China Is Handing Out Money To Its Neighbors
China has offered more than $3 billion in loans and aid to neighbors Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos to improve infrastructure and production, and to fight poverty, state media reported...
View ArticleThe US Wants China's Help After The Sony Hack, But It's Complicated
The United States reportedly has taken its first step in response to North Korea's cyberattack on Sony, asking the Chinese government for help in blocking Pyongyang's mischief.The New York Times,...
View ArticleChina’s Landmark Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Link Has Not Been Nearly As...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A month after China opened up its equity markets in a landmark trading link with Hong Kong, demand has been subdued and the bulk of activity has come from short-term speculative...
View ArticleChina, The World's Biggest Consumer Of Cigarettes, Might Put Tough Curbs On...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's parliament is considering tough curbs on tobacco advertising as the world's top consumer of cigarettes looks to kick its smoking habit, state media reported on Monday.The...
View ArticleChina Is Not Condemning North Korea Over The Sony Hack
After being approached by the United States to help it deal with hackers in the wake of a massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment last month, China condemned all forms of hacking...
View ArticleChina Probes Top Aide To Former President For Corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has started a probe into alleged corruption of Ling Jihua, a former senior aide to former president Hu Jintao, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.The Communist...
View ArticleChina Wants To Make This Greek Port 'New European Gate For Asian Imports'
Greece’s plans to turn Piraeus port in the main trade gateway into Europe received a shot in the arm last week after China pledged to upgrade the entire train network linking it to central Europe and...
View ArticleChina Is Finally Updating Its Air Pollution Laws
BEIJING - China plans tougher pollution limits and heavier penalties in a revision of its air pollution law, state-run news agency Xinhua said, as the government battles to reduce smog that takes...
View ArticleROSENBERG: There's A 'Black Swan' Stewing In China
David Rosenberg, Chief Economist & Strategist at Gluskin Sheff, has identified a big risk looming out there in the global economy:The Chinese housing market.In the past, China's housing market was...
View ArticleHow Huawei Grew Sales Of Its Low-Cost Smartphones 20x In One Year
BEIJING (Reuters) - Huawei has taken sales of its low-price Honor brand of smartphones to 20 million from 1 million in just one year, hitting pay dirt with the disruptive online-only strategy it copied...
View ArticleIt's Alarmingly Easy To Take North Korea's Internet Offline
The Sony hacking saga took an even stranger turn yesterday when North Korea lost internet access for roughly 9 1/2 hours. The cause of the outage can't be conclusively determined.But it appears likely...
View ArticleThis Detailed Dossier Shows How To Exploit The Chinese Corruption Crackdown
Chen Zhenggao, a member of the Communist Party's elite Central Committee, clearly has enemies.While Chen was visiting Hong Kong last year, his adversaries were preparing a detailed dossier on his...
View ArticleChina Captured 20 Religious Extremists As They Attempted To Infiltrate The...
At least one person has been killed and twenty captured during an attempt by religious extremists to cross the border into southern China, local media reported.Details of the event were not clear or...
View ArticleThe Chairman Of Warren Buffett-Backed Chinese Carmaker Is Buying Lots Of...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - BYD Co Ltd, the Chinese carmaker backed by Warren Buffett, said on Wednesday its chairman has increased his stake in the company and may buy more shares as a sign of confidence...
View ArticleFinally, A Top Wall Street Strategist Goes Contrarian And Predicts US Stocks...
Until now, we couldn't find a single major Wall Street strategist that was predicting US stocks would fall in 2015.Of the strategists followed by Business Insider, the most bearish have been Goldman...
View ArticleThe Latest Fashion Trend In China Is Actually A Throwback To The...
At the Nanjing University of Technology the clothes and culture of the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty are making a comeback. Students wear traditional hanfu dress - a long, loose-fitting kimono-style dress...
View ArticleChina Police Reportedly Fired On Tibetans During Protests
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have fired on Tibetan protesters demonstrating after a series of deadly self-immolations by people from Tibet campaigning against Chinese rule of their Himalayan...
View ArticleThe Deputy Head Of A China Business Regulator Is Being Investigated For...
BEIJING (Reuters) - The deputy head of one of China's business regulators, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, is under investigation for suspected corruption, state media said on...
View ArticleWatch People Scramble After $2 Million In Cash Fell Out Of A Van In Hong Kong
Thousands of banknotes worth more than 15 million HK dollars (about $1.9 million USD) scattered on one of Hong Kong's busiest roads on Christmas eve, after three cash boxes fell out of an armored...
View ArticleChina's Industrial Profits Haven't Dropped This Fast Since August 2012
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese industrial profits dropped 4.2 percent in November to 676.12 billion yuan ($108.85 billion), official data showed on Saturday, the biggest annual decline since August 2012...
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