Juliana Liu

China’s reopening in 2023 paved the way for Joy Group, which owns Judydoll, to expand more aggressively in South-east Asia, culminating in the opening of three stores in Singapore – its first overseas outlets.

China’s next soft-power export could be beauty

Olympic inclusion is not a must for Hyrox, but would be the “icing on the cake” in helping it gain global recognition as an established sport, says its co-founder and chief executive officer.

Why Hyrox should drop its Olympic ambitions

AirAsia was decimated by the pandemic and was just getting back on its feet following a restructuring when the Iran war began.

Asian budget carriers need help to avoid Spirit’s fate

At the  ‘BTS The Comeback Live Arirang’ concert in central Seoul on Mar 21, the super boy band explicitly highlighted its heritage to the world.

BTS is South Korea’s biggest cultural catfish

Three of the most successful Chinese firms – Temu, Shein and TikTok – have tried to distance themselves from their roots. None has succeeded, the writer notes.
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Why firms are pivoting from ‘China-shedding’ to ‘China-maxxing’

China is in the middle of a wellness boom that is influencing the way people dress, offering a rare bright spot in an otherwise struggling retail sector.

China is now an outdoors nation

Fans dancing outside a stadium in France prior to a concert by South Korean group Blackpink. Audience data shows that there are now far more K-pop fans outside South Korea than at home.

The ‘K’ in K-pop is already silent. And that’s ok

After years of warnings, the regulatory wheels are starting to turn in two of Tesla’s biggest markets, the US and China, offering sharply divergent approaches.
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China shows the way on dangerous car doors