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A Huge Section Of The Yangtze River Mysteriously Turned Red
The Chongquing section of the Yangtze river in China has turned red. We were first alerted to this by Bill Bishop. Authorities are investigating the strange occurrence — some are speculating that it's...
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China's Next Leader Is Secretly Hinting At Reforms
As always, we don't know exactly what is going in this year's China's leadership transition. Xi Jinping is the president-in-waiting — but what's will his leadership bring? It looks like we may have...
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China Is Driving Copper Prices To A 4-Month High (JJC, CPER)
Copper futures are up nearly 3 percent today, to its highest level since mid-May, after rising 1.7 percent on Wednesday. This comes after China announced that it approved over 847 billion yuan of rail...
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All Of China's Big Infrastructure Projects In One Huge Slide
Over the past two days the Chinese government announced the approval of a large chunk of infrastructure projects. The news was very well received by investors, who sent the Shanghai Composite surging...
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4 Reasons To Be Skeptical About China's New Stimulus
Markets have been celebrating the massive Chinese infrastructure stimulus that the National Development and Reform Commission announced between September 5-6. The Shanghai Composite that has been...
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BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Twitter To Top Facebook In Mobile Ad Revenue This Year,...
Mobile Insights is the new daily newsletter from BI Intelligence that collects and delivers the top mobile strategy news. It is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence...
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Chinese Firm Complains That North Korea 'Cheated' Them Out Of Millions Of...
China has long been North Korea's economic ally, and it appears that both parties want to strengthen that relationship. North Korean exports to China surged 40% in the first quarter of 2012, and the...
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The Most Worrying Thing About The Disappearance Of Xi Jinping
While there may be wild rumors surrounding the unprecedented disappearance of Xi Jinping, the man thought to be the next leader of China, the stories — even the heart attacks and assassination...
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There's An Interesting Meaning Behind These 'Black And White' Burgers From...
McDonald's has some strange menu items around the world, but this limited-time offering combo pack in China is particularly bizarre. It's a Black and White Hamburger combo, reports Brian Ashcraft at...
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CHART OF THE DAY: 4 Likely Scenarios For The Chinese Economy In 2013
Weak Chinese economic data in August prompted Morgan Stanley analyst Helen Qiao and her team to downgrade the country's growth forecast. They now expect 2012 GDP growth of 7.5 percent, down from 8...
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It's Amazing How Much More Optimistic People Are In Asia
The ECB calmed the markets—will China act next? After Mario Draghi announced the European Central Bank’s new bond buying program, I was the first guest on CNBC Asia’s Squawk Box to weigh in on this...
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China's Next Leader Xi Jinping Suffered A Heart Attack
China's next leader has not been seen in public for 11 days because he suffered a heart attack, a source has told The Daily Telegraph. Xi Jinping is expected to be unveiled as the leader of the...
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China Bears Are Deeply Misunderstood
Michael Pettis published his latest excellent newsletter, in which there is a point that we want to touch on. We are bearish about China for the next few years (let’s say 2-3 years, roughly)....
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Japan's Next Ambassador To China Collapses In Tokyo
Just two days after being named Japan's next ambassador to China, Shinichi Nishimiya collapsed near his home and had to be rushed to the hospital. According to the Wall Street Journal, a witness told...
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Beijing's Oldest Neighborhoods Will Never Be Gentrified
BEIJING - From his pigeon house, Wan Lianxi overlooks a sea of misshapen roofs and walls overgrown with weeds. He recently added a corrugated plastic roof for shade. Wan started raising homing pigeons...
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DEUTSCHE BANK: BRICs Are An Investment Disaster
Brazil, Russia, India and China – together termed BRICs have been an investment disaster and were a marketing-led concept, according to John-Paul Smith, emerging markets equity strategist at Deutsche...
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UBS' George Magnus: Cultural Genes Are Preventing China From Leading The World
UBS' senior economic adviser George Magnus published a lengthy note earlier this week explaining why Asia is slowing down, and what can be done to avoid it. One passage stuck out to us because it...
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Apple's New iPhone Could Put It At The Center Of A 'Thermonuclear' Patent War
Steve Jobs once said to his biographer, "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product." He was so livid at Google he said he'd go to "thermonuclear war" over patents, Above the Law has...
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Home Depot Gives Up And Closes The Last Of Its Big Box Stores In China (HD)
Sometimes when you take a business abroad, it just doesn't match up with local culture. That's exactly what happened to Home Depot in China. The home improvement retailer has announced that it's...
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ALBERT EDWARDS: Western Commentators Are Wallowing In Their 'Asses' Milk...
It's not even 5 AM ET, and we already have a phrase of the day. It's from SocGen's uber-bear Albert Edwards, who leads off his latest note with: Western commentators continue to wallow in their asses’...
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