The Hunt Is On To Find The Person Who Voted Against New Chinese President Xi...
HONG KONG — Xi Jinping was elected president of China on Thursday with 99.86 percent of the vote. Delegates at the annual meeting of China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, pick the...
View ArticleWhy Mobile Advertising Should Soar This Year
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Why Mobile...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: China's Solyndra Implodes (STP)
China has for some time been subsidizing its solar industry and betting big on clean energy.But the huge bet seems to be crumbling now, and at the center of it is Suntech Power Holdings, one of the...
View ArticleOpening An American Franchise In China Proved Disastrous For This Wharton Grad
Growing up in Indiana and Washington, D.C., Taiwanese-born Wen-Szu Lin often felt torn between two cultures. When, as a young entrepreneur, he was presented with the opportunity to buy the Chinese...
View ArticleWhere China Churns Out Cheap Android Smartphones
As you contemplate the just-launched Samsung Galaxy S IV, which will retail for hundreds of dollars, do you wonder how Chinese firms churn out Android smartphones that sell for as little as $65? Well,...
View ArticleChina Is Attempting To Engineer Genius Babies
It’s not exactly news that China is setting itself up as a new global superpower, is it? While Western civilization chokes on its own gluttony like a latter-day Marlon Brando, China continues to buy up...
View ArticleWhat Mao’s Grandson Reveals About Modern China
HONG KONG — Mao Zedong's grandson just can't catch a break. The most-mocked man at China’s annual rubber-stamp congress — which is wrapping up this week in Beijing — was in some respects also its most...
View ArticleChina Surges Past Britain To Become The Fifth Largest Arms Exporter In The World
For the first time, China has become the world’s fifth biggest arms exporter – its highest ranking since the cold war – pushing the United Kingdom from the top five exporters list, a Sweden-based...
View ArticleRestrictions Won't Keep Chinese People From Moving Out Of Their Poor Quality...
New measures to cool China’s housing market have triggered fresh volatility and stock declines across Asia.But we think the latest government moves won’t derail the long-term drivers of Chinese real...
View ArticleHere Are 4 Risks That Have China Experts Worried About An Economic Hard Landing
In spite of ongoing stream of positive economic news out of China, a number of economists have been ringing alarm bells with respect to the nation's economic trajectory. China clearly faces some major...
View ArticleUS Contractor Charged With Passing Nuclear Secrets To A Chinese Woman
A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii has been charged with passing classified information about nuclear weapons and ballistic missile systems to a Chinese woman, according to a press release from the...
View ArticleFake Official Duped China's Communist Party For Years
With his bouffant black hair, white short-sleeve shirt and endless boring speeches, he certainly seemed like a high-ranking Communist party official.But Zhao Xiyong, who has claimed since 2010 to be...
View ArticleBig Money Managers Are Getting Worried About A Chinese Hard Landing Again (EWH)
The ongoing and escalating concerns about the EU debt crisis are well known. But according to Bank of America's latest EM and Asia Fund Manager Survey, Global fund managers are increasingly worried...
View ArticleA Chinese National Appears To Be Fighting With Al-Qaeda In Syria
There's been evidence of a Japanese trucker taking pictures in Aleppo and a Russian judge reporting on government troops near Damascus, and now it appears a Chinese national is fighting with jihadist...
View ArticleChina's Elite Are Creating An Abundance Of Female Heirs
If you follow Chinese politics at all, you'll have heard of a word that's become synonymous with corruption and privilege — "princeling".The term refers to the offspring of Chinese party officials, and...
View ArticleChina Plans To Add A Mind-Boggling 800 Miles To Its Subway System Over 2 Years
Would it surprise you to discover that China is planning to add 800 miles to its subway system over the next two years? That’s the distance equivalent to building a network from Dallas to Chicago in...
View ArticleFisker's Best Bet For A Financial Lifeline Has Disappeared
The Chinese automaker that was in talks to buy struggling Fisker Automotive has backed out, Reuters reports, leaving Fisker without its best bet for avoiding bankruptcy.Geely, which owns Volvo and is...
View Article9-Part Photo Of Tiananmen Square Perfectly Captures China's Wild Smog Problem
China's pollution problems have been getting a lot of press this year for extremely high levels of smog in Beijing. In his first press conference as premier, Li Keqiang said China would not drive...
View Article5 Trends That Will Make The Chinese Consumer Market Explode By 2015
The research firm Euromonitor recently predicted that China would pass Japan in consumer spending by the end of this year.By 2015, it could overtake the US too and become the world’s largest consumer...
View ArticleProof That China Is Serious About Financial Reform (FXI, EWH)
The Chinese central bank has finally granted Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) access to its onshore interbank bond market.The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) first revised...
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