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Photos of London's hottest commuters keep popping up on Chinese social media
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...
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We're about to hear a lot more about Huawei
The Chinese telecom firm had a surprise hit at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week with its stylish Huawei Watch. And that looks like only the beginning of a much bigger push to entrench...
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Why the end of American power is not nigh
“AMERICANS have a long history of worrying about their decline,” notes Joseph Nye. Puritans in 17th-century Massachusetts lamented a fall from earlier virtue. The Founding Fathers fretted that the...
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'Harsher punishment' is coming for China's corrupt
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to enact specific legislation to fight corruption, the head of the country's parliament said on Sunday, as the government continues its campaign against graft.Zhang...
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The unbelievable things some Chinese students are doing to get into US colleges
As the number of Chinese students in U.S. colleges outpaces that of any other country, the journey to get into an elite American university has only gotten more cutthroat and students are rising to the...
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China really wants to choose the Dalai Lama's next incarnation
BEIJING (Reuters) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is profaning Buddhism by suggesting that he will not be reincarnated when he dies, the Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet said on...
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Opponents of Obama's trade agenda want to go after China
Supporters of President Barack Obama's trade agenda are battling opponents' demands to bar China from keeping its currency value artificially low, a way to subsidize exports.The accusations frustrate...
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China's international payments system is almost ready
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A long-awaited China International Payment System (CIPS) that would facilitate international usage of the yuan is ready and may be launched as early as September or October, three...
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Tesla is shedding jobs in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - High-end electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc on Monday said it is cutting jobs in China under a restructuring plan launched earlier this year, after missing a sales target in...
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A Swedish teen was thrown in jail and prevented from leaving China for a year...
A Swedish teenager was thrown into a jail in China for a month and then prevented from leaving the country for almost a year, forcing him to give up his spot in a prestigious college engineering...
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There's a new ticking time bomb building inside China's economy
People are starting to talk about a new danger in the Chinese financial system: asset-backed securities (ABS).An ABS is basically bond that might be collateralized by a number of things like loans,...
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This is the richest man in US Congress, but he'd rank only 166 in China's...
With a net worth of nearly half a billion, Darrell Issa (R-CA) is the richest man in any of the three branches of US government. But were he at a meeting of China's National People’s Congress and the...
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The unexpected failure of this seemingly healthy company shows what can go...
The Chinese property developer Kaisa has run into financial problems that have yet to be satisfactorily explained. Despite, or perhaps because of, these unanswered questions, the episode sheds an...
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China's consumer inflation rate was a little hot
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's consumer inflation quickened to 1.4 percent in February, beating market expectations, recovering from a five-year low in January, but factory deflation worsened,...
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The 10 best restaurants in Asia
Bangkok is the region’s hottest dining destination, with two restaurants in the top 10 of the 50 Best Restaurants in Asia, announced in Singapore overnight.Gaggan, a modern Indian restaurant in...
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Twitter has gained an important foothold in China with the opening of a Hong...
By Gerry ShihBEIJING (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has opened a Hong Kong office, its first in the Greater China region, the company whose microblogging services are blocked on the mainland said on...
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We are witnessing a new geopolitical reality in the South China Sea
Over the past two years, China has been methodically terraforming small reefs and shoals into islands in the highly contentious South China Sea (SCS). The SCS is important not only because of its...
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Apple Watch not yet setting Chinese pulses racing
Apple had China front and center at the San Francisco launch of its smart Apple Watch, trumpeting a new store in Hangzhou city and demo-ing hit Chinese messaging app WeChat.Also, the new Apple Watch...
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An American researcher noticed something weird in China, and it led to a...
When we in the West talk about differences within China, the narrative is usually about the urban-rural divide. Yet I lived in Guangzhou in the south and Beijing in the north—both cities of over 10...
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The new favorite pastime of China’s ultra-wealthy is playing polo
The lunar Year of the Horse may be over in China, but for international equestrian sports dealers, it may have just begun.In addition to spending heavily on luxury goods, cars, international real...
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