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China's mobile gaming market is blowing up
According to a report research firm SuperData released today, China’s digital game market hit $7.5 billion in revenues already. The country ranks No. 2 in terms of digital sales in Asia, counting for...
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The internet is freaking out over this Chinese app that turns you into a...
The internet has been obsessed with a new Chinese app called Huanshi that turns you into a hilarious dancing cartoon character.Huanshi is called MyIdol in the U.S. App Store, but that name is the only...
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These are the countries where it's 'legal' to edit human embryos (hint: the...
News broke on Wednesday that a team of Chinese scientists had edited the genes of human embryos for the first time ever, confirming long-swirling rumors that such ethically dicey experiments were...
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China is the world's 'vanity capital' — dumping tons of money into jewelry,...
China is driving the rapid growth of global vanity consumption — money spent on self-indulgence and enhancement of appearance and prestige — according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch global research...
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China is cracking down on stripper services being offered at funerals
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese authorities on Thursday bared the details of their latest anti-vice sweep: a campaign to halt the hiring of strippers at funerals.In a statement posted on its website, China's...
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Japan wants a chunk of its energy to come from nuclear power by 2030
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government has proposed making nuclear energy account for between 20 and 22 percent of the country's electricity mix by 2030, with renewable energy to account for slightly...
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Iran wants to extend its energy delivery network to China
Iran is seeking to extend its energy delivery network to China under Beijing's massive "One Belt, One Road" push to boost regional connectivity, Tehran's envoy has said.Ali Asghar Khaji, Iran's...
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Abe's message to the US: Japan is no free-rider on defense, so be there for us
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will send a clear message to the United States when he visits Washington next week: Japan is ready to take more responsibility for security on the world...
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China's urban unemployment rate fell
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's urban unemployment rate ticked down to 4.05 percent at the end of March from 4.1 percent at the end of 2014, the labor ministry said on Friday.Facing slowing economic...
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A group of teachers went to China and realized that the West is instructing...
Seventy teachers from the UK were sent to Shanghai to study classroom methods to investigate why Chinese students perform so well. Upon their return, the teachers reported that much of China’s success...
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Volvo will build a new generation of small cars
Sweden's Volvo Cars will produce at its Belgian factory a small car based on a common platform and engine technology developed with Chinese parent Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Volvo's chief said.Volvo...
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Americans and Chinese both love SUVs (GM, F, FCAU)
The two best car markets in the world right now are the US and China.You might think this would be awesome for the Chinese, and you'd be right.But to a large degree, the Chinese auto market is an...
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Why the US must think differently about China's new development bank
The founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew, who passed away recently, had a rather pointed assessment of what’s known as the U.S.“Asia pivot” policy: Americans think of international relations like...
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As China slows, another Asian superpower is emerging
Just as China’s economy begins to slow Australia may be about to benefit from the rise of a new Asian economic superpower – the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN for short.That’s the...
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A former Navy captain just identified the biggest flaw in the US...
The actual strategic value of aircraft carriers, which are incredibly expensive to build and maintain, has been a recurring debate among military thinkers.Now a retired Navy captain has offered one of...
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China has drafted a new anti-terrorism law, and it's worrying
A newly drafted Chinese anti-terrorism law, if enacted in its current form, will empower Beijing to expand its already nearly unchecked policing of the Internet to reach web traffic and other online...
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Jobs, investment, political asylum: How corrupt officials from China start...
Family, employment and investment are some of the ways that corrupt Chinese officials might have made their way into the United States, according to legal experts.China's anti-graft watchdog announced...
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Alibaba and China Telecom are teaming up to sell smartphones
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba and state-owned China Telecom have tied up to sell inexpensive smartphones aimed at boosting mobile commerce in smaller cities and rural areas.The...
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Bankers are fleeing China's top state banks because of cuts to pay and perks
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bankers at China's top state lenders are quitting in increasing numbers because of cuts to their pay and perks, and moving to a new breed of financial firms such as...
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We just learned a lot more Chinese ideology
When Jennifer Pan and Yiqing Xu posted their new paper, “China’s Ideological Spectrum,” last week, it marked the first time that anyone has provided large-scale empirical data on the ideological shifts...
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