China's Factory Activity Cooled Off A Bit In December
BEIJING (Reuters) - Growth in China's factories slowed slightly in December as export orders and output weakened, official data showed on Wednesday, adding to views that while the world's...
View ArticleThousands March In Hong Kong In Escalating Battle For Democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands protested in Hong Kong on Wednesday pressingChina to allow full democracy in the city as a battle intensifies over Beijing's attempts to control the outcome of a planned...
View ArticleA Chinese Man Had To Be Rescued By Japan After Trying To Land A Hot-Air...
A Chinese man was rescued by the Japan Coast Guard after a failed attempt to land a hot-air balloon on islands at the centre of a bitter dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, a Japanese official said...
View ArticleSomeone Set Fire To The Main Gate Of The Chinese Consulate In San Francisco
(Reuters) - The Chinese consulate in San Francisco was heavily damaged after an unidentified person set fire to the main gate, the consulate said in a statement on Thursday, in a rare attack on a...
View ArticleChinese Balloonist Lands In The Middle Of Gigantic Geopolitical Island Dispute
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Chinese man landed himself, literally, in the midst of a territorial dispute between Asia's two great powers, crash-landing a hot air balloon near contested islands held by...
View ArticleMexican Cartels Exported Iron To China To Fuel Drug War
LAZARO CARDENAS, Mexico (Reuters) - When the leaders of Mexico and China met last summer, there was much talk of the need to deepen trade between their nations. Down on Mexico's Pacific coast, a drug...
View ArticleAn Upstart Chinese-Israeli Automaker Has Sold Its First Car
Six years after its formation, Chinese-Israeli brand Qoros has sold its first car. The 50-50 joint venture between Chery Automobile and Israel Corp. aims to "develop Western-standard vehicles for...
View ArticleWhy People Are Obsessing Over The Details In This Photograph Of Chinese...
The above image of Xi Jinping, the president of China, is a screen grab from a video showing Xi's New Year's address to the nation (you can watch the entire video on Youku here).The image probably...
View Article10 Ways Shopping At Wal-Mart In China Is Completely Different From How It Is...
Wal-Mart just recalled donkey meat in China because it contained meat from other animals, including fox. Despite the recent scandal, the mega-retailer has become wildly popular in China. Wal-Mart plans...
View ArticleChina Is Furious At The US For Releasing Uighur 'Terrorists' to Slovakia
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry criticized the United States on Thursday for sending the last three Uighur Chinese inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Slovakia, saying they...
View ArticleChina's Military Launches Into Massive Restructuring, Consolidation Of Command
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's increasingly sophisticated military will establish a joint operational command structure for its forces to improve coordination between different parts of the country's...
View ArticlePROFESSOR: Here's Why Britain's Military Could Beat China
China's armed forces makes a lot of headlines these days, with 2.3 million active military personnel and the world's second largest defense budget. Some people, like the bloggers at Global Firepower,...
View ArticleThe Unreal Popularity Of 'Sherlock' In China
The BBC's "Sherlock" franchise has been a huge worldwide hit, broadcast in more than 200 territories and turning Benedict Cumberbatch into an unlikely sex symbol.Perhaps nowhere can the worldwide...
View ArticleWhy It's So Difficult For App Developers To Take Advantage of China's Rapidly...
China is the world's largest smartphone market, and it's growing fast.With a record 450 million smartphones expected to ship in China this year and recent news of Apple's partnership with China Mobile,...
View Article40 MILLION PHONES: China's Xiaomi Has Lofty Goals For 2014
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.A GLOBAL...
View ArticleUS Waived Laws On Chinese Parts To Keep The F-35 On Budget
The Pentagon repeatedly waived laws banning Chinese-built components on U.S. weapons in order to keep the $392 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program on track in 2012 and 2013, even as U.S....
View ArticleChina’s Latest Crystal Meth Raids Look Epic [PHOTOS]
Want to see China's war on drugs in action?These photos show raids conducted at the end of December and just publicized today, which saw paramilitary troops and police officers used helicopters and...
View ArticleChina Promises To Support Its Bloated Solar Panel Industry
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China pledged further support for its ailing solar power industry on Saturday as the government seeks to revive a sector struggling with overcapacity and falling prices.The State...
View ArticleThe Story About Kim Jong-un Having His Uncle Eaten By 120 Wild Dogs May Have...
Do you remember when People's Daily, a Chinese Communist Party newspaper, mistakenly believed that a satirical Onion article naming Kim Jong Un the Sexiest Man Alive in 2012 was real and published a 55...
View ArticleRents In China Are Getting So High That Some People Are Moving Underground
BEIJING (Reuters) - Zig-zagging left and right through a maze of dark, narrow corridors in a high-rise's basement, 35-year-old kitchen worker Hu has joined the many thousands of Chinese fleeing...
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