in black vinegar Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times/TNS Chefs elevate Chinese dishes, like this lasagna with pork rags, cream of tofu and […]
Investors cool Chinese education start-up
FT subscribers can Click here to receive Tech Scroll Asia by email. Hello from a gloomy Hong Kong, where the news follows the weather. A reality check on 5G telecommunications, after some excitement last week, is our biggest theme with Huawei and SoftBank looking heavy. Our best scoop comes from the effervescent online education sector […]
Investors cool Chinese education start-up VIPKID
VIPKID, which connects English teachers in the United States with a vast pool of Chinese students on the internet, struggles to raise another $ 500 million funding round at a targeted valuation of 5.5-6 billion dollars, according to investors. The five-year-old company, which raised $ 500 million last June from investors such as Coatue, Tencent […]
A white restaurateur advertised ‘clean’ Chinese food. Chinese Americans had something to say about this.
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Arielle Haspel, a health coach from Manhattan with a stylish social media presence, wanted to open the kind of Chinese restaurant, she says, where she and her food-sensitive clients could eat. One where the lo mein wouldn’t make people […]
China’s economy is stabilizing
Is the Chinese economy recovering from its slowdown at the end of last year? “Yes”, answer Gavyn Davies, Goldman Sachs and many others. During my recent visit to Shanghai and Beijing, a number of economists and private businessmen also expressed growing optimism about China’s economic prospects. Why do they think that and are they probably […]