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When Investing Abroad Can Expand Your Financial Horizons
Look around you. The computer on which you are reading this was made in China. The wooden chair you're sitting on was crafted in Brazil. The foreign car in your neighbor's garage was manufactured in...
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Chinese Newspaper That Tried To Report On An Official's Luxurious Lifestyle...
City Times, a newspaper in the Chinese province of Yunnan, was due to publish a controversial story recently about a local official, Fujian Communication Department director Li Dejin, and his...
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Japan's Auto Business Is Getting Crushed In China
For the first time since January, car sales year-over-year in China have fallen. Total vehicle sales in China decreased 1.8% to 1.62 million in September from a year earlier, according to the China...
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The China-Japan Dispute Isn't Getting Any Better, And Now Taiwan Is Jumping...
Bloomberg reports Japan Calls China PBOC Chief Skipping IMF Meeting ‘Regrettable’ A decision by the Chinese central bank chief and finance minister not to attend International Monetary Fund meetings...
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US To Tax Chinese Solar Panels Up To 47%
UPDATE: The New York Times now reports Commerce has officially announced tariffs of up to 47 percent on solar products imported from China. EARLIER: Bloomberg's Brian Wingfield is reporting the Obama...
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Huawei, The Chinese Equipment Maker Accused Of Spying, Has Long Relied On IBM...
This week, a congressional report warned the U.S. government and American companies from doing business with Chinese network-equipment maker Huawei, saying it benefitted from state assistance and...
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Japan's Loss Isn't America's Gain In The Enormous Chinese Auto Market (GM, F)
The Sino-Japanese dispute over the Diaoyu / Senkaku islands has hurt Japanese automakers. In recent weeks, Chinese demonstrators have torched Japanese businesses including auto plants and cars, and...
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China's First Nobel Literature Prize Is Already Creating Controversy
Today Chinese media is celebrating the news that the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to a Chinese writer, Mo Yan, a novelist celebrated for his "hallucinatory realism" according to...
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Economists Are Really Excited About The New Chinese Leaders Rising Into Power
Many continue to worry about China's slowing economy as the country undergoes the most significant leadership transition in a decade. However, at least three different experts think China's new...
View ArticleChinese Wonder If They'll Ever Create A Viral Hit Like 'Gangnam Style'
By now PSY's k-pop anthem "Gangnam Style" has become so big that's its fair to say its of geopolitical importance — the US ambassador to South Korea has even pointed to it as evidence of growing ties...
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Chinese Newspaper Demands Retaliation After US Report On Huawei And ZTE
Chinese telecom companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. were thrown into the limelight this week when the House Intelligence Committee issued a report warning American companies to avoid doing...
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Chinese Banks Could Be Delivering A Blow To The Nation's Economy
In an effort to boost growth amid the nation's economic slowdown, the Chinese government allowed banks to lower borrowing costs back in July. But the nation's biggest banks worried about the impact...
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EXPOSED: Chinese Bloggers Uncover Another Corrupt Official
Chinese officials have launched a probe after microbloggers said they had uncovered another allegedly corrupt leader who owns millions of dollars worth of property, state press said on Thursday....
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CHART OF THE DAY: Why Smartphones Remain Out Of Reach For Many Global Consumers
This chart comes from Business Insider Intelligence, a new research and and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet industries. Sign up for a free trial here. The next monster wave in...
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How The World Uses Rare Earth Metals [Infographic]
Rare earth metals are an essential ingredient of many of the consumer products we use every day. China produces 95 percent of the world's rare earths, and as a result, it's important to understand how...
View ArticleBank Of China’s Chairman Has No Idea About The Size Of Shadow Banking
Shadow banking in China has been a growing problem which we have been talking about for more than a year. However, no one knows exactly how large it exactly is. Estimates usually put the size in the...
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China's Electricity Output Rose Just 2.2% In September
China’s State Electricity Regulatory Commission published some data for electricity production. Total electricity output for September was 394.488 billion kwh, which is an 2.2% increase compared to...
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The Advice Chinese Women Are Being Given About Marriage Is Unbelievably Horrible
China's All-China Women’s Federation was founded in 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party. Its aim? To protect “protect women’s rights and interests.” According to its Wikipedia page, the group is now...
View ArticleChina Faces A Daunting Task In Reducing Contaminated Water, Food And Drugs
Last January, China’s environmental authorities barely averted the contamination of nearly three million people’s drinking water after a mining company dumped cadmium – a toxic heavy metal used in the...
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China Is Hurting Itself By Boycotting Japanese Cars
Japanese auto sales in China have plummeted in the wake of violent protests and boycotts of Japanese products, sparked by the nations' dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea. Things...
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