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10.05.16China’s Experiment in Djibouti
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China’s role in Africa is changing from resource extractor to long-term strategic partner. Djibouti is a prime example
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10.04.16Road to Stagnation? China Inc Gets a Break From Lenders
Reuters
China may be in for a long period of Japan-like stagnation rather than a single event triggering a crisis
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10.04.16China’s Rising Threat to the U.S. Movie Industry
Politico
With firms like Dalian Wanda gaining influence in the U.S., would a war movie called South China Sea ever play in one of Wanda’s theaters?
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10.04.16How Donald Trump Ditched U.S. Steel Workers in Favor of China
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Trump has been stiffing American steel workers on his own construction projects for years
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10.03.16China Marks Milestone With Yuan’s Entry Into IMF Reserve Basket
Wall Street Journal
Move confers a measure of legitimacy after Beijiing’s yearslong effort to internationalize its currency; remains far from countering dollar’s status
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10.03.16Mixed Messages
Economist
A missed opportunity to improve the environment for foreign companies in China
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10.03.16589 Million Chinese Tourists Will Spend $72 Billion in Just 7 Days Celebrating “Golden Week”
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Unexpectedly, the new hot destination is Morocco
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09.30.16Apple Opening a $45 Million Research Hub in China to Develop Hardware, ‘Advanced’ Tech
CNBC
The center will be located in Beijing's version of Silicon Valley, the Zhongguancun Science Park
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09.30.16China’s Quest to Buy Up Global Supply of Donkeys Halted by African Nations
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Donkey hide is used to make Chinese remedy ejiao, believed to improve blood circulation
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09.29.16Peyton Manning is Looking for the Yao Ming of Football in China
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Former quarterback says ‘no-brainer’ for NFL to play in China
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09.29.16China’s Streaming Craze Launches a Billion Shooting Stars
Wall Street Journal
The owner of streaming app Inke is China’s newest unicorn thanks to a 19-fold increase in value
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09.29.16How China’s Progress is Killing the Instant Noodle
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As China's economy has slowed, so too has its appetite for instant noodles
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Fakes, Pirates, and Shanzhai Culture
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Fakes, knockoffs, pirate goods, counterfeits: China is notorious as the global manufacturing center of all things ersatz. But in the first decade after the People’s Republic joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, a particular kind of knockoff...
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09.27.16China Industrial Profits Rise Most in 3 Years as Economy Shows Signs of Stabilizing
Reuters
Is the improvement fleeting or real?
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09.27.16China Cities Move to Halt Housing Market Frenzy
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Speculators targeted as 15-month price surge persists
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09.27.16China’s Xiaomi Guns for Apple with Latest Premium Smartphone
Bloomberg
The Mi S5 is a luxury phone costing less than half the most expensive iPhone
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09.27.16Long Absent in China, Tipping Makes a Comeback at a Few Trendy Restaurants
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Scan your server's QR code if you like your service
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09.26.16China’s Risk-Loving Mom & Pop Investors Abandon Local Stock Markets for Bitcoin
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China’s two biggest exchanges account for more than 90% of global trading.
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09.26.16Phillippines’ Duterte Wants to ‘Open Alliances’ With Russia, China
Reuters
Duterte turns after reaching "the point of no return" with the U.S.
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09.26.16Relax, China’s Banks Aren’t About to Have a Meltdown
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There are reasons to be worried about China’s debt, but the risk of a 2008-style crisis is not one of them.
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09.26.16China to Prosecute Former Top Executives for Alleged Graft
Reuters
Next on the chopping block: former Sinopec, China Southern execs, Tibet top security official
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In China, Organic Food Is Gaining Ground
Wan Li, a young Beijing professional in her late 20s, is at her desk when her cell phone rings. She picks up. “North entrance?” She confirms. “I’ll be right out.” An electric delivery scooter has just pulled up to Wan’s office with her order of...
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09.23.16China Will Resume Imports of U.S. Beef After a Ban Long Seen as Political
Time
For an American industry that relies increasingly on global demand, the news is welcome
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09.23.16Sony and Wanda Team Up to Market Films in China
Wall Street Journal
Deal could boost Sony Pictures’ box-office returns, strengthen Dalian Wanda’s movie-business profile
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09.23.16China’s Coal Cap Will Bite
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Can the shift to more domestic output be met without blanketing China's cities in smog?
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09.23.16China Spends More in the World than the World Spends in China
BBC
For the first time, Chinese companies have invested more abroad than foreign companies have invested in China
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09.22.16Mystery of China’s ‘Ghost Uber Drivers’
Financial Times
An eruption of creepy faces on driver profiles has spooked potential passengers
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09.22.16Alibaba Dethrones Baidu in China’s Digital Advertising Market
CNBC
Mobile ads are witnessing quick growth, but not everyone is in for a win this year.
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09.21.16Chinese Central Bank Designates Renminbi Clearing Bank in New York
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First offshore renminbi settlement bank in US fills major gap
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09.21.16China State Steel Merger Taps Old Theme: Bigger is Better
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Beijing revives push to consolidate heavy industry
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09.20.16Is China Building a Road to Ruin?
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China beats the U.S. on infrastructure but at a heavy cost
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Chinese Spending Can Help Create Jobs in the United States
Trade does result in very real and serious job losses, while its benefits are spread more broadly over the entire U.S. economy. Yet many job losses are not a result of trade; they are actually driven by productivity gains related to rapid...
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Chinese Business’ Complicated Role in Kenyan Corruption
One of the many simple, widely-believed narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that Chinese businesses fuel corruption across the continent. Chinese corporate corruption in Africa is well documented, from allegations of paying off corrupt...
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A Chinese Train Could Link South America’s Atlantic and Pacific Coasts by Rail for the First Time
from chinadialogue
Official bodies from Brazil and Peru have expressed concern about the social and environmental impacts of the proposed interoceanic railway, which will connect the coast of Peru and Brazil, cutting through 621 miles of pristine rainforest.In a...
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China’s Teflon Toxin Problem
from Intercept
Since the late 1970s, the chemical industry has been at the heart of China’s dazzling growth. And as regulations increase around the world, many toxic chemicals wind up coming to China just to die a slow death. Teflon—the slippery substance used in...
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Can China’s Best Newspaper Survive?
On September 9, the South China Morning Post’s Chinese-language website went dark with little explanation, leading to concerns that censorship might next spread to the newspaper’s English-language coverage. Can Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, who has...
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The Destruction of Baishizhou
Early this spring, the Chinese character for “demolish” (“拆”) showed up in red spray paint on a strip of shops in Shenzhen’s Baishizhou neighborhood. Wang An, 41, has been selling women’s underwear from one of these shops for the last 10 years. “...
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African Migrants in Guangzhou, Forgetting, Family Planning’s Fate, and More...
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Photographing the aftermath of catastrophic events is challenging—one that photographer Mu Li handles with creativity and grace looking back at the chemical explosion in Tianjin that damaged as many as 17,000 homes August 12, 2015. Another challenge...
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09.12.16China Lays New Brick in Silk Road With First Afghan Rail Freight
Bloomberg
China has for years had grand investment plans for Afghanistan’s resource riches.
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09.12.16China Rethinks Its Alliance With Reeling Venezuela
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Concerns prompted emergency meetings between the Chinese envoy and state companies.
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09.12.16Apple Holds Firm On China iPhone Premium
Forbes
China has become a particularly worrisome market for Apple in the last year.
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09.12.16Surge in Offshore Yuan Borrowing Rate Suggests China Intervention
Wall Street Journal
Move by banks in Hong Kong market, likely at behest of PBOC, seems aimed at bets against yuan.
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The Hong Kong Election: What Message Does it Send Beijing?
On September 4, Hong Kong elected a batch of its youngest and most pro-democratic lawmakers yet. Six new legislators, all under 40, won on platforms that called for Hong Kongers to decide their own fate. The youngest is 23-year-old Nathan Law, a...
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09.07.16Tens of Thousands of Jobs Go as China’s Biggest Banks Cut Costs
Bloomberg
The cuts suggest that employment has peaked at the firms that are the world’s biggest providers of banking jobs.
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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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09.07.16Goldman Sachs: China Signaling Further Stimulus on the Way
CNBC
The bank pointed to China’s State Council meeting this week, which discussed plans to streamline the approval process for investment projects.
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09.07.16Volkswagen in Talks to Make Electric Cars in China
Wall Street Journal
The German car maker has signed a memorandum of cooperation with China Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co.
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Yiwu, a City at the Core of Cheap Chinese Goods
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Renowned as a trading town during the Qing dynasty, the eastern city of Yiwu again became famous for its markets after China’s economic reforms kicked in during the 1980s. Since then, the metropolis of 1.2 million people has transformed into a hub...
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09.06.16China’s Hunger for Steelmaking Coal Fuels Price Rally
Wall Street Journal
China is increasingly relying on coking-coal shipments from abroad due to a local shortage.
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09.06.16China’s Swoop on Boeing Supplier Points to Aluminum’s Future
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Alcoa Inc., an iconic U.S. producer for more than a century, has shuttered all but one smelter and plans to split itself in two.
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08.25.16China Moves to Ease Foreign Concerns on Cybersecurity Controls
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China will allow Microsoft, Cisco, other foreign tech companies to join the influential Technical Committee 260.
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08.25.16FBI Files Say China Firm Pushed U.S. Experts for Nuclear Secrets
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Summaries of the consultants’ interviews with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation were filed this month.
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08.25.16China’s Zika Fumigation Rules Raise Worries for U.S. Exporters
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Companies worry that requirement to fumigate all containers could result in costs, delays.
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Is Huawei Doing Enough to Train Local Staff in Africa?
The Chinese telecom giant Huawei recently launched a massive publicity campaign to raise awareness in Africa about what it is doing to train local employees. The company has opened at least five training centers in different countries across the...
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What’s Next for Uber and Didi in China?
New regulations and a blockbuster merger between the industry’s largest players are reshaping the business landscape for China’s car-hailing app companies.And the landscape is widening as car-hailing companies, including Didi Chuxing Technology Co...
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08.15.16Tesla Drops Autopilot Label From Chinese Site after Crash
Financial Times
The move comes only days after receiving complaints over the way it markets the technology to potential owners.
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08.15.16Why China’s Plan to Build a New Silk Road Runs Through Singapore
Bloomberg
Cultural ties make city-state key gateway to Southeast Asia.
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08.15.16China Shares Hit Seven-Month High; World Yields Keep Falling
Reuters
Chinese stocks helped offset news that Japan’s economic growth had ground to a halt.
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08.15.16China’s Coal Towns Are Literally Sinking
Fortune
Hundreds of thousands are being moved from regions made unsafe from coal companies.
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08.15.16China Pledges to Cut Size of Its Massive Fishing Fleet Due to Serious Threat to Nation’s Fish Stocks
South China Morning Post
The government said there were practically “no fish” in the coastal East China Sea.