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If China Lands Hard, The US Would Do A Lot Better Than The Rest Of The World
"Our core scenario is that China will grow by 7.4% in 2013," write the analysts at Societe Generale. "There is still a chance however that China could land hard, with growth of less than 6%."This is...
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Mobile Is Driving Internet Penetration In China
Smartphones are fueling the Chinese Internet revolution.According to the China Internet Network Information Center, there were 564 million Internet users in China at the end of 2012. Mobile is the...
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600 Cats Saved From Becoming Chinese Food After Truck Crash
Around 600 cats stuffed into wooden crates and destined for dinner plates in southern China were rescued by animal protection volunteers after a truck crash, a volunteer said on Thursday.Volunteers...
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Chinese Millionaires Say Wealth Leads To Unhappiness
China's millionaires say that the richer you are, the less happy you are, according to the first Millionaire Happiness Report from Hurun.While this could be a PR move to support the Communist Party...
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China's Gift-Giving Culture Has Gotten A Lot More Modest
We’ve previously noted the changing dynamics of China’s culture of gift-giving, hastened by Beijing’s recent crackdown on excessive spending by government officials, but this week, a new Hurun Report...
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CHINA GDP EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, RISING 7.9%
UPDATE: China's Q4 2012 GDP release is out.Click here for updates >GDP rose 7.9 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter versus expectations of a 7.8 percent rise.Industrial production rose 10.3...
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The 5 Chinese Economic Indicators That Experts Trust
When China announced better than expected trade data last week, a chorus of critics popped up again to question the validity of the numbers.Some used a 1930's mathematical tool called Benford's Law to...
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China's Latest Electricity Usage Data Confirm The Country's Return To Growth
China just released official statistics on Q4 2012 GDP and other measures. GDP rose 7.9 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter, slightly ahead of economists' estimates of 7.8 percent...
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Will China Save The World... Again?
Chinese economic growth was a primary driver of the world-wide economic recovery from the great depression. Thanks to a massive stimulus program initiated and implemented by the Chinese (a purely...
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The Sinocism newsletter is compiled by Bill Bishop, and republished here with permission. Be Informed About China. The Sinocism China Newsletter. Free.This morning China announced (Reuters) that 2012...
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Super-Thin Invisibility Cloak Has 'Wide' Military Applications
The military has stealth to hide from radar, but planes, boats and even humvees still leave infrared and magnetic signatures.The problem: all the electrical systems hooked up to all that...
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China's Nuclear Power Is About To Take Off Again
China wants more nuclear plants than anyone else. Will it build them safely?EARLIER this month work began at a big construction site in Shandong province, south-east of Beijing. In a country...
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A Breakdown Of What Exactly Is In Beijing's Filthy Air
China's landlocked capital of 20 million people has experienced record-breaking pollution over the last few days. The South China Morning Post reported that visits to Beijing Children's Hospital hit a...
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China's Massive Propaganda Team Has Been Ordered To Spread 'Positive Energy'...
Chinese spin-doctors have been instructed to step-up their online activities and tap into the social-media revolution to spread "positive energy" across the internet.Lu Wei, Beijing's propaganda chief,...
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5 Reasons China Won't Take Over the World
It’s a story that needs no repeating - the definitive economic, financial, and political issue of our time. The United States is fading into obscurity. Despite the fact that the country’s GDP totals...
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REPORT: 3 Chinese Ships Enter Japanese Waters Near Disputed Islands — Nikkei...
More concerning headlines between Japan and China.According to Kyodo, 3 Chinese ships have entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku islands, which are disputed.The Nikkei, which had opened...
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China Already Has A Plan To Sink The US Fleet In Any Upcoming Battles
As the U.S. makes clear it will defend Japan should China try and lay claim to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, this Chinese announcement from mid-2012 offers additional perspective.Once the...
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Japan Threatens To Fire On Chinese Fighters — China Says 'There Will Be No...
When Chinese and Japanese fighters met for the first time over disputed islands in the East China Sea earlier this month, Japan promptly declared its right to fire tracers at China's jets.Though met...
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The Pentagon's China Containment Plan Is Delusional
At your peril, the one thing you must never say to a ranking Israeli intelligence officer, even one in mufti or retirement, is that he is suffering from a superiority complex. For the clinical symptoms...
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LEAKED REPORT: China Could Lose Big In The US Oil Boom
Much digital ink has been spilled about the oil and gas boom in the US, the result of ever improving fracking technologies, and whether or not it will lead to energy independence, or even turn the US...
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