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China to ban forced excessive discounting at online retailers
China to ban forced excessive discounting at online retailers

Nikkei Asia

time03-07-2025

  • Business
  • Nikkei Asia

China to ban forced excessive discounting at online retailers

A pedestrian walks by a Shanghai sign advertising discounts on Alibaba's Tmall online marketplace. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi) KENTARO SHIOZAKI and TOMOKO WAKASUGI BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- Chinese authorities plan to crack down harder against online retail platforms that force third-party merchants into a race to the bottom on prices. Under an amended unfair competition law scheduled to go into effect Oct. 15, online retailers will no longer be able to coerce vendors to mark down products and services below cost, or engage in other practices that "disrupt market order."

Japanese schoolchildren in China down 11% a year after knife attack
Japanese schoolchildren in China down 11% a year after knife attack

Nikkei Asia

time25-06-2025

  • Nikkei Asia

Japanese schoolchildren in China down 11% a year after knife attack

Police in Suzhou patrol near the crime scene on June 24. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi) TOMOKO WAKASUGI SUZHOU, China -- Enrollment at Japanese schools in China has declined more than 10% since a knife attack here a year ago, underscoring persistent safety concerns among Japanese expatriates. On June 24, 2024, a man stabbed a Japanese woman and her preschool-aged son at a bus stop near a Japanese school in Suzhou. Chinese school bus attendant Hu Youping tried to intervene but was herself fatally stabbed, dying at age 54.

Japanese students in China down 11% a year after knife attack
Japanese students in China down 11% a year after knife attack

Nikkei Asia

time24-06-2025

  • Nikkei Asia

Japanese students in China down 11% a year after knife attack

Police in Suzhou could be seen on patrol near the crime scene in Suzhou on June 24. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi) TOMOKO WAKASUGI SUZHOU, China -- Enrollment at Japanese schools in China has declined more than 10% since a knife attack here a year ago, underscoring persistent safety concerns among Japanese expatriates. On June 24, 2024, a man stabbed a Japanese woman and her preschool-aged son at a bus stop near a Japanese school in Suzhou. Chinese school bus attendant Hu Youping tried to intervene but was herself fatally stabbed, dying at age 54.

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