For An Exporting Superpower, China Has Terrible Infrastructure At Home
Two examples of the infrastructure that has helped make China a mighty trading power can be found on the outskirts of Shanghai: Yangshan, the world's busiest container port, and Pudong airport, the...
View ArticleChina Will Enforce The Use Of Clean Coal Starting August 1
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's capital city, Beijing, will enforce the use of cleaner low-sulphur coal from Aug. 1 in a bid to tackle the soaring levels of air pollution that frequently clog the...
View ArticleChina Is Making A Huge Arctic Play — Even Though It Has No Claim
China does not loan out its pandas to just anyone, so a deal in April for two of the bears to head to Copenhagen zoo raised some eyebrows in Scandinavia. Some commentators suggested that this was all...
View ArticleSamsung Halts Business At Chinese Supplier After Suspected Evidence Of Child...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday that it has temporarily halted business with a Chinese supplier after finding evidence of suspected child labor.Samsung Electronics, in a...
View ArticleCentral Bank Exec Says Stocks Are 'Irrational' As China Is Poised To Crash
The Bank of International Settlements, an international finance watchdog that serves as a counter-party for national central banks, has again warned that investors are unprepared for a potential...
View ArticleChina Bought $22 Billion Worth Of US Homes Over A Recent 12-Month Span
China became the largest international buyer of U.S. homes (in dollar value) last year, according to a report from NAR, taking over from Canada. In terms of volume of transactions, Canadians still...
View ArticleChina Pushes For Developing World's Rights As BRICS Summit Opens
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will dedicate itself to "perfecting" the role developing countries play in international affairs to give them better representation and a greater say, President Xi Jinping...
View ArticleAlibaba Just Signed A Huge Deal To Stream Movies And TV To Mainland China
Alibaba and US-based entertainment company Lionsgate on Tuesday announced plans for a movie and television streaming service in mainland China, as the Chinese Internet giant expands beyond its...
View ArticleSOCGEN: The 'Dark Cloud Of A Housing Downturn' Still Looms For The Chinese...
Chinese GDP data for Q2 is out today, and the median market expectation among economists is for annualised growth of 7.4% year on year.This is a stronger number than might have been expected earlier in...
View ArticleCHINESE Q2 GDP EXPANDS 7.5% AS GROWTH BECOMES BEIJING'S 'TOP PRIORITY' (FXI,...
The Chinese economy expanded 7.5% year-over-year in the second quarter, compared with a 7.4% rise in Q1.This modestly beat expectations for a 7.4% rise.Year-to-date Chinese GDP climbed 7.4% in line...
View ArticleChina's Growth Picks Up
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy grew 7.5 percent between April and June from a year earlier, slightly above expectations and quickening from the 7.4 percent pace in the first quarter, reinforcing...
View ArticleChina's Growth Continues To Be Driven By Massive Loads Of Debt
The Chinese government is no longer providing massive economic stimulus to prop up China’s growth rate. Instead, the government is targeting spending in a more rifle-shot approach. That’s the official...
View ArticleThere's Been A Distinct Shift In The Way Top Investors At A Massive...
There was a noticeable change in the way that the rockstar investors were talking about China at this year's annual CNBC/Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference. It was more skeptical than...
View ArticleFBI: A Chinese Hacker Stole Massive Amounts Of Intel On 32 US Military Projects
A Chinese entrepreneur was arrested in Canada at the request of the FBI for allegedly hacking into the networks of various defense contractors and stealing gigabytes of military intelligence, Darren...
View ArticleHigh-Ranking Chinese Official Given Life Sentence For Bribery
A Chinese regional official was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for bribe-taking, a court said, the first high-ranking bureaucrat to be jailed in the corruption crackdown overseen by...
View ArticleA Chinese Tesla Owner Is Going To Build A Road Full Of Charging Stations
The question of how to build a comprehensive network of public electric-car charging stations has often puzzled government officials and carmakers alike.For plug-in adoption to grow, most observers...
View ArticleHere's A Brutal Look At How Home Prices Fell All Over China Last Month
Chinese home prices declined in 55 of 70 cities in June, with prices overall down 0.5%. This was the second straight monthly decline, following the 0.15% fall in May.On a year-over-year basis, home...
View ArticleA Chinese City Shamelessly Used A State Paper To Promote Real Estate
China's property market isn't looking too well. Earlier today, we learned prices in June fell in 55 of 70 major cities.One of the problems is that supply exceeds demand."With a substantial chunk of...
View ArticleChina Deploys Spy Ship Off The Coast Of Hawaii
China sent an electronic surveillance ship to keep an eye on the multinational Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercise, Sam LaGrone at the U.S. Naval Institute reported Friday."The bottom line is...
View ArticleChina And Argentina Are At 'A Historic Crossroads' In Their Trade Partnership
Buenos Aires (AFP) - Relations between Argentina and China are poised to reach unprecedented "new horizons," visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday, addressing lawmakers in Buenos Aires...
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