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At Least 3 Dead, 48 Injured In Massive Explosion Near Chinese Chemical Plant
At least three people are dead and another 48 are injured after a massive explosion ripped through an industrial area in Quingdao, China, South China Morning Post is reporting.The explosion happened...
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China Tests First Stealth Combat Drone
China has tested its first stealth combat drone, state media said on Friday, citing online photos of an aircraft resembling a shrunken US B2 bomber and hailing the advance toward Western-level...
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Check Out These Crazy Pastries And Tiny Fruits From My First Breakfast In China
Last Friday afternoon, I got on a plane in New York and flew over the North Pole to Beijing.I went to bed Saturday night, having been up for 26 hours.The next morning, I woke up in a tall, gleaming...
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I Barely Made My $8,000 Business Class Flight To Beijing — Here's What I...
Last Friday, I took a cab from my apartment in Manhattan to Newark Airport.I arrived at Newark at noon, in plenty of time for a 3 p.m. flight to Beijing, where I was going to speak at a forum put on by...
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China Plans To Launch Its Own Crude Oil Futures Market
China, the world's largest energy consumer, on Friday took a step towards launching a market of its own for crude oil futures -- which foreign investors may be allowed to trade.Authorities and an...
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This Widely Praised Film Takes A Brutal Look At Life In Modern China — But...
In August, as his controversial film "A Touch Of Sin" was receiving plaudits from around the world, Chinese director Jia Zhangke seemed confident that his countrymen would see the film. “The film has...
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The Chinese Government Is Pumping Money Into The Study Of Photoshop
The Chinese government is reportedly pouring money into the study of Photoshop and other digital image editing tools, according to the South China Morning Post.The money is being tunneled to research...
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This Wall Was Built 2,000 Years Ago To Keep Out Rampaging Hordes – I Visited...
I'm a fan of the HBO show Game of Thrones.The show is set in the medieval-looking kingdom of Westeros.In the frozen north beyond Westeros, there are hordes of barbarians called "wildlings."To keep...
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Pentagon Chief Slams China For 'Destabilizing' Island Area In East China Sea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday that the U.S. military would not change how it conducts operations in the East China Sea after what he called a...
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Here's The Ominous Demographics Chart That Shows What China Will Become In...
China recently announced plans to loosen its infamous one-child policy.As the country grows richer and the pace of population growth slows, the country has a new demographic concern: underpopulation....
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China's declaration of an air defence identification zone that includes disputed islands is "profoundly dangerous", Japan's prime minister said Monday, as South Korea weighed into the war of words...
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Chinese Are Buying Up California Properties Like Crazy
At a brand new housing development in Irvine, Calif., some of America's largest home builders are back at work after a crippling housing crash. Lennar, Pulte, K Hovnanian, Ryland to name a few. It's a...
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My Hotel Room In China Had The Most Civilized Toilet In The Entire World
I just spent 10 days in China and I saw many sights I will never forget.At the Great Wall outside Beijing I stood on an ancient structure that stretched beyond the horizon.At West Lake in Hangzhou I...
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China Spurns Japan, Establishes Air Defense ID Zone Over Disputed Islands
On Nov. 23, China established an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over a chunk of the East China Sea that covers the disputed islands (Senkaku for the Japanese, Diaoyu for the Chinese) that have...
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Veteran Journalist Paul Mooney Explains Why He Thinks China Is A 'Thugocracy'
We recently spoke with veteran journalist Paul Mooney on being denied a journalist visa from the Chinese government after covering the country for the last 28 years.We also got his opinion on a number...
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Companies Continue To On-Shore Production
The attractiveness of the US as a point of production has been an important point we have emphasized over the past several years. Making Sense of the Dollar: Exposing Dangerous Myths about Trade and...
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Wealthy Chinese Now Have More Than $650 Billion Stashed Overseas — Here's...
It's one of the largest and most rapid wealth migrations of our time: hundreds of billions of dollars, and waves of millionaires flowing out of China to overseas destinations.According to...
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US Flies B-52s Into China's New Air Defense Zone
The U.S. flew two b-52s along a route that took them over a disputed island chain and deep into China's newly established air defense zone, reports the WSJ.Japan released a statement saying the new...
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The Chinese Have Bought Out An Entire Country's Oil Sector
The Chinese have taken control of Ecuador's oil sector, Reuters' Joshua Schneyer and Nichoals Medina Mora Perez report.Finding themselves largely shut out of credit markets since defaulting on $3.2...
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I Accidentally Blew $400 On Lunch In Beijing And It May Have Been A Scam
Last week I accidentally spent $400 on lunch.This happened in Beijing — a city where a cab all the way across town costs $5 and a full pack of Tylenol costs roughly $0.80.For my money, I am now in the...
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