China's Chicken Supplier Probe Is Causing Problems For KFC (YUM)
Yum! Brands, the owner of KFC and Taco Bell, just warned that sales in its Chinese stores would fall short of expectations due to an From the company's 8-K filing with the SEC: Due to adverse publicity...
View ArticleBrad Pitt Sends Vague Tweet To China: ‘Yup, I’m Coming’
Beijing, CHINA – Brad Pitt appears to have made his social media debut, though it’s not where you might expect. Rather than open a Twitter account or Facebook page, the Fight Club actor has suddenly...
View ArticleChina Could Be Spending More On Its Military Than The US By 2035
China's military budget has been exploding and could soon pass the US military budget in just over two decades. From a recent research note published by Societe Generale: *Growing dispute with China...
View ArticleChina sales fell more than expected: Yum
KFC parent Yum Brands has warned that sales in its top market of China shrank more than expected in the fourth quarter, citing bad publicity from a government review of that country’s chicken supply....
View ArticleDonald Gross: Kerry and Hagel Will Improve US Relations With China
President Barack Obama's appointment of John Kerry as secretary of state and Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense will likely bring a major improvement in U.S.-China relations during the...
View ArticleChina and Japan step up drone race as tension builds over disputed islands
Both countries claim drones will be used for surveillance, but experts warn of future skirmishes in region's airspace Drones have taken centre stage in an escalating arms race between China and Japan...
View ArticleApple CEO Tim Cook visits China, meets with official
Apple CEO Tim Cook is visiting China and met with a government official on Tuesday, about 10 months after his last visit to the country. Cook met with Miao Wei, the head of China's Ministry of Industry...
View ArticleShould China Be Reintroducing More Giant Pandas Into The Wild?
*From Mother Nature Network's John Platt:* In 2006, a 5-year-old captive-bred giant panda named Xiang Xiang ("Lucky") was released into the wild — the first of his kind to make that transition. Ten...
View ArticleA Hard Landing In China Part 1 - Evolution And Response
Via Wei Yao of Societe Generale, Imagine a hard landing in China... The Chinese economy has been enjoying a cyclical rebound since the beginning of Q4 2012. SocGen's central scenario is that this...
View ArticleGuest Post: Japan Explores War Scenarios with China
Via J. Michael Cole of The Diplomat.com, As Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party national defense task force announced on Jan. 8 that it would increase the nation’s defense budget by more than 100 billion...
View ArticleSouth China Morning Post wins 4 prizes for digital excellence at the WAN-IFRA...
*HONG KONG*-- MediaOutReach--30 November 2012 --Hong Kong's premier English language newspaper South China Morning Post (SEHK: 583) is proud to announce that it has won four top awards in the Asian...
View ArticleA Hard Landing In China Part 2 - Rest Of The World Impact
Via Wei Yao of Societe Generale, ...and what it means for the rest of the world Following on from our earlier discussion of how a Chinese hard landing would evolve, SocGen now examines how a Chinese...
View ArticleSynthetic Rubber Manufacturing in China Industry Research Report – Now...
The Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing industry in China is estimated to generate of $15.9 billion in 2012, says IBISWorld. Revenue has been growing strongly, largely due to the rapid development of the...
View ArticleCan China's journalists win the fight against censorship? | Madeline Earp
Southern Weekly's dispute has galvanised protest against press restrictions. It's time for China's new leaders to change course Media officials in China frequently demote outspoken journalists for...
View ArticleModalMinds and LEASEstation Visit Tianjin, See Tremendous Opportunities for...
ModalMinds and LEASEstation executives visit the Binhai Central Business District (CBD) in Tianjin, China and find tremendous interest from Chinese companies eager to engage in China and United States...
View ArticleKFC China Tries To Regain Reputation After Food Safety Scares
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Jan 8 (Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc said it had stopped using chicken from suppliers in China that are now under a government investigation before the review was...
View ArticleKwei Quartey: Why Africa Is Turning to China
Ghana held its general elections last December 7 and 8, 2012, reelecting incumbent President John Dramani Mahama. However, Nana Akufo-Addo, flag-bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, is...
View ArticleApple's Cook in China to boost iPhone sales
Apple's Cook in China to boost iPhone sales Bloomberg Copyright 2013 Bloomberg. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 1:46 pm,...
View ArticleChina’s Trade Surplus Rose To $31.6 Billion In December: Official Data
China’s trade surplus gained in December over the previous month in an indication that the world’s second-largest economy is reviving its growth momentum. According to the data released Thursday by the...
View ArticleApple's Cook seeks sales boost in China
Apple's Cook seeks sales boost in China Bloomberg Copyright 2013 Bloomberg. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 8:45 pm, Wednesday,...
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