Chinese Cash Injection Fails To Soothe Markets
A rise in China's interbank interest rates on Friday showed that markets remain uneasy despite a cash injection by China's central bank, said dealers.The rates, which serve as the funding costs for...
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14 Photos Of The Excruciating Training They Put Chinese Bodyguards Through
A Reuters report on a Chinese soldier-turned-businessman depicts an emerging market of privately-owned security companies serving the country's elite.Chen Yongqing, who runs China's first training...
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A Century On, There Are Uncomfortable Parallels With The Era That Led To The...
AS NEW YEAR approached a century ago, most people in the West looked forward to 1914 with optimism. The hundred years since the Battle of Waterloo had not been entirely free of disaster--there had been...
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An Obscure Melon Could Save The US Soda Industry
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An obscure melon once cultivated by Buddhist monks in China to sweeten tea could give the $8 billion U.S. diet soda industry a shot at winning back consumers concerned about...
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Apple Just Announced The China Mobile Deal — Its Biggest Move In China Yet
As has been rumored for months, Apple's iPhone will soon be available on China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the world with more than 760 million subscribers.It's a big move. Apple has very...
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With The iPhone Debuting On China Mobile, It's Time To Take a Closer Look At...
Now that Apple has announced that the iPhone will be available on China Mobile, the world's largest carrier, it's time to take a serious look at China as the main battleground for the mobile industry....
View ArticleChinese Interbank Interest Rates Surge Again
China's interbank interest rates surged again on Monday despite hefty cash injections last week by the central bank, suggesting money market stress remains as authorities maintain a prudent stance.The...
View ArticleMOBILE INSIGHTS: China Mobile Will Instantly Rank Among The World's Top...
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REPORT: China Has Told Reporters To Stop Saying 'Cash Crunch'
Despite a hefty cash injection into the economy, China's 7-day repo rate (the benchmark for interbank lending) spiked to 9.8% Monday, the highest level since this summer's liquidity crunch roiled...
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The Biggest Financial Story In The World Is Playing Out Right Now In China...
Chinese interest rates have been spiking again.After a back credit crunch in June, we saw the seven-day funding rate, a measure of funding, surge to 8.94% on Monday, though at one point this went up to...
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Estimates For iPhone Sales On China Mobile Are All Over The Place
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MAP: The Fastest-Growing Trade Routes In The World
Comparative cost advantages and emerging market growth are among the forces fueling international trade.Below is a map from Goldman Sachs of the world's fastest-growing trade routes since 2005. And as...
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MAP: China Totally Dominates Global Trade
Last year, China leapfrogged the U.S. to become the world's biggest trading nation as measured by total exports and imports of goods.This map from Brendan O'Reilly at Chinese Relations helps put this...
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The Red Carpet: Inside China's Film Industry
THE buildings on the studio lot of China Film Group, a vast government-owned company, are grey, windowless and identical. The air, even 20km outside Beijing, is heavy with pollution. Inside, Jiang Wen...
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Chinese Billionaire And French Winemaker Die In Helicopter Crash While...
France has stepped up its search for the two missing businessmen and their interpreter after the body of the Chinese billionaire's son is pulled from wreckageA massive search continued for the bodies...
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Another Senior Chinese Official Fired In Corruption Crackdown
A senior official in China's Ministry of Public Security has been sacked for "disciplinary violations", state media said Wednesday, the latest target in a corruption crackdown by the ruling Communist...
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This 1,300-Year Old Chinese Fishing Method Has Been Destroyed By Modern Fishing
Cormorant fishing on China's Li River is all but dying out.Fisherman set out with domesticated cormorants, a seabird, on bamboo rafts before sunrise and often in the early evening. These birds prey on...
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In China, Chairman Mao Is Still Bigger Than Jesus
Hundreds of thousands expected at Chairman Mao's home village for the 120th anniversary of his birthIn this small, perfectly manicured village in the heart of the Chinese countryside, Christmas Day...
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit To Controversial War Shrine Likely...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, a spokesman for the prime minister's office said, in a move likely to...
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The Chinese Government Has A New Building That Looks Like The Kremlin, But...
The Chinese government has built an ornate new building that looks like the Kremlin, per this video found on Shanghaiist.You might think this is a little interesting, but whatever, governments...
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