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Fully Armed Chinese Z-10 Helicopter With Extra Fuel Tanks On 'Combat Status'
Alert 5 posts Chinese military hardware pictures straight from the ground, but they can lack context as PLA troops or brave civilians snap photos of classified military manuevers and post to...
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Apple Discovers Underage Workers At iPhone Factories
Apple Inc stepped up audits of working conditions at major suppliers last year, discovering multiple cases of underage workers, discrimination and wage problems.The iPhone and iPad maker, which relies...
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Japan's Trade Deficit Points To Two Big Global Risks
European talking heads have reassured us on an hourly basis that the worst of the debt crisis is over. But the Japanese trade deficit, a measure of reality, not words, tells a different story about the...
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Chinese Sex Video Extortion Scam Leads To 10 More Officials Being Fired
10 more government and Communist Party officials in the Chinese city of Chongqing have been fired for their role in a huge sex and corruption and scandal, China's state news agency Xinhua...
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China Successfully Tests 'Carrier Killer' Missile In The Gobi Desert [REPORT]
China's PLA "sunk" a U.S. aircraft carrier during a war game in remote China using its DF-21D "Carrier Killer" missile, reports Taiwan paper Want China Times.The China Times is a 63 year old Taiwanese...
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China Wouldn't Mind A Unified Korea — Just Not Yet
In considering the security situation in Northeast Asia, it's sometimes useful to imagine the region's players as schoolboys playing in a courtyard. North Korea, bellicose and unpredictable, misbehaves...
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GMO: China Is Marching Toward A Massive Credit Crisis
China has passed many reforms aimed at easing capital controls. But these are being rolled out slowly.A meager deposit interest rate has forced people to turn to wealth management products and other...
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Chinese Communist Party Publication Says Capitalism Is Approaching Its End...
Ever since the 18th Party Congress in November, China pundits have argued over whether the new leadership will or will not bring about new reforms.Earlier this month, we highlighted some important...
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China Considers Un-Banning Videogame Consoles, And Now Sony And Nintendo Are...
China is considering lifting a decade-long ban on video game consoles, the official China Daily newspaper reported on Monday, sending shares of major hardware makers such as Sony Corp and Nintendo Co...
View ArticleCrazy Video Of A Truck In China Tipping Over And Nearly Flattening A Guy
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Chinese Industrial Profits Surge 20.4% In The Fourth Quarter
China's fourth-quarter GDP release two weeks ago showed a rebound in the Chinese economy at the end of last year.Electricity consumption data, which observers tend to trust more than China's official...
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China Is Set To Make A Killing On The Afghan War
China is positioning itself to tap Afghanistan's vast mineral resources as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, Dennis Gray of The Associated Press reports.U.S. and Afghan geological surveys have found...
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Apple Will Soon Sell A Much Cheaper iPhone 5 [REPORT]
Apple will release a cheaper, plastic version of the iPhone 5 later this year, primarily in a bid to tackle the Chinese market, according to rumours.The new iPhone will reportedly resemble the iPhone 5...
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JEFFERIES: China's Air Pollution Is Saving Lives
Jefferies analysts Laban Yu and Jack Lu argue in a note today that China's epic air pollution is actually saving lives.Wait what?Here's their case:Yes, of course China's smog problems are very real —...
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A Terrifying Glimpse Into Life As A Chinese Whistle Blower
Over the past year the Chinese city of Chongqing has been hit by two enormous scandals — the city's party boss Bo Xilai was ousted from power, and then a few months ago an incredibly graphic sex tape...
View ArticleChina's New Leader Wants Officials To Cut Back On Extravagance
The Sinocism newsletter is compiled by Bill Bishop, and republished here with permission. Be Informed About China. The Sinocism China Newsletter. Free.Bo Xilai did not go on trial Monday, frustrating...
View ArticleWhy A Civilian Drone Company Is Outsourcing to Mexico
Chris Anderson, the former editor of Wired and current 3D printing cheerleader, has an intriguing piece in the New York Times (Mexico: The New China, Jan 27). it deals with his experience running 3D...
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Chinese Millionaire Is Selling Canned Fresh Air
This is a story that shows how deliriously capitalist China has become (for good and bad).Rapid industrialisation has covered northern China in a dense pea soup of toxic chemicals.In the past, the old...
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Enormous Sinkhole Swallows Buildings In Guangzhou, China
Several buildings have fallen into an enormous sinkhole in Guangzhou, China, destroying at least five shops and taking out power for 3,000 residential units nearby, Shanghaiist reports.The sink hole...
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China Has Launched Its First Luxury Cruise Ship
International cruise lines looking to tap demand for all-inclusive vacations among China’s growing ranks of outbound tourists are set to face new domestic competition from China’s first home-made...
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