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China's President Xi wants Macau to help him hunt 'fugitives' of his...
A leading Beijing official has urged Macau's graft-buster to cooperate in the central government's crusade to hunt down fugitives from the mainland crackdown on corruption.Despite returning to Chinese...
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Terrifying video of Shanghai window washers swinging violently on the 91st...
Two window cleaners in China have been rescued after their platform spun out of control and crashed into the side of a Shanghai skyscraper. The footage was captured by a diner in a restaurant on the...
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China wants to turn Tibet's Buddhist monasteries into Communist Party...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Buddhist temples and monasteries in Tibet must become propaganda centers for the ruling Communist Party, where monks and nuns learn to "revere" science and appreciate the party's...
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China is making a bet against history, and it's losing
In 1991, Deng Xiaoping famously explained that in order to reassure the world of its peaceful intentions, China should “cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at...
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China just carried out its first-ever evacuation of another countries' citizens
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese naval frigate has evacuated 225 foreign citizens from strife-torn Yemen, its foreign ministry said, marking the first time that China's military has helped other countries...
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The Communist Party of China just launched a 'Learn from Xi' app
Who doesn't want to learn from Chinese president Xi Jinping?The Communist Party of China has launched a free app to help you do just that – anywhere, anytime.The new app features quotes, speeches,...
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13 things we just learned about China's elusive president
A recent New Yorker profile of elusive Chinese president Xi Jinping is packed with details that give us a clearer picture of who he is and how he leads.The magazine has declared Xi, who became...
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China targets the dollar
Now even Israel – joined at the hip to the US though the relationship has run into rough waters – has applied to become a founding member of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.Despite...
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China is the cutting the red tape surrounding global trade
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China plans to cut red tape and reduce costs for Chinese firms looking to spread their reach overseas to help boost growth and stave off a wider economic slowdown, according to a...
View ArticleChinese President Xi Jinping sounds a lot like Putin in his New Yorker profile
China, for decades a place where a near-equal collective controlled the country through a party hundreds of millions strong, now belongs to one man — Xi Jinping, the man who became president in...
View Article6% of China's newest stock market investors can't read
China's stock market has exploded by 78% in the last year, and that rapid growth has people debating — is this driven by fundamentals or the sheer force of China's new investors? We have something of...
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South Korea's military is about to get the world's most advanced missile...
South Korea faces a great challenge, and it has a great opportunity. Its handling of a relatively obscure issue will provide great insight into its future in a vital and volatile area.In the coming...
View ArticleANALYST: China's economy just touched the government's chilling 'red line'
Hidden beneath the surface of China's new, barely-passable manufacturing report on Tuesday was a worrisome indicator on employment. An indicator that touched Premier Li Keqiang's "red line," as...
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US geologist freed after serving 8 years in Chinese prison
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese-born American geologist was released from prison in China after serving more than eight years on charges of procuring state secrets, a human rights group said Saturday.Xue Feng...
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The economics of coal are crumbling
We have all heard about the doom and gloom that the U.S. coal sector is facing – a double-whammy of abundant supplies of cheap shale gas coupled with the regulatory noose that the Environmental...
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One injured in chemical plant explosion in Eastern China
BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion hit part of an oil storage facility on Monday at Dragon Aromatics, an independent petrochemical producer in eastern China, Xinhua reported.The blast happened around 7...
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Larry Summers has a major warning for the US economy, and everyone should be...
This is a big deal.On Monday, we published Larry Summers' latest op-ed in The Washington Post, which opened with the former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president writing,"This past month may be...
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The world's economic center is quickly moving toward China
Larry Summers recently wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post arguing that the US has made a series of huge missteps around the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.Several countries,...
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China's 168 million migrant workers are discovering their labor rights
Timid by nature, Shi Jieying took a risk last month and joined fellow workers in a strike at her handbag factory, one of a surging number of such labor protests across China.Riot police flooded into...
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Chinese taxi drivers attempted a mass suicide to protest the way their car...
More than 30 taxi drivers tried to kill themselves in a busy Beijing shopping street yesterday by drinking pesticide in protest at the way taxi companies renewed the leases of their vehicles.Police...
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