Spend a day at Shanghai Disneyland and you wouldn’t know Chinese consumers are struggling. Wang Jiandong and his girlfriend Yan Xu said they have been skipping meals out and scrimping on day-to-day necessities so they could afford to enjoy the park. “We save in our daily lives so we can spend more on trips,” Wang…
Turkish director Reis Çelik unveiled “Night of Blindness,” a Turkish-German co-production set during Turkey’s 1980 military coup, at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival. The film is competing for the Golden Goblet Award in the main competition section. The film centers on Fatma, a left-wing activist who goes into hiding in a cramped space between…
“Afterpiece,” a Hong Kong drama produced by Derek Yee and directed by debut filmmaker Keane T.K. Wong, will world premiere as the opening film of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs June 12-21. The film centers on Owen, a once-celebrated stage director who has spent more than a decade in creative paralysis. When…
A screen displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure on the trading floor at the Nomura Securities Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean stocks rose Monday to hit a fresh record, following their strongest monthly gain in April, as investors weighed tensions between Iran…
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Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10. ACWA Power has inaugurated its first overseas Innovation Center in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, focusing on photovoltaics, wind, energy storage, green hydrogen, and seawater desalination, Trend reports. The facility, developed with an initial investment of $2.8 million, includes an R&D Center and a Green Energy Laboratory and has been…
