China is spending billions to develop Kyaukpyu as its international gateway in Myanmar, but the development threatens to be derailed by communal violence.
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Analyst say the risks are even greater with a new political leadership in Beijing which may be more sensitive to slights. So far, their response has been firm but guarded.
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China’s urban average wages rose at a slower clip last year, official data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday, reflecting an impact from last year’s economic slowdown.
Employees at what the bureau calls “non-private” entities in urban areas earned a...
French President Francois Hollande called on Thursday for an economic government in the euro zone that would have its own budget, the right to issue debt, a harmonised tax system and a full-time president.
Speaking at a news conference marking his first year in office, a day af...
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart on Friday accused the government of using the mining industry as an ATM, warning of an unhealthy reliance on the sector and unsustainable debt levels.
In a speech to the Australian Mines and Metals Association conference, the outspoken...
Statistics reveal that the new auto market in China is by far the biggest in the world, with luxury vehicle sales climbing daily. Analysts predict that within seven years, China's demand for so-called "premium" cars will outstrip the demand in the United States. Currently premium cars make up 14 percent of new car sales in the United States, with up to 9 percent of China's sales being premium cars. It has also been noted that luxury car owners favor German models BMW, Mercedes and Audi. Now General Motors is planning to tap into the premium car market in China by building a new Cadillac factor...
During a recent state visit to Beijing by Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, the two countries signed a free-trade deal which aims to eliminate most trade tariffs in the next few years. This is the first such agreement that China has signed with a European country and some analysts are...
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The development of some industries in China – integrated circuits and automotives, for example – has been fueled at least in part by foreign invested enterprises. Intel’s investment, for example, has helped fuel the growth of higher-v...
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke‘s A Touch of Sin (天注定) screened today at the Cannes Film Festival, where it is being considered for the ”Golden Palm,” the prestigious festival’s highest prize. Today’s Cannes round-up from Indiewire has the trailer:
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The Guardian’s first look at the film gives a synopsis:
[...T]he film is [...] an angry, painful, satirical lunge into what the director clearly sees as the dark heart of modern China, and a real attempt to represent this to audiences elsewhere in the world. He sees ...
Sina Corp. (SINA), owner of China’s largest Twitter-like service, posted a first-quarter loss as an advertising slowdown damped revenue and the company spent more on developing mobile applications.
The net loss narrowed to $13.2 million...
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For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab looks at the recent directive listing seven topics that are off-limits for academics to discuss in the classroom: “freedom of the press, a civil society, civic rights, historical mistakes committed by the Communis...
China retained its lead over Japan as the largest foreign creditor to America in March, U.S. Treasury Department data show.
China’s holdings of Treasuries fell 0.1 percent in March to $1.25 trillion, while Japan reduced its stake by 0.05 percent...
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China Resources Enterprise Ltd. (291)’s first-quarter profit fell 61 percent as the nation’s second-largest hypermarket operator was hurt by higher costs and a government push to curtail public expenditures.
Net income dropped to HK$512 million...
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NEW YORK—In China they can be arrested, tortured, and subject to forced labor simply for practicing Falun Gong. This is why it is so particularly meaningful for Falun Gong practitioners from around the world to be in New York City, meditating in protest of the brutal persecution of practitioners in China since 1999.
The solemn and silent appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate in Manhattan on Friday evening stretched from 40th to 42nd Street along 12th Avenue. Commuters, tourists, and locals passing by took fliers that explained about Falun Gong’s guiding principles of truth, compassion...
THEY have fired diplomatic rows and auctions reaching as high as $40m. They have inspired an exhibit by dissident artist Ai Weiwei, as well as a tepid action film starring that born-again Chinese patriot by way of Hong Kong, Jackie Chan. They were even once cheekily offered up in exchange for Tibet....
NEW YORK—Members of the Chinese Communist Party are leaving the party by the tens of thousands, like the grains of sand slipping through the CCP’s hourglass.
An event to support the 138 million Chinese who have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations was held in f...
Israeli Minister of the Interior Gideon Sa’ar has delayed the deportation of a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner, allowing her time to appeal to the courts or seek asylum in another country.
Wang Li was due to be deported back to China on May 14, based on claims that she is not a true adherent of th...
A group of nearly a dozen Chinese human rights lawyers who attempted to investigate an extralegal “brainwashing center” in the southeast of the country were violently set upon by guards on May 13, before being handed over to police, who beat them further and held them overnight before releasing ...
China is spending billions to develop Kyaukpyu as its international gateway in Myanmar, but the development threatens to be derailed by communal violence.
...
Statistics reveal that the new auto market in China is by far the biggest in the world, with luxury vehicle sales climbing daily. Analysts predict that within seven years, China's demand for so-called "premium" cars will outstrip the demand in the United States. Currently premium cars make up 14 percent of new car sales in the United States, with up to 9 percent of China's sales being premium cars. It has also been noted that luxury car owners favor German models BMW, Mercedes and Audi. Now General Motors is planning to tap into the premium car market in China by building a new Cadillac factor...
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke‘s A Touch of Sin (天注定) screened today at the Cannes Film Festival, where it is being considered for the ”Golden Palm,” the prestigious festival’s highest prize. Today’s Cannes round-up from Indiewire has the trailer:
Click here to view the embedded video.
The Guardian’s first look at the film gives a synopsis:
[...T]he film is [...] an angry, painful, satirical lunge into what the director clearly sees as the dark heart of modern China, and a real attempt to represent this to audiences elsewhere in the world. He sees ...
NEW YORK—In China they can be arrested, tortured, and subject to forced labor simply for practicing Falun Gong. This is why it is so particularly meaningful for Falun Gong practitioners from around the world to be in New York City, meditating in protest of the brutal persecution of practitioners in China since 1999.
The solemn and silent appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate in Manhattan on Friday evening stretched from 40th to 42nd Street along 12th Avenue. Commuters, tourists, and locals passing by took fliers that explained about Falun Gong’s guiding principles of truth, compassion...
