The NSA Leaks Have Been Crushing US Tech Sales In China
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. technology companies including Cisco Systems Inc and IBM Corp are facing unprecedented difficulties selling their goods and services in China, as fallout from the U.S. spying...
View ArticleTaiwanese Woman Sickened By Bird Flu Virus Never Before Seen In Humans
Just last year China was dealing with the new H7N9 bird flu that had just jumped from birds to humans. Now, there's another new strain of bird flu that is capable of infecting humans. The new flu is...
View ArticleHong Kong's Economy Is In The Calm Before The Storm
Like a cartoon character whose legs continue to pump even after he has run off a cliff, Hong Kong's house prices have remained buoyant even as purchasing activity in the real-estate sector has crashed...
View ArticleA Chinese Protester Explains Why Jimmy Kimmel Needs To Be Fired
Offense is cultural. Millions of Americans saw Jimmy Kimmel ask a child what they should do about the U.S. debt to China on his ABC show, and when the child suggested "killing everyone in China," they...
View ArticleWhy China Gave Such Meager Aid To The Philippines
Faced with a devastating typhoon a mere 700 miles away, Chinese President Xi Jinping this week pledged financial support for the Philippines, as did nearly every other industrialized nation.Australia...
View ArticleThese Ads In China Tell People To Stop Eating Cats And Dogs
Though it's hard to fathom here in the United States, there are many places in the world where cats and dogs are not cuddly animals to play with, but a valuable source of food that people can't afford...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley's Analysis Of China In One Huge Slide
From Morgan Stanley, the big overview of China right now.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleChinese Reform Plan Leaks And The Stock Market Surges
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - A document purporting to detail reform plans by China's ruling Communist Party, including liberalizing the prices of resources and reining in some state monopolies,...
View ArticleChina Officially Announces Change To Infamous One-Child Policy
China held a huge meeting on reform last week, and the details of what was agreed to are finally coming out. For those who read Chinese, the full document is right here.A change to the country's...
View ArticleThese Two Charts Show China's Huge Demographics Problem, And Why It Had To...
Big news out of China today: The country is loosening its infamous "one-child" policy. It's not eliminating the policy completely. Just creating more loopholes.Why is China doing this? In part because...
View ArticleHere's The China Demographics Chart That Actually Scares Us
Earlier today, China announced that it would finally loosen its decade old one-child policy.This policy has had a disturbing affect in China in the form of skewed demographics.It's well known that...
View ArticlePrisoners Are Subjected To 'The Big Hang' And 'The Death Bed' At China's...
Days after China wrapped up its four-day 3rd Plenum meeting, we're beginning to see some reforms trickle out.Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that China will abolish the "laojiao" or...
View ArticleJapanese Politician Detained In China On Drug Charges
A Japanese city assembly member is being detained in China on suspicion of possessing stimulant drugs while at Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, Japan Broadcasting Corporation...
View Article22 Brilliant Quotes From Legendary Short-Seller Jim Chanos
Jim Chanos made a name for himself when he bet against Enron when no one else would.These days, he has focused his efforts on shorting China.China just wrapped up its 3rd Plenum and announced reforms...
View ArticleThe Chinese Government Looks Like It's Reining Back Its Intense Control Over...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China may reduce the influence of the state on stock markets as part of its sweeping reform agenda, including by making it easier for companies to list their stocks and making...
View ArticleXi Jinping Is Positioning Himself As The Most Powerful Chinese Leader In Decades
Xi Jinping is positioning himself as the most powerful Chinese leader since Deng XiaopingXi Jinping, the stockily-built, 60 –year-old leader of the last major nation on earth ruled by a Communist...
View ArticleChina's 'Big Four' Banks Are The Losers Of Sweeping New Reforms
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's mass consumer, health care and non-banking financial counters may well be the early winners in the country's stock markets this week after Beijing promised the most...
View ArticleChinese House Prices Accelerate In October
The Chinese real estate boom continues.And here's a city breakdownJoin the conversation about this story »
View ArticleLook Which Stocks Are Surging After China's Change To Its One-Child Policy
On Friday, China announced that it was loosening its famously restrictive one-child policy.So who's liking that?Via Deirdre Wang Morris, there's a big rally going on in dairy/infant formula...
View ArticleChinese Stocks Soar After Reform Announcement
Markets are drifting a little lower in the US and Europe.And the Nikkei fell slightly.The big story of the day so far is the big rally in China. The Shanghai Composite gained 2.9% while Hong Kong's...
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