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Tiananmen Square 24th Anniversary: Remember The Failed 'Chinese Spring' With...
Today is the 24th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China which saw hundreds of thousands of students occupying Beijing's central square, and ultimately resulted in hundreds, perhaps...
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While China Censors Tiananmen Square Anniversary, Tens Of Thousands Attend...
Today marks the 24th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in which between 1000 and 6000 people were killed when the Chinese government cracked down on peaceful protestors in central...
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Android Owns The Chinese Smartphone Market
Android accounted for 69% of smartphone sales in China in the three months ending in April, according to a new report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.That's substantially the same share Android had when...
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Smog Plus Storm Sends Beijing Into Darkness At Noon
Earlier today, Mark MacKinnon, senior international correspondent Canada's Globe and Mail, tweeted an image showing just how welcoming Beijing was at noon.Allegedly, it's noon in Beijing....
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11 Stomach-Churning Photos Of Overcrowded Farms In China
Thousands of dead pigs were found floating down the Huangpu River in China earlier this year. Turns out overcrowding on small-scale farms was the "underlying factor," according to Reuters.We've...
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Secretary Of Defense Chuck Hagel Called Out China Over Internet Thievery
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was the latest U.S. leader to name China as one of the leading threats to U.S. cyber security when he made a speech on his trip to Singapore over the weekend.“The United...
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China Adds More Mobile Subscriptions Than The Americas And Europe Combined
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.[PDF] China...
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One Hedge Fund Manager's Crazy Story Of His First Time In Macao Back In The 90s
Before Macao was a glamorous gambling center, it was the "Wild Wild West" according to Jason Ader, the CEO of hedge fund Ader Investments.He started off on Wall Street as a gaming analyst, so checking...
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Obama To Confront Chinese President On Hacking Of US Networks
President Barack Obama will tell Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that he must deal with cyber spying and hacking of US targets that originate inside his country when they meet for talks this week.Recent...
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For China's Wealthy Consumers, Luxury Spending Is Now 'A Way Of Life'
Swiss bank Julius Baer released its third annual “Wealth Report” today, and its findings on China reflect several key trends that we’ve been seeing for a while now: a growing number of affluent Chinese...
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This Chinese Billionaire Thinks His Company Is The 'Apple Of The East'
Apple now finds itself being challenged in China, the country where most of its devices are assembled, by a billionaire named Lei Jun who is positioning himself as an acolyte of Steve Jobs.He isn't...
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Solar Panel Vote Perfectly Demonstrates The Deep Divide Within The Euro Zone
Anyone who thinks Europe has a prayer of greater fiscal unity should take a look at a chart showing where member countries stand on imposing tariffs.For the past few years, the EU has been running...
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Economists In China Are Asking A Disturbing Question: Where Has All The Money...
Chinese credit growth has outpaced GDP growth for some time.Some have argued that this is the main bear argument on China right now. Many are asking why this is the case? Where all the money's gone?...
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Time Magazine's Beautiful New Cover Was Designed By China's Most...
Time Magazine's beautiful new cover was designed by controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei:The cover illustrates a story by Time's Beijing correspondent, Hannah Beech, looking at how China views the...
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Yesterday's Huge Chinese Interest Rate Spike Has People Freaked Out About A...
Chinese interbank rates surged ahead of the three-day Dragon Boat festival next week. The overnight Shibor, or the Shanghai interbank offered rate, surged to 8.29% on June 7, from 5.98% on June 6. The...
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Obama Faces Hypocrisy Charges At China Summit After Data Mining Revelations
The Sunnylands summit was billed by the White House as an opportunity for Barack Obama to his confront his new Chinese counterpart with a litany of American complaints about hacking and cyber theft.The...
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Chinese Trade Numbers Come In Massively Below Forecasts
China on Saturday reported a sharp slowdown in exports in May compared to the previous month while imports unexpectedly dropped, as the world's second largest economy grapples with slowing growth and...
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Chinese Trade Growth Collapsed Because The Old Numbers Were A Sham
Early Saturday, China posted trade figures that were massively below expectations.Export growth of 1% was far below the 14.7% in the previous month.What happened? Did the economy suddenly come off the...
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Cheap Vegetable Prices Keep Chinese Inflation Low And The Door Open For More...
China's National Bureau of Statistics has released its latest inflation stats, and consumer and producer prices came in cooler than expected."The lower than expected CPI in May was mainly driven by an...
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China's Latest Economic Data Dump Stunk
The latest batch of economic data from China suggest that growth continues to be sluggish. Let's walk through each of them. First, industrial production climbed 9.2% on the year, slightly below...
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