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China's 'queen of poker' tells us what its like to play professionally in Macau
Macau's casinos may be down on their luck, but at least one part of the gambling industry is thriving.According to "China's Queen of Poker," Celina Lin, poker tournaments have continued to attract...
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In China, bad news is good news for investors
Foreign investors were permitted to purchase shares of companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in mid-November of last year. Previously, only a select group of institutional investors who met...
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The butler business is booming in China
Chengdu (China) (AFP) - Hands sheathed in white gloves, Alvin Hu's dream of serving as butler to China's growing ranks of super-rich faced an unlikely challenge: a dinner plate piled high with...
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8 American actors who are shockingly huge stars overseas
The runaway success of "Dragon Blade," a Chinese film starring Adrien Brody and John Cusack, proved that two actors with middling success in their home country could find success overseas.In fact, it...
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2 big nuclear concessions to Iran are coming into focus
The terms of a possible nuclear deal with Iran are now out, as the AP has gotten its hands on a draft version of a framework agreement.Tehran and the US-led group of countries (the five permanent...
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The ridiculous reason why Hong Kong malls are extremely cold
It’s a common problem that come summer, everyone in Hong Kong gets a cold. It has nothing to do with the temperatures outside, but instead the constant and unrelenting air conditioning inside."Often I...
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See what life is like in a Chinese capital city that's been ravaged by...
In Urumqi, the capital of China's northwestern province Xinjiang, residents are still recovering from a violent riot five summers ago between the minority Turkic Muslims — the Uighurs — and the...
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The ex-wife of a fugitive Chinese official is being held in the US on...
The ex-wife of a fugitive former Chinese official has been arrested in the United States on allegations of immigration fraud and money laundering.Her former husband, Qiao Jianjun, has not been...
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China's wealthy are clamoring for US investor visas
More Chinese are expected to apply for the United States' investor visa this year as people embrace an expanded immigrant quota and promising business opportunities, says a think tank report released...
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Reuters websites become inaccessible in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - The news websites of Reuters, including those in English and Chinese, were inaccessible in China on Friday, after users first experienced difficulties accessing them late on...
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Japan and Australia are ignoring warnings from the US not to join China's new...
TOKYO/SYDNEY, (Reuters) - Japan signaled cautious approval of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Friday and said for the first time that, if conditions were met, it could join...
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Sony finally launched PlayStation in China, but it's missing some of the...
Shanghai (AFP) - Japanese electronics giant Sony on Friday launched its PlayStation gaming console in China, where authorities impose strict controls on content, but some popular titles including...
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China is cracking down on Western automakers
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover Ltd on Friday said it is recalling nearly 36,500 Range Rover Evoque sport utility vehicles (SUVs), after local media reported the British luxury carmaker used...
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THE SMARTPHONE REPORT BY COUNTRY: Adoption, platform, and vendor trends in...
The global smartphone market is being driven by very different trends on a market-by-market basis. Countries with massive populations but less developed mobile markets — namely China and India — stand...
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An unknown 24-year-old artist painted what may be the most reproduced...
Liu Chunhua, who was born in eastern China in 1944, does not even have an English-language Wikipedia page — but he did produce an image that was printed a staggering 900 million times.The painting that...
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This map shows where the world's 3 biggest arms exporters are sending their...
The US, Russia, and China are the world's largest arms exporters. They took the largest slices of a growing pie: The global arms trade was 16% larger in 2010-2014 than it was in 2005-2009, according to...
View ArticleThis brand new shopping mall in Shanghai has an escalator you've never seen...
This new shopping center in Shangai features two sets of spiral escalators.Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press.Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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China is refinancing its debt
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will take steps to rein in possible risks from short-term local government bonds, including converting such bonds into long-term debt, the country's vice finance minister, Zhu...
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China wants to spend $7.6 billion on cleaning up air pollution in order to...
Beijing's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics will spur the city in its fight against a serious air pollution, a senior official said on Saturday, putting an overall figure of $7.6 billion on efforts...
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The IMF says it would be 'delighted' to cooperate with China's new bank
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will be "delighted" to cooperate with the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), said IMF managing director Christine Lagarde on...
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