Why The Chinese Are Obsessed With Korean Culture
The Chinese inbound tourists in 2013 have become the first nationality of visitors to South Korea, ahead of the Japanese, and accounted for more than 35% of total visitors. Economics and currency...
View ArticleThese Are China’s 10 Most Valuable Brands — How Many Do You Recognize?
China overtook the US to become the world’s largest economy last year, boosted by the region’s fast-growing, blue-chip companies across a variety of sectors such as technology, finance and oil.WPP and...
View ArticleSome Of Wall Street Is Still Living In A Macau Fantasy Land
After the worst year in Macau's history — in which gaming revenue contracted for the year, topping off that decline with a 30% slide in December — some Wall Street analysts still don't want to believe...
View ArticleChinese Customs Catches A Woman With 20 iPhones Strapped To Her Body
Customs officials caught a woman from Hong Kong trying to smuggle 20 iPhones into southern China, local news outlets report. China Radio International reports officials stopped the woman because she...
View ArticleHere's China's Strategy For Building A Military Presence In The Indian Ocean
After a Chinese People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) submarine docked twice in Colombo, Sri Lanka last year, there is anxiety among Indian analysts of a renewed thrust by China for a permanent...
View ArticleThese Weapons Could Be China's Most Threatening Military Advancement For The US
China is in the midst of a major military buildup that includes fifth-generation planes, prototypes for hypersonic missiles, and ballistic missile submarines.But the real threat to the US from China...
View ArticleCheck Out Apple's Gorgeous New Store In China
Apple just had the most profitable quarter of any company in history.China was a major part of the company's success — according to recent estimates by UBS, China is quickly becoming one of the...
View ArticleRussian Gas Is Providing A Lifeline To Chinese Expansion
Ever since 2010, when the State Dept. first introduced fracking as a panacea for all energy problems, the technology has transformed the US energy sector, but it has remained more of a psychological...
View ArticleCopper Got Crushed After Chinese Industrial Profits Tanked
Gold and crude oil were higher overnight but Dr Copper, the commodity with a PhD, was sold down heavily, losing more than 3% in overnight trade after Chinese industrial profits tanked 8% last...
View ArticleThat Time Reuters Converted Rapper 50 Cent Into Malaysian Ringgit
This story appears to have run in The Guardian back in 2012, but the lesson this photo imparts is basically timeless. As Twitter user @harrysiegel points out, sometimes you have to be careful with...
View ArticleANALYST: China's 'Long-Awaited Day Of Reckoning' Is Almost Here
All the devils have come together for the Chinese economy, and the country's "long-awaited day of reckoning" is upon us, Societe Generale analyst Wei Yao writes in a recent note.To China bears who have...
View ArticleHere's How China Can Avoid Deflation
In his speech at the 2015 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang acknowledged that China’s economy is facing strong headwinds.Annual GDP growth in 2014 was 7.4%, the lowest...
View ArticleHere's How Apple's New Retail Boss Is Revamping Stores (AAPL)
Apple hired Angela Ahrendts away from Burberry in 2013 to take its retail stores in a new direction.Now we're getting a better idea of Ahrendts' vision for Apple stores, thanks to a report by 9to5Mac's...
View ArticleThis Map Shows How Many More Military Aircraft The US Has Than Every Other...
It can be difficult to grasp the scope of US air superiority compared to everyone else.To put the US advantage into perspective, Reddit user whiplashoo21, who runs the map-creation website Map Chart,...
View ArticleThe Latest Sign That Apple Is Taking Over China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc has taken the number one luxury gifting spot in China from designer goods maker Hermes International SCA, according to a Hurun luxury report on Thursday, reflecting the...
View ArticleChina's Strict New Security Laws Are Bad News For Apple (AAPL)
China is introducing strict new rules for technology companies that want to sell their products to Chinese banks, The New York Times reports— stoking fears of a crackdown that could harm American...
View ArticleApple Products Are Now The Top Luxury Gifts In China
Apple Inc has taken the number one luxury gifting spot in China from designer goods maker Hermes International SCA, according to a Hurun luxury report on Thursday, reflecting the iPhone maker's recent...
View ArticleChina, Venezuela, And Russia Have Been Bad News For The Global Booze Business
Diageo, the British maker of alcoholic drinks, reported Thursday a slump in profits, hit by falling sales of whisky in China and economic strains in Venezuela and Russia.Net profits slid 18% to £1.31...
View ArticlePentagon: China's Weapons Development Has Undermined US Superiority
China’s development of precision weapons and other advanced capabilities has undermined US military superiority, the Pentagon’s senior weapons developer told Congress on Wednesday.“We’re at risk and...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Already Planning A Successor To The F-35
The Pentagon is poised to unveil a new collaborative research program in the upcoming 2016 defense budget submission which will seek to identify and develop dominant, next-generation aircraft...
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