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Occupy Wukan is another matter entirely. The state press has been all but mute on why 13,000 Chinese citizens, furious over repeated rip-offs by their village elite, sent their leaders fleeing to safety and repulsed efforts by the police to retake Wu
The Finnish authorities have impounded an Isle of Man-flagged ship bound for China with undeclared missiles and explosives, officials say.
The PNAC's declared objectives were to “fight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theater wars” in different regions of the world as well as perform the so-called military “constabulary” duties “associated with shaping the security enviro
Republicans and Democrats, liberals as well as conservatives, have bought into anti-Chinese trade demagoguery. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that tariffs against China are a "key part of our 'Make It in America' agenda."
Beijing city authorities issued new rules requiring microbloggers to register their real names before posting online, as the Chinese government tightens its grip on the Internet. The government now requires users to give their real names to website
China has problems. As its economy continues to slump, civil unrest is boiling just under the surface of the tightly controlled society. Some of China's officials now worry that soon the country may explode into uncontrollable riots fueled by massiv
Hollywood actor Christian Bale was manhandled and roughed up by Chinese security guards as he tried to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked international outcry.
China's epic hangover begins. China's credit bubble has finally popped. The property market is swinging wildly from boom to bust, the cautionary exhibit of a BRIC's dream that is at last coming down to earth with a thud. Chinese stocks are flashing w
China bought less U.S. Treasury debt in October and total foreign holdings dipped for the first time since July.
A long-running dispute between farmers and local officials in southern China exploded into open rebellion this week after villagers chased away government leaders, set up roadblocks and began arming themselves with homemade weapons, residents said.
Christina Lampe-Onnerud, founder of the battery startup, discusses the advantages of moving the company's manufacturing and research to China.
Behind the scenes at Suntech Power, the world’s largest solar manufacturer.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power.
In a translation of Hu's comments, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the president as saying China's navy should "make extended preparations for warfare."
A young woman sits cross-legged on the ground laughing playfully as she is fed a lychee. Another plays cards in pair of baggy pink pajamas. Hours to minutes after the pictures were taken, each were led into a concrete yard and executed.
Marc Faber, a top global analyst, sees the fleeing investors as just one of the signs China may be about to face bigger economic trouble than those currently plaguing Europe. Concerning the Asian giant, the savvy money man emphasized during a recent
US dispatches three more warships to Middle East
“I live in Asia and all I can say is I observe a meaningful slowdown in business activity recently and increasing corporate earnings that disappoint... “There’s a huge capital flight [from China], there’s no question about this.”
The Chinese have called it their “Underground Great Wall” — a vast network of tunnels designed to hide their country’s increasingly sophisticated missile and nuclear arsenal. A small band of obsessively dedicated students at Georgetown University has
Last week, President Barack Obama was in Asia to declare a cold war with China. Hopefully the U.S.-China cold war won’t be like the one fought with the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation and cost trillions of do
China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.
Larry Lang, chair professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said that the Chinese regime is in a serious economic crisis—on the brink of bankruptcy. In his memorable formulation: every province in China is Greece.
U.S. oil company ExxonMobil is reporting a “potentially significant” gas discovery off the coast of Vietnam, stating in a press release, "We can confirm ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Vietnam Limited drilled its second exploration well offshor
A highly respected Chinese professor of finance says the economy of China is as precarious as Greece and is facing a devastating collapse. If China falls the already wildly erratic European economies will surely topple and America may swiftly follow.
The central government's efforts to control inflation over the past year have restricted bank credit, driving up the demand for underground loans,...private loans that have interest rates as high as 60%.
A man set himself on fire in Tiananmen Square over a court dispute last month, police in Beijing have confirmed. It is a rare case of such protest in the politically sensitive centre of China's capital. The police said officers at the scene quickl
You know the “biting the hand that feeds you” thing… Does the administration (and lawmakers) truly believe that China will not get ticked off, and choose not to attend the next Treasury auction? What happens if they do?
A group of people studying online maps stumbled across a series of strange patterns in the Chinese desert large enough to be seen from space. The unusual white designs appear to have been etched into the ground and their creators clearly don't lack f
As an economic superpower, what does China want on the global stage?
The string of 10 recent Tibetan self-immolations – six monks, three former monks, and a nun – is unprecedented in modern Tibetan history.
