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Chinese Lending Slows As Concerns Of A Credit Crisis Loom (FXI, EWH)
The latest lending data out of China missed expectations.New outstanding loans fell to 667 billion yuan, from 793 billion yuan in April. This was also short expectations of 815 billion yuan.Outstanding...
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The Philadelphia Orchestra has been touring China recently, marking the anniversary of a landmark 1972 trip that heralded the reopening of relations between the U.S. and Beijing.However, things hit a...
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A Complete Look At China's Latest Disappointing Data In One Chart (FXI, EWH)
Chinese data disappointed markets again in May. Here's a quick round-up:The key takeaways:The latest data shows that domestic demand remains weak and economic growth is likely to be sluggish in the...
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Edward Snowden Reportedly 'Checked Out' Of Hong Kong Hotel Mira
Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who outed himself yesterday, checked out of the Mira Hotel in Hong Kong on Monday, The Washington Post is reporting.A receptionist told the Post that a guest under...
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CHART OF THE DAY: Explaining The Complete And Utter Collapse Of Chinese...
China's exports to Hong Kong grew just 7.7% in May, down from 57.2% in April and a whopping 92.9% in March. Overall exports grew just 1%.Why the huge drop?At the time of the big gains earlier in the...
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NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden's Options Are Dwindling Fast
National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden has been in Hong Kong since May 22, and has reportedly just checked out of the $500 a night Hotel Mira in Kowloon.He may be a media genius...
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Taiwanese People Are Trading Away Higher Pay For A Slower Lifestyle
Kao Yao-wei was living in Taiwan’s dense capital of 2.6 million people and decided one day after 15 years to get out. He and his wife had discovered a smaller city, Tainan, while doing research for a...
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Mining Stocks Are Diving In London
London shares opened lower on Tuesday, as mining stocks tumbled further amid worries about the Chinese economy, the world's second largest.The benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 42.14 points or 0.66 percent...
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A Big Idea In Stan Druckenmiller's Sohn Conference Presentation Is Playing...
It's been about a month since the Sohn Investment Conference took place in New York City, and one hedge fund manager's presentation is already standing out to us — Stanley Druckenmiller's.The Sohn...
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The NSA Has A Secret Group Called 'TAO' That's Been Hacking China For 15 Years
The primary complaint against China's outift of military hackers has been dual pronged: the U.S. private sector is losing expensive proprietary information, and the public sector is having its...
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The Map To 2 Billion Mobile Devices
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.India,...
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REPORT: 127-Year-Old Woman Dies In China
A woman who Chinese officials said was 127 years old -- although international authorities never recognised the claim -- has died, relatives said on Tuesday.Official documents said that Luo Meizhen was...
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Why America Doesn't Care If China Gobbles Up Iraq's Oil
Donald Trump is irate.When he learned that China is gobbling up Iraq's oil— to the tune of more than half its output — he freaked out."We spend $1.5 trillion, we lose thousands of lives, we destroy a...
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Absolutely Epic Photos Of Classic Cars Racing From Beijing To Paris
On May 28, 96 classic cars left Beijing for an epic race that will take them all the way to Paris.It's the 5th Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, one of the planet's toughest rally races.The cars in...
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Edward Snowden Breaks Silence, Says He's Still In Hong Kong
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden has given his first interview since he revealed himself in an interview with the Guardian on Sunday.Talking to Hong Kong newspaper the South China Morning Post, Snowden...
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Is This China’s New Long Range Strike Stealth Aircraft?
The following image, found by Chinese military aviation expert Andreas Rupprecht, shows the shape of what could be a future Chinese stealth bomber plane.True or false? A model plane or just the base of...
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Snowden Showed Evidence Of US Hacking China To Hong Kong Newspaper
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has told a Hong Kong newspaper that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least four years.The comments were made as part of the...
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Oh, And Now China's Tanking Too...
Rough night in Asia.The big story is the Nikkei, which continues to get walloped.But now China is open for the first time this week (it was off Monday and Tuesday for holiday) and it's getting...
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World Bank Cuts China's Growth Forecast And Warns Of A Possible 'Sharp' Slowdown
The World Bank has slashed its growth forecast for China's economy this year to 7.7 percent from 8.4 percent, warning of a potential "sharp" slowdown triggered by a fall in investment.The projection is...
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China Has An Incredible Influence On US Higher Education
This morning, the New York Post published a story arguing that New York University was "booting" blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng from the university after pressure from the Chinese government....
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