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China’s upper middle class women are driving ecommerce and social media in China
“Women hold up half the sky,” Chairman Mao once said. In the Chinese digital economy the same is true, with a newly empowered middle class of wealthy, well educated women who live and breathe social...
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Chinese rover finds the moon’s geology is way more complex than we realized
The moon's past was livelier and more complex than scientists had thought, new results from China's first lunar rover suggest.China's Yutu moon rover found evidence of at least nine distinct rock...
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These 10 charts show China's economy is in worse shape than economists say
Further evidence is emerging that China's economic growth is likely to slow further. Even without thinking about growth fundamentals, when you have a 10 trillion dollar economy, a 7% growth is larger...
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THE SMARTPHONE REPORT BY COUNTRY: Adoption, platform, and vendor trends in...
The global smartphone market at large is still growing at a strong, steady pace. But those numbers are being driven by very different trends on a market-by-market basis. Countries with massive...
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China attracted $8.56 billion in foreign direct investment in February
BEIJING (Reuters) - China drew $8.56 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in February, up 0.9 percent from a year earlier, while outbound Chinese investment excluding the financial sector surged...
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The Chinese government thinks it has found the answer to the country's...
The Chinese authorities have hit on an idea to turn around a troublesome oversupply of property that has been dragging down prices: buy them up and convert them into social housing.The plan comes on...
View ArticleAnimated map shows what would happen to China if all the Earth's ice melted
If all the Earth's land ice melted, sea levels would rise over 200 feet. So what would that mean for Asia's coastlines?Produced by Alex Kuzoian. Narrated by Sara Silverstein.Follow BI Video: On...
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Macau's biggest loser
Wall Street is finally accepting that the boom days of Macau, the world's gambling mecca, are over.Analysts are assessing the damage. And it's become clear that Macau has a weak link: Wynn Resorts.As...
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US urges allies to think twice before joining China-led bank
The United States urged countries on Tuesday to think twice about signing up to a new China-led Asian development bank that Washington sees as a rival to the World Bank after Germany, France and Italy...
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Everyone needs to accept China's heightened role in the world
When the United Kingdom announced earlier this month that it had agreed to become a founding member of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), most of the headlines focused not on...
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China came THIS close to another massive property developer default
Another giant Chinese real estate developer is in trouble.Evergrande Real Estate Group, one of the country's largest developers, will receive more than $16 billion in credit lines from Chinese banks,...
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China's house price crisis is creating a perverse bailout bubble for property...
China's house prices are sinking at the fastest pace on record, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the country's massive property companies.Prices tumbled 5.7% in the year to February, falling...
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Microsoft is offering free upgrades to Windows 10 in China, even for users...
Microsoft Corp. is making its biggest push into the heavily pirated Chinese consumer computing market this summer by offering free upgrades to Windows 10 to all Windows users, regardless of whether...
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7'1", 300-pound 'Chinese Shaq' destroys Stephon Marbury with a dunk
Ex-NBA player Stephon Marbury has had a wildly successful career in China since joining the Beijing Ducks in 2011.He's currently taking on the Liaoning Flying Leopards in the CBA finals. If the Ducks...
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China has appointed a new ambassador to North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government has appointed a new ambassador to North Korea, an important and sensitive diplomatic post at the center of efforts to get the reclusive country to end its...
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For the first time, China is revealing how it tracks down criminal fugitives...
A powerful mainland task force has revealed in detail for the first time how it tracked down allegedly corrupt fugitives abroad, bringing the suspects and their assets back to China even in the absence...
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Authorities busted a tiger-breeding ring led by politicians in China
Beijing (AFP) - Three local politicians in China raised at least 11 endangered Siberian tigers, state media reported Thursday after one of the animals jumped to its death from a high-rise building.The...
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The new China-led bank that US allies are joining is a problem for for...
Groucho Marx once remarked that he would not want to join any club that would have him as a member.But Marxist principles of either the comedic or the doctrinal variety don’t apply to the Asian...
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China indicts the former chief of Asia's biggest oil producer for corruption
The former chairman of the stated-owned parent of PetroChina Ltd., Asia's biggest oil producer, was indicted Thursday in a spreading anti-corruption crackdown.Jiang Jiemin was charged with abusing his...
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Why the US pivot to Asia cannot be forgotten
The recent Order from Chaos interview with U.S. Army Pacific Commander General Vincent Brooks is not just a useful perspective on the Asia-Pacific from an official responsible for the conduct of...
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