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The Essential Stories Everyone Needs To Read About China Today
The Sinocism newsletter is compiled by Bill Bishop, and republished here with permission. Be Informed About China. The Sinocism China Newsletter. Free Our kids started their five week Chinese New Year...
View ArticleApple pioneers installment plans in China
Apple pioneers installment plans in China Apple has introduced installment payment plans for buyers of iPhones and MacBook laptops in China as it struggles to compete with low-cost devices in the...
View ArticleChina's affluence trap
We used to think that as China became wealthier, it would become more like the west. Yet the country is being transformed by internal disputes between its new right and left, with unpredictable...
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Apple Lets Online Buyers in China Pay in Two-Year Installments
Apple started offering installment payment plans in its China web shop, letting buyers pay for iPhones, iPads and Macbooks over the course of 2 years, Bloomberg reported. The deal is valid for owners...
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If China Lands Hard, The US Would Do A Lot Better Than The Rest Of The World
"Our core scenario is that China will grow by 7.4% in 2013," write the analysts at Societe Generale. "There is still a chance however that China could land hard, with growth of less than 6%." This is...
View ArticleChina to survey disputed Diaoyu Islands
Beijing (UPI) Jan 16, 2013 China said it will survey the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea to "safeguard China's marine rights," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The survey of the islands...
View ArticleChina investing $250B a year to produce more college grads
Like the United States did with the G.I. Bill after World War II, China is investing heavily to education tens of millions of students who are migrating from rural to urban China. The New York Times is...
View ArticleChina calls for talks with Japan to resolve dispute over group of islands in...
A senior Chinese leader has called for talks with Japan to resolve an increasingly bitter dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea. Jia Qinglin, who heads China's top political advisory...
View ArticleFilipino firm eyes partner in S China Sea gas deal
Filipino firm eyes partner in S China Sea gas deal MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino businessman says delays in his company's oil and gas exploration at a South China Sea reef claimed by China and...
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Mobile Is Driving Internet Penetration In China
Smartphones are fueling the Chinese Internet revolution.According to the China Internet Network Information Center, there were 564 million Internet users in China at the end of 2012. Mobile is the...
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'Skyfall' Isn't The Same In China
Chinese moviegoers are being treated to a slightly different version of "Skyfall" after censors cut a scene and used subtitles that obscure some of the movie's original dialogue. According to the...
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'Skyfall' Isn't The Same In China
Chinese moviegoers are being treated to a slightly different version of "Skyfall" after censors cut a scene and used subtitles that obscure some of the movie's original dialogue. According to the...
View ArticlePLA Navy in live-fire attack drills in East China and South China seas
The People's Liberation Army's naval air force has carried out attack drills in both the East and South China seas in a show of force directed at countries involved in territorial disputes with China,...
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Backyard Travel Release New China Tour: Fortresses, Modern History & The Hakka
Backyard Travel, Asia’s most innovative travel company, have today released details a new tailor-made tour to China’s Eastern region, Fujian. The educational ‘Fortresses, Modern History & The...
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CJ Arabia: Outsourced to China
The Verizon security blog is reporting that a security audit of a "U.S. critical infrastructure company" in 2012 revealed that its "star developer" had outsourced his own job to China so that he could...
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Mark Pfeifle: China's Strategic Next Step: Buying Critical US Taxpayer Funded...
Unless the Obama administration intervenes, the United States may soon have to depend on one of China's wealthiest and most politically-connected Communist party leaders for access to taxpayer-funded...
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China's Gift-Giving Culture Has Gotten A Lot More Modest
We’ve previously noted the changing dynamics of China’s culture of gift-giving, hastened by Beijing’s recent crackdown on excessive spending by government officials, but this week, a new Hurun Report...
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China's Latest Electricity Usage Data Confirm The Country's Return To Growth
China just released official statistics on Q4 2012 GDP and other measures. GDP rose 7.9 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter, slightly ahead of economists' estimates of 7.8 percent expansion....
View ArticleChina's Economy Grew Faster Last Quarter, Notching Up 7.8% Annual Gain
China said Friday that its economy ended 2012 on a stronger note with 7.9% growth in the final quarter. This matched or beat analysts' expectations and lifted full-year growth to 7.8%, above the...
View ArticleChina's economy rebounds at end of worst year since 1999
Economic growth regained speed in the final quarter of 2012 to help post a full-year GDP increase of 7.8% China's economy regained speed in the final quarter of 2012, pulling out of a post-global...
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