A False Report About A Chinese Bitcoin Ban Sent Prices Tanking This Morning
An erroneous report about China banning Bitcoin caused prices to tank this morning, according to Coindesk's Pete Rizzo.The report, published on mega Chinese social network Sina Weibo but since...
View Article13 Incredible GIFs Of Chinese Cities Expanding Over Time
China's economic boom in recent decades is hard to fathom. Since Deng Xiaoping began market reforms in 1978, GDP growth reached around 10% annually — with recent slowdown — lifting more than 500...
View ArticleOne Chart Will Force You To Rethink An Old Economic Stereotype About China
It's universally understood that it is cheaper to make things in China than in the U.S.It's one reason so much of what was once made by American workers is now made by Chinese workers.But all of that...
View ArticleRelatives Of Missing Malaysia Passengers: 'Tell Us The Truth!'
Police were forced to intervene on Saturday as relatives of Chinese passengers aboard vanished Flight MH370 rushed towards Malaysian officials at a Beijing hotel, demanding answers over the fate of...
View ArticleChinese Critic: 'Our First Lady Is So Graceful And Elegant, Leaving Michelle...
It was the eagerly awaited meeting of the world’s two most important first ladies.But there was a clear winner when Michelle Obama met her counterpart Peng Liyuan for the first time in Beijing.As...
View ArticleNSA Targeted China Telecom Giant Huawei
The National Security Agency created “back doors” into networks maintained by the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, according to a report released on Saturday.The report comes from a document...
View ArticleChinese Families Pose With Everything They Own In Fascinating Photos
If you’ve ever travelled light for an extended amount of time, you’ve probably been surprised at just how little we really need to get by. While it’s easy to get carried away on the waves of...
View ArticleThese Wacky Hairdressers Are The Face Of One Of China's Fastest Growing...
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 ArticleWhy America Should Be More Imperialistic
In June 1941, during the festival of Shavuot, a mob of Arab soldiers and tribesmen led a pogrom in the Jewish quarter of Baghdad, murdering well over 180 men, women, and children.The pogrom, known...
View ArticleTop JPMorgan China Banker Leaving Amid Probe Into Its Hiring Process
JPMorgan Chase & Co's chief executive for China investment banking, Fang Fang, has decided to leave the U.S. bank after more than a decade amid a probe of its Asian hiring practices, the Wall...
View ArticleWhy Chinese Copper Demand Could Come Booming Back
Copper prices have been tumbling on concerns about China's economic slowdown and an unwinding of copper-backed loans. But Sijin Cheng at Barclays writes that grid spending could "help dispel" concerns...
View ArticleAnalysts Are Already Predicting Another Chinese Stimulus After That...
Chinese manufacturing activity contracted in March to its lowest level in eight months, data showed Monday, prompting calls for policymakers to tackle a painful slowdown of growth in the world's number...
View ArticleChinese Search Plane Spots Possible Debris In The Ocean
PERTH, Australia (AP) — A Chinese plane on Monday spotted two white, square-shaped objects in an area identified by satellite imagery as containing possible debris from the missing Malaysian airliner,...
View ArticleThe Most Advanced Search Aircraft In The World Fails To Find Objects Spotted...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities said a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon, the most advanced search aircraft in the world, had been unable to find objects spotted earlier on Monday by a Chinese aircraft...
View ArticleHere's Why The Markets Didn't Freak After China's Ugly Manufacturing Report
The HSBC China Flash PMI tumbled to an eight-month low of 48.1 from 48.5 in February.Economists were looking for the index to climb to 48.7. And any reading below 50 signals contraction.Interestingly,...
View ArticleShares Of Nu Skin And Herbalife Are On A Major Tear
Shares of NuSkin are going nuts today following a more than $500,000 fine from a Chinese regulator. The stock was last trading up more than 26% at about $94 a share.Back in January, NuSkin's stock...
View ArticleAIRLINE: The Plane Crashed With No Survivors
Malaysian authorities are assuming beyond a reasonable doubt that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been lost in the southern Indian Ocean.NBC News reports that Malaysia Airlines sent a text...
View ArticleHere's The Text Message Malaysia Airlines Sent To The Families Of The Lost...
Malaysia Airlines reportedly sent a text message to the relatives of the 239 people on board the missing plane to notify them that MH370 is likely lost in the Indian Ocean and that everyone on board is...
View ArticleThis One Graphic Tells You Everything You Need To Know About The Fiercest...
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is about to file for an IPO in the U.S., but it's not China's only enormous company. Tencent is another Chinese Internet company, and it's bigger than Yahoo,...
View Article5 Questions About The Renminbi You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask (FXI, EWH)
China has been pushing through reforms to internationalize its currency.As China's economy grows and it exercises greater political influence, the renminbi is also set to take on a greater role in...
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