Soft Start Seen For China Stock Market

The China stock market has climbed higher in three straight sessions, gathering almost 80 points or 2.6 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 3,210-point plateau although the wheels may come off on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

China Construction Bank opens a branch managed by robots

China Construction Bank (CCB), the nation’s second largest lender by assets, opened one in Shanghai this week, run by pure technology including facial recognition (FR), artificial intelligent (AI) and virtual reality (VR). Hyped as a first for the ... ( read original story ...)

China will link its stock market to London this year

Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China, confirmed the timetable for the London-Shanghai Stock Connect in a speech on Wednesday. The project is modeled on mechanisms that already link Hong Kong's market to exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen. ( read original story ...)

Shanghai Bank Staffed by ‘Little Girl’ Robots

China’s second largest lender has opened a branch staffed by two robots and no humans after cutting nearly 10,000 workers last year. China Construction Bank (CCB) claims its new branch on Shanghai’s Jiujiang Road is the country’s first fully ... ( read original story ...)