The New Phone Giants: Indian And Chinese Manufacturers' Fast Rise To Threaten...
The top Indian and Chinese smartphone manufacturers are classically disruptive. They produce products that are "good enough," at a fraction of the cost of comparable models from premium brands. These...
View ArticleChina's Twitter-Rival Weibo Files $500 Million IPO
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter-like messaging service Weibo Corp filed on Friday to raise $500 million via a U.S. initial public offering, as Chinese companies flock to the American market to take...
View ArticleChina Will Allow Its Currency To Make Bigger Swings Each Day
BEIJING (AP) — China announced Saturday it will ease exchange rate controls that have been criticized by Washington and other trading partners as part of reforms aimed at making its economy more...
View ArticleChina Demands Malaysia Give More Accurate Information On Missing Plane
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Saturday demanded that Malaysia keep providing more thorough and accurate information about a Malaysia Airlines flight that was on its way to Beijing when it disappeared a...
View ArticleChina Announced A Historic Policy Shift Over The Weekend — The Big Question...
On Saturday, the People's Bank of China announced a historic economic policy shift — it widened the daily trading band around which the value of the Chinese yuan is allowed to deviate from the daily...
View ArticleMarkets Are Watching For A Much More Meaningful Currency Reform In China...
This weekend the People's Bank of China announced that the yuan-dollar daily trading band would be widened to 2% on either side, from 1%.China last widened the band to 1%, from 0.5% in April 2012, and...
View ArticleOne Economist Thinks China's Crackdown On Pollution And Corruption Is Behind...
The data out of China so far has been disappointing, and has prompted economists to cut their 2014 GDP forecasts.Bank of America's Ting Lu was one of the economists that lowered his 2014 GDP forecast...
View ArticleChinese Yuan Tumbles Again
One of the big market stories of the weekend/week: The Chinese Yuan weakened again after China announced over the weekend that it would widen the "band" in which the currency was allowed to trade....
View ArticleChina Is Shielding North Korea From Prosecution Over Mass Torture And Killing
GENEVA (Reuters) - China dismissed a U.N. report alleging North Korea has committed crimes against humanity on Monday, effectively confirming the fears of human rights advocates that Beijing will...
View ArticleChina Is Still A Long Way From 'Letting Go' Of Its Currency (FXI, EWH)
As of Monday, the yuan-dollar daily trading band has been widened to 2%, from 1%. This move was widely expected, but it is nevertheless an important step towards internationalizing the renminbi and...
View ArticleThese Hipster Hairdressers Are The Face Of Modern China [PHOTOS]
As of 2011, 252.78 million people in China were migrant workers. That number will increase by more than 240 million migrants by 2025, putting the total urban population at nearly 1 billion people. Many...
View ArticleThe iPhone 5S Is Actually Doing Really Well In China Right Now (AAPL)
Surprise! The iPhone 5S seems to be selling very well in China right now.Umeng, a Chinese mobile analytics company, posted the following chart that shows the iPhone 5S activations are well ahead of the...
View ArticleEconomist Warns That China's 'Bear Stearns Moment' May Strike Any Time
In the days following China's first-ever default of a corporate bond (Chaori Solar Energy Science and Technology Co's 11 Chaori bond), many tossed around the idea that this was China's 'Bear Stearns...
View ArticleMARC FABER: Russia's Takeover Of Crimea Basically Tells China They Can Take...
Marc Faber, author of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, was on Bloomberg TV with Trish Regan and Matt Miller talking about China, Russia, and Ukraine.Faber argued that a Russian annexation of Crimea...
View ArticleChina's Latest Reform Is Bad News For The Markets In The Short Run (FXI, EWH)
Over the weekend, the People's Bank of China widened its yuan-dollar trading band to 2%, from 1%.While this is an important step towards internationalizing its currency, Bank of America's David Cui...
View ArticleAn Upside-Down House Is Being Built In An Old China Town
This upside-down house in an old canal town is set to become one of China's newest tourist attractions. (via NBC.)The house, in Fengjing Ancient Town south of Shanghai, has an upside-down exterior...
View ArticleChinese Officials Are Likely To Rely On An Old Formula For Growth That...
Yesterday morning, the FT included an article titled, “China reveals blueprint to expand urbanization.” Here is the gist of the story: “China’s leaders have revealed a plan for a multiyear round of...
View ArticleThat Time Russia Tried To Team Up With China To Destroy The US Economy
They say you shouldn't kick a man when he's down, but that's exactly what Russia tried to do back in 2008 when the United States was at its lowest point in recent history.You'll remember the housing...
View ArticleThailand Has Been Sitting On Radar Data From The Missing Malaysia Flight For...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's military said Tuesday that its radar detected a plane that may have been Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just minutes after the jetliner's communications went down, and that it...
View ArticleEXPERT: China Is Working On A New Anti-Satellite Weapon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A detailed analysis of satellite imagery published Monday provides additional evidence that a Chinese rocket launch in May 2013 billed as a research mission was actually a test...
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