The Apple Watch is on the cover of a Chinese fashion magazine
The Apple Watch's fashion hype continues. The device, which launches in April, has prime real estate on the cover of the Chinese fashion magazine Yoho, MacRumors reports. Actor and pop icon Archie Kao...
View ArticleChina's anti-corruption chief will have to pirate his favorite TV American show
Wang Qishan, one of the most powerful politicians in China and avowed House of Cards fan, may find himself disappointed as he will most likely miss the latest season of the popular American political...
View ArticleChina is obsessed with a website that features creepshots of London's hottest...
London's hottest male commuters have suddenly become a huge hit in China, the BBC reports. It's all thanks to TubeCrush.net, a blog that posts photos of "handsome" men riding on the Underground and...
View ArticleChina's military budget is booming
China's military is set to have a banner year. Beijing will increase funding for the military in 2015 by about 10%, The New York Times reports citing Fu Ying, the spokeswoman for China's National...
View ArticleChinese soldiers trained with swords in the snow near the country's border...
Chinese soldiers are taking part in sub-zero training near the country's frozen northern border by Russia. The soldiers were undergoing extreme winter training in Heihe, Heilongjiang. The training took...
View ArticleChina's Li: We're aiming for 7% growth this year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China aims to grow its economy by around 7 percent in 2015 and to keep consumer inflation at around 3 percent, Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks prepared for delivery at today's...
View ArticleChina wants Myanmar to calm down at the border
BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar must ensure lower temperatures along its border with China and all parties must exercise restraint, a senior Chinese official told a Myanmar envoy, following clashes that...
View ArticleAsia has a new growth star as China makes its slowdown official
China officially clipped its growth target early Thursday, cutting its expectation to "around 7%" from 7.5%. The world's biggest developing economy has already been slowing down: Growth in 2014 was...
View ArticleApple already agreed to the tough Chinese rules that Obama is furious about...
Obama's sharp criticism on China's new rules for foreign technology companies has been undermined by the fact that Apple has already agreed to the plans, Quartz reports.A tabled counter-terrorism law...
View ArticleLatin America wasn't ready for China's slowdown
China’s rapid economic transformation over the past decade had effects that rippled well beyond the country’s own borders. Australia, with its rich iron ore deposits, rode Chinese demand for the...
View ArticleWhy there are 3 different ways to say 'love' in China
Relationship expert Melissa Schneider, author of The Ugly Wife Is A Treasure At Home, explains the names for the different types of love in China.Produced by Joe Avella; Alana KakoyiannisFollow BI...
View ArticleWynn Resorts just put out a horrible sign for Macau
Wynn Resorts, the global gambling empire controlled by Steve Wynn, is encouraging staff at its Wynn Macau property to take unpaid leave for the first time since the financial crisis, Hong Kong's The...
View ArticleThese dangerously overloaded delivery bikes in Shanghai defy the laws of physics
Video captured on the streets of Shanghai shows two dangerously overloaded delivery bikes stacked with boxes of paper.Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press.Follow BI Video: On...
View ArticleTop Chinese official to Hong Kong protestors: You're crossing a line
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's third-ranked leader warned advocates of Hong Kong independence on Friday that they were "crossing a line", local media reported.Zhang Dejiang, the chairman of the National...
View ArticleAmazon is expanding its business in China
Shanghai (AFP) - US online retail giant Amazon has set up shop on the business-to-consumer platform of Alibaba as it seeks a greater presence in the massive Chinese market.The Seattle-based firm is...
View ArticleHere's where the world's ultra-rich are moving — and where they are coming from
The world's ultra-rich are on the move.In its 2015 Wealth Report, real estate consultancy Knight Frank took a look at the migration flows of the world's so-called high-net-worth-individuals (HNWIs)...
View ArticleThis movie starring Jackie Chan, Adrien Brody, and John Cusack is huge in...
American blockbusters have found enormous success in China, yet the big winner at the Chinese box office right now is not a "Hunger Games" sequel or the fifth "Tranformers," but instead a homegrown...
View ArticleThe son of a gambling mogul accused of running a World Cup betting ring out...
The son of a multimillionaire former Macau junket operator is set to plead guilty in a high-profile illegal gambling case that has grabbed headlines worldwide.Darren Phua, 23, is expected to make the...
View ArticleChina is struggling to build its nuclear industry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China could struggle to meet its 2020 nuclear energy targets with the industry still waiting on a cautious government to speed up the approval process, a senior industry executive...
View ArticleThe 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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