Government Reform: Super-Size Me
on February 18, 2013
Officials say fewer, bigger ministries can mean smaller government. Not everyone agrees.
S.E.C. Inquiry Into China Film Trade Unnerves Hollywood
on February 18, 2013
Hunkered down. Lawyered up. Looking over your shoulder for the prosecutors. That is a not a comfortable way to do business. But it may become business as usual for those who have been struggling to make China both a customer for Hollywood films and a partner in the production of them.
Nuclear Test Sparks Chinese Radiation Fears
on February 18, 2013
Chinese authorities are moving to tamp down public worries about radiation less than a week after North Korea set off a nuclear test not far from their common border.
Morgan Stanley's Latest Alibaba Estimates Suggest It's Worth $66 Billion-$168 Billion
on February 18, 2013
The most relevant comparison is to Tencent which is still the biggest Chinese Internet company still experiencing rapid growth – albeit at a slightly slower pace than Alibaba. (Tencent did $1.88 billion in the last year and is currently valued at $65 billion.)
Return to Rivertown
on February 18, 2013
In 1996 a Peace Corps volunteer arrived in Fuling, a sleepy town on the Yangtze, to teach English. He went back recently to find the landscape—and his former students—transformed.
China Plays By Its Own Rules While Going Global
on February 18, 2013
When Venezuela seized billions of dollars in assets from Exxon Mobil and other foreign companies, Chinese state banks and investors didn't blink. Over the past five years they have loaned Venezuela more than $35 billion.
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China Muscles U.S. in the Pacific
on February 18, 2013
Within two decades the United States will be forced out of the western Pacific, says a senior Chinese military officer, amid concerns that increasingly militarised great-power rivalry could lead to war.
NBA Star Debuts on Chinese Social Media, Fans Clamor: #I want to speak to Kobe#
on February 16, 2013
Tea Leaf Nation editor David Wertime spoke on February 15 on Public Radio International’s The World about NBA star Kobe Bryant (@KobeBryant), who has recently opened an account on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter. Listen to the full two-minute interview:
Free Coffee for North Korea?
An Internet Meme Explodes
on February 15, 2013
What should China do to persuade its moody ally North Korea to comply with international restrictions on its nuclear ambitions?
