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Mexico Suddenly Canceled Its Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal For A Bullet Train
Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico has abruptly withdrawn a multi-billion-dollar tender it had awarded to a Chinese-led consortium to build the country's first bullet train.President Enrique Pena Nieto decided...
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This Epic Map Shows The Border Disputes That Could Tear Asia Apart
As the US makes a military and strategic "pivot to Asia," it is entering a highly complex and fluid geopolitical environment.China's territorial disputes with its neighbors in the South China Sea have...
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Chinese Tech Giant Xiaomi Is Raising $1.5 Billion After Announcing That It...
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is currently in talks to raise $1.5bn ($950m, €1.2bn) in fresh capital, following news that the world's third-largest smartphone supplier nearly doubled its net...
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End of the road for Chinese growth
The world's biggest car market, and the major driver of global growth in recent years, is showing signs of slowdown. Several major auto manufacturers, including Honda and Nissan, are downgrading their...
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China Just Gave The Greenlight On $113 Billion Worth Of Infrastructure Projects
BEIJING (Reuters) - China approved more than $100 billion worth of infrastructure projects in late October and early November, state media said on Saturday, in a bid to bolster slowing growth in the...
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Xi Jinping: 'China's Business Opportunities Are Lasting And Limitless'
The risks faced by China's economy are not that scary and the government is confident it can head off the dangers, President Xi Jinping told global business leaders on Sunday to dispel worries about...
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WAL-MART: Food Safety Is A Big Deal In Our China Stores
BEIJING (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc <wmt.n> is focusing on food safety as the world's largest retailer aims to boost profitability of its more than 400 stores in China, Wal-Mart Asia chief...
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The 20 Best Places To Live Overseas
Tired of your old job? Looking for a new environment? There are a lot of reasons to leave your home country behind in search of greener pastures, but picking where to go can be an overwhelming...
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China Is Pledging $40 Billion Towards Creating A New 'Silk Road' In Asia
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is promising $40 billion to help Asian nations improve trade links in a new effort to assert Beijing's ambitions as a regional leader.Xi made the pledge in a...
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The World's Advanced Economies Aren't Boosting China Like They Used To
Beijing's push to rebalance the economy towards domestic demand is more an imperative than an ambition, as this chart shows. It tracks the bang for the export buck that emerging Asian economies get...
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China Is Playing Hardball With Russia Over Two Massive Gas Pipeline Projects
Perhaps Vladimir Putin should be worried when he arrives at the Asia Pacific Economic Conference in Beijing on November 9.Besides a scheduled meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott — who...
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These Chinese Military Advancements Are Shifting The Balance Of Power In Asia
As China continues its rise to superpower stature, Beijing is trying to rapidly increase its firepower.China's attempts to seriously upgrade its military — with next-generation fighter jets, ballistic...
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Chinese Inflation Is Near A Five-Year Low
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual consumer inflation remained at a near five-year low in October at 1.6 percent, further evidence that the world's second-largest economy is cooling and giving room to...
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China Criminal Gang Floods Market With 110 Tons Of Tofu Made With Bleach
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A criminal gang in eastern China has sold almost 100 metric tons (110.23 tons) of toxic tofu onto the local market, the latest in a string of scares that have thrown light on shady...
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'Putin's Revenge': Russia And China Try To End The Dominance Of The Dollar
Russia and China just agreed to a second major gas deal, worth slightly less than the $400 billion agreement reached earlier this year, according to Bloomberg.The details of the deal mean Russia will...
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Tony Blair Allegedly Earned Thousands In Secret Contracts With A Saudi Oil...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair allegedly earned £41,000 a month after signing a contract with a Saudi oil company, The Sunday Times reports.Blair brokered multi-million pound deals for...
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Next Week The Chinese Stock Market Will Explode In Size
A long-awaited trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai will launch on Nov. 17, a crucial step towards opening China's capital markets that will give foreign and Chinese individual investors...
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What China Can Learn From Singapore
Across all recorded history, 99% of humanity has never invented a single thing. Yet, it is a truth universally acknowledged that long-run sustained progress in economic well-being arises from human...
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Everything That Matters This Week Is Happening In China
In terms of international politics and economics, everything that matters is happening in China this week.APECLets talk about politics first. The two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit has...
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China And The US Made A Major Breakthrough On A Technology Free Trade Deal
China and the United States have reached a breakthrough in talks on eliminating duties on information technology products, a deal that could pave the way for the first major tariff-cutting agreement at...
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