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The then-head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Guangzhou, the capital of southern China's Guangdong Province, was due to take part in a high-profile meeting at the provincial government building. Waiting for him outside were his subordinates
Edward Snowden released slides recently from an allegedly classified Powerpoint presentation to German newspaper Der Spiegel. The documents show that 50 terabytes of classified F-35 Joint Strike Fighter information was stolen from the U.S. government
Another quarter of leaks of ubiquitous US espionage in every corner of the world, and sure enough we get another quarter of China just saying no to spending any more money on companies...
Hong Kong's unpopular chief executive C.Y. Leung, nicknamed "the wolf" by detractors, has one Lunar New Year's request for his city's people: Be more like sheep.
Hong Kong's unpopular chief executive C.Y. Leung, nicknamed "the wolf" by detractors, has one Lunar New Year's request for his city's people: Be more like sheep.
E-commerce giant Alibaba says that U.S. regulators have requested information on Chinese authorities' allegations that the company has failed to do enough to prevent fake goods from being sold on its websites.
Restoration of kingdom could end U.S. military presence
The new order from Xi may have China's military officers shaking in their boots. Around the same time Xi made the announcement, 16 Chinese generals were placed under investigation, and it's very likely a longstanding policy that has quietly suppo
Bloomberg News finally did something useful this morning by publishing some startling graphs from McKinsey's latest update on the worldwide debt tsunami. If you don't mind a tad of rounding, the planetary debt total now stands at $200 trillion co
Potatoes have been around China for about four centuries, introduced from the New World by Portuguese traders in the 1600s. The hardy tuber was first grown in mountainous areas and arid regions not fit for other crops. The arrival of potatoes even he
These messages, conveyed directly or interpreted afterwards by analysts, were presented in recent speeches by Xi to cadres in the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC), the agency that controls the entire domestic security apparatus of the Chi
Offshore yuan's valuation dropped to 6.28 per U.S. dollar in New York Friday afternoon, which is a two-year low. The rate is also 2 percent lower than the official midday fixing by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank. T
There was the anonymous, retired in-house censor at the popular liberal newspaper Southern Weekly, who declared in a widely popular Internet post: "Looking back on the last four years, I made mistakes. I have killed some drafts that I shouldn't h
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday hailed his country's relations with India and Russia during meetings that heard calls for developing economies to have more say on the global stage, rivalling US influence.
With the declining yen, Japan's manufacturing PMI has risen eight months. In contrast, China has been wavering near the stagnation line since early 2011.
On the heels of worse than expected Manufacturing PMIs (both indicating economic contraction) and the "taking away" of Minsheng Bank's CEO in a clear signal that the corruption probe is refocusing on the banking industry,....
WOW Swiss and Chinese Central Banks Cut Deal for Chinese Currency Clearing (A Serious Poke at the Dollar?)
Exclusive: WinSun China builds world's first 3D printed villa and tallest 3D printed apartment building
In the year 2000, a remarkable thing began happening in the Chinese organ transplantation industry: organ transplant rates shot up, new transplant centers were opened, and a flush of websites offered turnaround times of as little as one week for the
In Hekeng, a place with several hundred residents, I ticked off 13 tulou. (Tu lou means "earthen structure" in Mandarin, a very modest definition, like describing a coliseum as a stone circle.) The buildings look medieval, with high mud-brown walls
China is experiencing dramatic economic and social change. Though its economy has slowed in recent years, it averaged double-digit annual growth for more than a generation.
For the first time since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis China may fail to meet its real GDP growth target for a given year, which in 2014 was set at 7.5 percent.
China's Iron Ore Inventories Post Biggest Decline in Two Years; Yuan Observation; Pro-Cyclical Stupidity.
The new year is not even a week old and already the volatility fireworks are off, as well as the continued commodity derisking.
'The Government Is Watching Every Citizen:' The BBC Just Reported From The Most Oppressive Place In China
After more than a decade of development, China's first homegrown airliner has finally earned approval from the country's government to carry passengers.
Access to Gmail in China was difficult, but not impossible. Workarounds included Outlook, Apple Mail, and third-party Gmail hosts.
The Shanghai Gold Exchange reported delivering 60 tons of gold for the week ended December 19, 2014 bringing the total of gold delivered this year to 2,016 tons!
In his last email of the Year Michael Pettis takes stock of the current state of China's rebalancing. It's an 18 page PDF, with no online link..99
Something strange is going on in China.
