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A Chinese Car Maker Is Reportedly Copying Volkswagen's Models And VW Can't Do...
Chinese piracy is nothing new. Chinese piracy of entire car engines is, however. In what's turning into a warning for all car companies hoping to capitalize on the Chinese market, China's First...
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The Incredible Pressure China Puts On Its Olympic Athletes
State-run Chinese newspaper the Global Times has an interesting article today, entitled "Olympic gold medals still capable of inspiring nations". The story is obstinately about why countries aim for...
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The Chinese Stock Market Isn't Impressed By Talks Of Stimulus
Shanghai composite index is making a new record low today. The last time we saw the index this low was in early 2009 as the global economy started to recover from the financial crisis. As we have...
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Hong Kong Citizens Think That China Is Trying To Brainwash Their Children
For many, brainwashing is connotated more with Hollywood spy movies than children's education. Try telling that to Hong Kong students and their parents. On Sunday, 90,00 people (Hong Kong police say...
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The Phenomenal Success Of This 16-Year-Old Chinese Swimmer Has Everyone...
There's been a lot of chin-stroking about the fantastic performance Saturday from Ye Shiwen, a 16-year-old Chinese swimmer who set a new record for the female medley. Ye set an fantastic world record...
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Pandas Are Actually Terrible Investments For Zoos
There’s a new baby panda at the San Diego Zoo! While they’re obviously adorable, they’re also the high-priced divas of the animal kingdom. Here’s why you should think twice before taking in a stray:...
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Chinese Manufacturing Is Expected To Rise When The Data Is Released Tomorrow
China is set to release PMI data tomorrow. With HSBC flash manufacturing PMI climbing to 49.5 in July, a 5-month high, investors are watching official numbers closely. Data in the past few months...
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CHINA: Romney's 'Hawkish Remarks Totally Neglect Historical Facts'
Mitt Romney, whose trip abroad to boost his foreign policy credentials has been riddled with gaffes and setbacks, has now been criticised by China over his Jerusalem comments. A commentary by the...
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China Hits Back At 'Biased' Claims That Swimmer Ye Shiwen Was Doping
China's anti-doping chief has hit back at "biased" suspicions about the extraordinary triumph of the teenage gold medallist Ye Shiwen. "I think it is not proper to single Chinese swimmers out once...
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Chinese Real Estate May Be Doing The Dead Cat Bounce
In the preceding posts, I examined the first two out of five basic theories that might explain the latest bump in China’s property sales numbers, and whether they portend a genuine turn-around in the...
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Tour The Grand Streets Of China's Most Famous Ghost City
Construction on Kangbashi, a grand city on the outskirts of Ordos in Inner Mongolia, started in 2004. Intended to hold a million residents, less than 30,000 live there today, according to the Daily...
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This video of the Chinese army using military flamethrowers to take down a five-foot-wide wasp's nest supposedly comes from the village of Jiangjin Tsx Wan Yuen Tsuen. The colony of wasps was...
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A Chinese Tycoon's Plan To Develop A Huge Chunk Of Iceland Is Back On, Even...
Last year Huang Nubo, a Chinese real estate tycoon, shocked the world with his plan to buy 300 square kilometers (115 square miles) of land in north-east Iceland. While Huang said that his plan was to...
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China Now Boasts A Record-Breaking One Million Millionaires
A wealth report performed by the Huran Report and GroupM Knowledge was released yesterday analyzing China's staggering number of millionaires and "super-rich." There are now 1,020,000 millionaires in...
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Terrible Things Can Happen If You Eat Live Earthworms
A very interesting medical case report just came across my desktop, through the Improbable Research Blog. The case report, published July 18 in the Journal of Medical Case Reports, describes a...
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China Aims To Develop Massive Reserves In Disputed Parts Of The South China Sea
SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - First came the diplomatic offensive, then the flexing of military muscle. Now, China is opening a third front to assert its claims in the South China Sea - moving ahead...
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These Hilariously Bad Knock-Offs Are On Sale In China
Night markets — held after dark on side streets and in parking lots — are some of the most popular tourist spots in China. The reason? They're home to cheap and plentiful merchandise that are blatant...
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Former Chinese Olympic Doctor Says He Suspected Phelps Of Doping
Ye Shiwen is the 16-year-old Chinese swimmer who has seen phenomenal success at the London Olympics, already netting two gold medals. Unfortunately, her success has been so impressive that it has...
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Does This Mean The Chinese Central Bank Is Done For The Day?
Some headlines just crossed the wire from the People's Bank of China, but overall the comments seem benign. According to Bloomberg's Guy Johnson, the PBOC has made some general comments about how...
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Expelled Badminton Player: 'You Have Heartlessly Shattered Our Dreams'
Yu Yang, one of the eight Olympian shuttlers sent home in disgrace yesterday, has decided to quit badminton, saying her dreams have been "heartlessly shattered". Meanwhile, Chinese officials have told...
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