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This Chinese Economist Is Being Ridiculed For Saying Single Female...
SHENZHEN – The secret to economic growth? Unmarried women left free to shop, according to one prominent Chinese economist. Jin Yanshi, who has since become the target of outrage and contempt from...
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Bronte Capital Just Closed A Luxury Short At A Loss
I am wrong often enough to hurt—but rarely this fast. Richemont just pre-announced a big sales increase. I expected at best low single-digit sales increases and the company to guide down. I blogged...
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Why South Korean Farmers Are 40 Times More Productive Than Chinese Farmers
266 million people or 35 percent of workers in China are still employed in the primary sector – agriculture, forestry and fishery. So it's no surprise that in the past few years Chinese farmers have...
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90 Percent Of Stores In One Chinese Province Have Reportedly Shut Down To...
Store owners in Shenyang, a north-eastern city in China's Liaoning province, have shut down their stores to avoid fines by public officials. The situation has got so severe, that residents of the...
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One Of The Most Popular Athletes In China Crashes Out Of The Olympics After...
Lui Xiang is one of the most widely loved Chinese Olympic athletes, but he's once again leaving the games prematurely and in complete disappointment. Xiang, who was one of the gold medal favorites...
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Alleged Chinese-Mexican Meth Lord Is Causing A Headache For Sheldon Adelson
Las Vegas Sands Corp, the casino giant owned by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is in a spot of hot water this week. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is being investigated by the US...
View ArticleHere's A Clip From The Chinese Sitcom Everyone Says Is Ripping Off Friends
Ipartment, a hit Chinese sitcom now in its third season, deals with the lives of a mixed-sex group of friends in their late 20s who live in two neighboring apartments in Shanghai. Does it sound...
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Why The Slowdown In Chinese Electricity Usage Is Making The Economy Look...
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A stagnation in electricity output that fanned speculation China’s slowdown is intensifying may instead be evidence of an accelerated transition to a more services-based economy....
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One Of The World's Biggest Commodity Companies Says China's 500 New Stimulus...
Rio Tino is one of the biggest commodity players in the world, and its fortunes are highly geared towards China. So what it has to say about the country should be listened to. In an earnings report...
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China Is 62% Of The Way Towards Restoring Its Former Glory
Last week Yang Yiyong, the Director of the Macroeconomics Institute of China’ National Development and Reform Commission, gave a presentation the revealed China was at least 62% of the way to...
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Alarming Pictures From China's Newest Ghost Town
Translated from IFeng by ChinaHush: August 6, a large number of shops were closed in Shenyang, supposedly to avoid public security’s anti-counterfeiting crackdown. Netizens on microblog said Shenyang...
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James Cameron Looks To China For Next 3D Venture
James Cameron, director of "Avatar" and "Titanic," has announced that his company, Cameron Pace Group, will provide aspiring Chinese filmmakers with the use of 3D technology. This announcement follows...
View ArticleA 90-Second Guide To What The Latest Data Means For Future Of The Chinese...
Chinese trade data came in much weaker than expected and the decline in new loans compounded concerns about a slowdown in China. But this could prompt some action from Chinese policymakers and the...
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Bo Xilai's Wife Says She Murdered British Businessman After He Threatened Her...
The trial of Gu Kailai for the murder of Neil Heywood is over — it lasted just 7 hours, and Gu offered no plea. While it can be assumed with relative certainty that Gu, the wife of former Chongqing...
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The Biggest Court Case In Recent Chinese History Might Just Be A Test Balloon
Reuters has a telling quote in a story on the four police officers on trial for their alleged involvement in the Bo Xilai scandal surrounding the murder of British national Neil Heywood. The quote is...
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China Is Taking Over The Fake ID Business
Technology and globalisation are giving a boost to the trade in fake identity cards. A pack of photo paper, laminating sheets, spray glue: it sounds like a list of things you need for the school art...
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China Is Gripped By The Hunt For This Cop-Killing Bank Robber
The murder of a woman in Chongqing, China, on Friday has resulted in a huge search for the suspected killer, Zhou Kehua, according to Chinese media. Shanghai Daily reports that a gunman shot the...
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The Silliest Chart You'll See In The Paul Ryan Debt Plan
In order to promote his "Roadmap" for his national debt reduction plan, Wisconsin Representative and Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan put out a set of scare charts on what happens if the size of the...
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Shares Of Major Chinese Brokerage Plunge, Company Denies Rumors That Its...
It was a rough night for the Chinese market. The Shanghai Composite fell about 1.5%. A big loser: Citi Securities, a major brokerage. It fell over 9%. There is a rumor that the company had to deny...
View ArticleBofA Cuts Its Chinese Growth Forecast
China 2012 GDP forecast cut to 7.7% from 8%. Sees no recovery for China’s exports in sight. China’s ability to ease policy constrained by home prices. China 3rd qtr forecast cut to 7.4% from 8% . Side...
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