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09.18.17China vs U.S.: Who Is Copying Whom?
Financial Times
China is gradually shedding its reputation as the world’s technology copycat. It still spawns lookalikes, whether they be GoPro-style action cameras or Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing app that looked awfully like Uber until it added Chinese...
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06.28.17Why The Great Malls of China Are Starting to Crumble
CBS News
China, which for years has been goading consumers to spend their hard-earned yuan as the country seeks to modernize its economy, faces an all-too-American problem: too many shopping malls, and not enough people to shop there.
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06.14.17Asia Closes Mostly Lower Following Release of China Industrial Data; Fed Awaited
CNBC
Equities in Asia closed mostly lower on Wednesday as China data came in mostly in line with expectations and markets awaited the Federal Reserve's decision on monetary policy.
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03.16.17China Consumer Day Show Skewers Nike Shoes, Muji Foods
Reuters
China’s annual consumer rights day television show turned its spotlight on U.S. sports brand Nike Inc for misleading advertising and Japanese brand Muji for selling food products allegedly sourced from part of Japan affected by radiation.
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03.08.17As Leaders Argue, South Korea Finds China Is No Longer an Easy Sell
New York Times
Now, as the deployment of the system begins this week and China threatens to punish South Korea further, companies like Beyond Cosmetics have been bracing for worse.
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02.04.17These American-Made Ford Raptor Pickups Are Shipping off to China
Verge
In a move that is sure to make President Trump happy, Ford is shipping a boatload of F-150 Raptor pickup trucks. Company reps are very excited to be sending American-made trucks over to China instead of the other way around.
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02.02.17China Labor Unrest Spreads to ‘New Economy’
Financial Times
Retail and logistics sectors hit by strikes and protests once focused on industry
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01.29.17Apple iPhone Toppled from No. 1 Spot in China for the First Time in 5 Years Making Firm ‘Vulnerable’: Research
CNBC
Apple’s iPhone has failed to clinch the title for the top selling smartphone in China for the first time since 2012, making the U.S. technology giant “vulnerable” in the world‘s second-largest economy
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09.07.16Chinese Consumers May Be Experiencing ‘iPhone Fatigue’ As Product Launch Nears
Fortune
Convincing shoppers to replace their smartphone is a tougher sell than it used to be.
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11.12.15
Watch Frank Underwood Advertise China’s Black Friday
On November 11, at the stroke of midnight Beijing time, millions of Chinese sitting behind their computers or cradling their mobile phones began purchasing cell phones, handbags, and clothing at cutthroat prices. By the end of November 11, analysts...
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07.20.156 Arrested in China After Dressing Room Sex Video Goes Viral
Los Angeles Times
A 19-year-old man was charged with disseminating obscene material. The couple pictured and three others were detained.
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01.14.14Foxconn Reportedly Ships Nearly 1.5M iPhone 5s Units for China Mobile launch
Wall Street Journal
Apple sales slow in the face of competition from Samsung, Lenovo, Yulong and Huawei.
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03.04.13China’s Frills and Posh Market Springs a Leak
Imagine a luxury goods shopper so confident and flush with cash that one day he walks into a Shanghai handbag shop, flashes 300,000 yuan, and waltzes out with almost every bag in stock.That’s what happened last year at a Prada store where Benny Lu...
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10.10.12China Gets Back to Work
New York Times
After China's Golden Week holiday, a round-up of important recent stories on economy and politics.
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08.16.12Rise Of The Online Titans
China’s titans of online retailing have unsheathed their marketing swords for a war in cyberspace that industry watchers say will decide the future of everyday shopping habits for nearly a billion consumers.Dozens of retail companies have staked out...