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Big Chinese Internet Companies Are Competing Head-On Against Chinese Banks...
China's notoriously restrictive financial system offers limited investment avenues for the growing ranks of wealthy Chinese. In recent years we've seen a surge in wealth management products— a pool of...
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DEUTSCHE BANK: 5 Reasons China Is Not As Bad As Argentina Or Turkey
In this latest round of Emerging Market selling (like all downturns) there's probably a lot of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.In a new report, Deutsche Bank's Jun Ma argues that China is in a...
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China Is Carrying Out A Rare Crackdown On The Sex Trade In 'Sin City'
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have carried out a rare crackdown on the sex trade in the "sin city" of Dongguan following a candid report by the state broadcaster on the underground...
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China's Consumers Aren't Shopping Like Their Economy Is Doomed For A Hard...
Chinese consumer sentiment was "buoyant" during the 2014 Lunar New Year Holiday, according to Jian Chang at Barclays.National retail sales and catering grew 13.3% year over year in the first week of...
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China's Box Office Hits Record Over New Year Week
BEIJING (AP) — China's box office hit a new record over the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday, according to figures released Monday.There were more than 38 million visits to the cinema between Jan. 31...
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A Rural Middle Class Is Rising In The Emerging Markets
We’ve heard the same sad story time and again from all corners of the globe: People are migrating from rural areas to cities in search of jobs, leaving behind a depleted, underprivileged countryside....
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5 Ways China's Slowdown Will Ripple Across The Globe
BEIJING (AP) — The reaction was slow in coming, but financial markets and corporate bosses have been jolted awake to China's relentless growth decline and are scrambling to cope with wrenching changes...
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5 Reasons Why China Will Fail To Dominate Global Business
China is the world's second largest economy, with its 2014 growth projected at 7.7 percent, compared to just 2.8 percent in the U.S. China's companies are increasingly going abroad, but is the People's...
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Here's What The 'Severe Shock' Of A Chinese Hard Landing Would Mean For The...
Chinese economic growth slowed to the lowest level since 1999 last year, expanding 7.7%. And concerns about China's slowdown are mounting again."China’s ambitious deleveraging plans increase the risk...
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This Is How The Chinese Economic Disaster Scenario Could Unfold
Chinese policymakers are aware that economic growth fueled by credit is unsustainable. To remedy that, they are making efforts to deflate the credit bubble. This is expected to cause the world's second...
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Microsoft Explains Why Bing Offered Oddly Limited Search Results To U.S....
Censorship watchdogs have grown concerned that Microsoft Bing could be filtering its Chinese-language search results for people in the U.S. in much the same way it censors the Internet inside of...
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Yellen, Upbeat China Trade Report Buoy Risk Assets
TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares rallied for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, as upbeat trade data from China and an optimistic economic outlook from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen...
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The Surge In Chinese Exports Has Some Worried That Over-Invoicing Has Made A...
Chinese trade data beat expectations rising 10.6% on the year in January. Economists polled by Bloomberg were looking for a 0.1% rise.Meanwhile, imports were up 10% beating expectations for a 4%...
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Chinese Trade Growth Re-Accelerates
BEIJING (AP) — China's trade growth accelerated in January, possibly helping to ease fears about a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy that could dent global demand.Imports rose 10 percent...
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A Scary Debt Default Could Be The Best Thing To Happen In China Right Now...
Intuitively, a default on debt is a bad thing.But in a market that has seen no defaults, it can be a good thing because suddenly investors will have more information to better price risk.ChinaIn...
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GoPro Video Shows Russian Daredevils Climbing The World's Second Tallest...
Teens in Eastern Europe have been making headlines recently for their death-defying (and vertigo-inducing) videos and pictures.This one, by two Russian daredevils named Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim...
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China's Red-Hot Auto Market Is Quickly Cooling Off
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Growth in China's auto market slowed to 6 percent in January, a third of the rate seen in December, partly weighed down by sluggish sales of commercial vehicles likes...
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Tour Hong Kong's Awesome Airport, Home To A 9-Hole Golf Course And An IMAX...
Hong Kong International isn't just one of the busiest airports on the planet for people and cargo; it's a giant entertainment complex as well.Home to the largest IMAX screen in Hong Kong and a...
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Deutsche Bank's Uber-Bullish View On China In One Slide (FXI, EWH)
Earlier today we pointed out that Deutsche Bank's Jun Ma has the most bullish 2014 GDP forecast for China. Ma is looking for 8.6% growth, while consensus is for 7.4% growth this year.This is largely...
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ECONOMIST: Chinese Consumer Prices Are Being Held Down By A Stronger Yuan...
Chinese consumer prices were up 2.5% year-over-year in January.This was modestly above expectations for a 2.4% rise and compares with a 2.5% rise the previous month.Meanwhile, producer prices fell 1.6%...
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