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10 Mind-Boggling Facts About China's Massive Manufacturing Sector
China is slowing significantly as its policymakers try to rebalance the economy as one driven by consumption rather than exports.This is taking a toll on its manufacturing sector.Earlier today, the...
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Photos Likely Show The Beginning Of China's New Super Carrier
It looks like China's noticed the new attention it's getting from the American military, because photos posted to a Chinese defense website appear to show the first stages of construction for a new...
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The West Is On The Rise
Everything goes in cycles, but here's what you can say about this moment in the economy: It's the Western, developed economies that are on the upswing, while Asian economies (developed and emerging)...
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Scalpers In China Are Securing Genius Bar Appointments And Selling Them Online
For the Apple devout, the company’s retail stores are secular edifices in which to worship holy iPhones and iPads.It’s a model mimicked around the industry of technology—a direct company to consumer...
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Here's What Those Notorious Expats Are Really Doing In China
When those of us in the Western world look at China, we often do so through the prism of the expatriate, usually a young(ish) Westerner living in one of the country's major metropolitan areas.However,...
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China Tried To Build A City To Replicate Paris ... And Here's What It Looks...
If you visit Tianducheng, a day trip from Shanghai in China's Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel tower.Development on this Paris replica in China began in...
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China's Infamous 'One-Child Policy' Is About To Become A 'Two-Child Policy'
Since 1979, China has maintained a population control program known as the "one-child policy," in most cases limiting families living in urban areas to only one child.The country just completed a...
View ArticleCrazy Video Inside Bus Shows Moment A Semi-Truck Collides Into The Rear End
A bus crash in China Friday killed one person and injured several others.The crash occurred as a bus driver who had missed his exit was in a reverse on the highway. A semi-truck slammed into the rear...
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Maybe China's Economy Isn't Toast
China's official services sector purchasing managers index climbed to 54.1 in July from 53.9 in June.The unofficial HSBC China Services Business Activity Index came in at 51.3 in July, unchanged from...
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Even The CEO Of China’s Largest Appliance Manufacturer Gets Cold Feet
China’s property and infrastructure bubbles, nurtured by limitless borrowed money, are still swelling up beautifully – whether these structures, even entire ghost cities, are needed or not. Service...
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Why A Contaminated Dairy Scare Is Causing Chaos For The New Zealand Dollar (BNZ)
The New Zealand dollar (NZD) got slammed today, falling 1% against the U.S. dollar to $0.7754.The NZD took a hit on headlines that China was banning milk imports from New Zealand after a botulism...
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North Korea Wants Chinese Tourists To Stop Feeding Children 'Like Ducks'
For the last year, the North Korean government has been trying to convince anyone who'd listen that its tourism industry is booming. With North Korea's long history of fibbing, those reports were a...
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Japan's Giant New Destroyer Sends A Clear Message To China, The World
Sixty-eight years to the day of the Hiroshima bombing, Japan unveiled its new naval "destroyer" that happens to have a flat-top — dubbed "Izumo"— capable of carrying various rotary-wing aviation units,...
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Mobile In Brazil, India And China — Tracking The Next Massive Growth Wave In...
Many emerging markets are already mobile-first economies where mobile phones are more ubiquitous than either land-line telephones, PCs, or fixed Internet connections.Mobile statistics are specifically...
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The Curse Of The Tall Building May Have Come To China
Based on the Skyscraper Index, China’s big collapse is likely to occur just after the completion of Sky City in the southern Chinese city of Changsha. On July 20, developers broke ground for this...
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China Delays The First Flight Of The Plane It's Building To Rival Boeing And...
The maiden test flight of China's first large commercial jetliner has been delayed to 2015 due to development difficulties, state media reported Wednesday, in a setback for the country's aviation...
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Scientists Publish The First Case Of H7N9 Bird Flu Spreading From Father To...
The case of a father and daughter in China who both became infected with H7N9 bird flu provides the strongest evidence yet that the virus can transmit from person to person, experts say.The father, a...
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China's July Trade Numbers Were So Good, They Were Probably Too Good To Be...
China's July trade growth numbers are out, and they crushed expectations.Exports jumped 5.1% year-over-year, which was much stronger than the 2.0% expected by economists.Imports surged 10.9%, blowing...
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Tesla Has To Change The Backseat Of The Model S To Be Successful In China
Tesla Motors is making a move into the Chinese market, but first it has to change at least one thing about the electric Model S: the backseat.Asked about the company's plans for China during a...
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Chinese Man Spent $967,000 On Lottery Tickets, Unfortunately Doesn't Win Jackpot
Were you one of the three people who won last night's $448 million Powerball?Most likely, you were not.You are more likely to be born with an extra finger, get struck by lightning, or die from an...
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