Indians From All Over China Are Flocking to Shanghai to Hear Their Prime Minister Speak
More than 5,000 Indian expats are expected to attend an event on Saturday.
China Tilts Towards Liberal Latin American Economies
China is promoting a Chinese-built, cross-Andes rail link that would allow Brazilian ore and soya to be shipped from Pacific ports in Peru to Asia.
The Sleeper Issue of 2016 Is China
Why are we so worried about the Islamic State when Beijing is the real challenge?
The China Africa Project
05.07.15
China Malls Rise Amid Growing Xenophobia in South Africa
Chinese immigrants in South Africa have not been spared from the violent, anti-immigrant riots...
The U.S.-China Disconnect on Trade Deals
Obama cautions on Beijing’s rise as he pushes TPP at home; a look at key differences in how the U.S. and China approach trade expansion.
Caixin Media
04.28.15
Saudi Aramco’s Al-Falih on China Collaboration
Saudi Arabian Oil Company President and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih has seen global oil prices rise and fall through at least six market cycles during his more than 30 years with the world’s largest crude producer and exporter.
Al-Falih, 55,...
Obama Presses Case for Asia Trade Deal, Warns Failure Would Benefit China
President says anti-globalization sentiments from left and right ‘a big mistake’
China Manufacturing Gauge Falls to One-Year Low
An initial gauge of China’s factory activity showed further weakness in April, defying government efforts to support the economy.
China Fines Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz for Price-Fixing
China is the world's No. 1 car market and foreign automakers have been under scrutiny for allegedly overcharging customers.
China Is Planning to Rebuild the Silk Road and Transform Global Trade Routes
China plans to build a modern version of the Silk Road through Pakistan and beyond.
Xi Says Increasingly Confident in China-Pakistan Ties
Xi called for focus on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Gwadar Port, energy, transport infrastructure, and industrial cooperation.
China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative
Beijing looks West toward Eurasian integration.
China’s Investing $46 B to Carve Route Through one of World’s Most Dangerous Regions
Xi visiing Pakistan to sign energy and infrastructure deals for a corridor stretching to Xinjiang.
China Film Group Takes Role in Hollywood
With a ten percent stake in ‘Furious 7’ China Film Group had, for the first time, an incentive to award an import a good release date.
IBM Venture With China Stirs Concerns
IBM is running into Obama pressure to persuade Beijing to drop new measures that require American companies to hand over technology in exchange for market access.
BMW China Dealers Press Auto Maker for More Financial Support
In letter to German luxury car maker, dealers call on BMW to set more realistic sales targets.
China’s Biggest Chip Maker’s Possible Tie-Up With H-P Values Unit at Up to $5 Billion
Tsinghua Unigroup in talks to buy a controlling stake in Hewlett-Packard unit H3C Technologies.
Where Does Hillary Clinton Stand on China and Russia?
It's unclear how she would manage two of America's most important and complex relationships.
The Netflix of China Is Invading the US With Smartphones
LeTV launched its Internet video streaming service three years before Netflix (2004 versus 2007).
Hank Paulson: Economic Challenges, China — and the Birds
Paulson says the United States needs a clear-eyed, coordinated, consistent approach to the formidable challenge from China.
China’s March Exports Shrink 15 Percent Year-on-Year in Shock Fall
The tumble could heighten worries about how a rising yuan hurt demand for Chinese goods and services abroad.
Power Play: China’s Ultra High Voltage Technology and Global Standards
Paulson Institute
As a matter of government policy and corporate strategy, China has been intensifying its effort to set indigenous standards for homegrown ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission technology. The country also aims to contribute to UHV standards...
The China Africa Project
04.02.15
The Politics of Banning Ivory in China
In February 2015, China announced a one-year ban on ivory imports. While many conservation groups such as the Environmental Investigation Agency denounced Beijing’s policy as “ineffective,” the San Francisco-based group WildAid said the ban is an...
The China Africa Project
03.18.15
Cameroon Highlights Pros and Cons of Chinese Infrastructure Development
When finished, the new deep-sea port in the southern Cameroonian city of Kribi will likely become a major gateway for all of Central Africa. This will be Cameroon’s only deep-sea port that can accommodate the larger inter-continental trading...
Foreign Non-Government Groups in China Fear Clampdown Under New Law
The draft law stops NGOs violating "Chinese society's moral customs."
China Says Tech Firms Have Nothing to Fear From Anti-terror Law
Obama this week said China would have to change the draft law if it were "to do business with the United States".
China’s Xi to Make First State Visit to U.S. as Both Flag Problems
The two biggest economies are trying to ease tension over trade, human rights, and accusations of hacking and Internet theft.
In China, Heavy Industry Unexpectedly Falls Sharply
The full scope of China’s economic weakness is obscured by limited data, as the country prepares for a weeklong holiday beginning Feb. 18.
Is China Preparing for Currency War?
As China grapples with its slowest growth in 24 years, President Xi Jinping is under pressure to stimulate the economy.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Help the U.S. Counter China’s Expansion
We’ve faulted President Obama for his less-than-full-throated support of free-trade agreements that enjoy the nominal backing of his administration. There was no such cause for complaint about his State of the Union address Tuesday night, however...
Environment
01.15.15
China-Latin America Summit ‘A Missed Opportunity’ on Low-Carbon Energy
The first major meeting of Chinese and Latin American leaders agreed closer cooperation on trade, investment, and industry, but is more likely to usher in deals on oil and gas rather than renewable energy, analysts said in response to a summit...
Conversation
12.03.14
Can China Conquer the Internet?
Lu Wei, China’s new Internet Czar, recently tried to get the world to agree to...
Sinica Podcast
11.07.14
David Walker on China in the Australian Mind
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This week on Sinica, Kaiser and Jeremy are delighted to be joined by Professor David Walker, Chair of the Australian Studies department at Peking University and historian with a special focus on Australian immigration...
Towards an Asian Century of Prosperity
The combination of the world’s factory and the world’s back office will produce the most competitive production base, writes Xi Jinping , President of China
Chinese Studio Huayi Brothers to Invest $130 Million in New U.S. Branch
The leading Beijing based independent film production house didn’t say where its U.S. office might be or hint at the number of employees it expects to staff its operation. The plan still needs official Chinese approval.
Conversation
09.12.14
Is a Trade War with China Looming?
As Alibaba gets ready to sell shares on Wall Street, U.S. investors will be focused on Chinese companies getting a fair shake here in America even as some big U.S. brand names (Microsoft, Chrysler, et al) are being shaken down by China's newly...
The China Africa Project
08.31.14
China-Africa Trade May Be Booming, But Big Problems Loom
Trade between China and Africa will break another new record this year as it’s expected to top $200 billion. As trade continues to grow, officials from both regions frequently point to these figures as evidence of steadily improving ties. However...
Heinz Recalls Four Batches of Infant Food in China
Heinz took action after food safety regulators in eastern Zhejiang province said they had found "excessive amounts of lead" in the company's AD Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal.
China’s Energetic Enforcement of Antitrust Rules Alarms Foreign Firms
Chinese regulators appear to be energetically expanding enforcement of the antimonopoly law, and foreign companies fear that they could become easy targets.
Conversation
07.09.14
The U.S. and China Are At the Table: What’s At Stake?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew are in Beijing this week for the sixth session of the high level bilateral diplomatic exchange known as the Strategic and Economic Dialogue. We asked contributors what's likely to...
U.S. Pushes China to Give Ground on Technology Trade Deal
The United States on Monday urged China to give ground on a deal to eliminate duties on billions of dollars of technology products and said it would use talks in Beijing later this week to push to restart negotiations.
Paramount Rushes for Beijing ‘Transformers’ Premiere Amid Dispute
The studio was hit by claims of a product-placement deal gone sour.
China’s Henan Province Creating Jobs in US Hinterlands
Henan's Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group opened a plant that will employ more than 300 in a county known less for job opportunities than for lakes filled with bass, pine forests rich with wild turkey and boar.
Foreign Direct Investment in China Declines
Foreign firms worry over arbitrary law enforcement, rising labor costs.
China’s Top Taiwan Official to Make First Visit to Island
China’s top official in charge of relations with Taiwan will make his first visit to the island later this month, state media said, following large-scale protests there against a controversial trade pact.
State Firms Barred from Vietnam Contract Bids
Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been clashing since China set up an oil rig near disputed island in the South China Sea last month. Tensions over the move caused anti-China riots in Vietnam.
Iowa Signs Historical Cooperation Agreement With China
Iowa’s economic ties with China deepened Thursday as the state signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Commerce of the world’s second-largest economy.
China Threatens Security Checks for Tech Firms After U.S. Indictments
China will establish new procedures to assess potential security problems with Internet technology and services used by sectors “related to national security and the public interest.”
China Accuses U.S. of Hypocrisy Amid Charges of Economic Espionage
Unresolved allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on a Chinese telecoms giant Huawei have resurfaced amid growing anger from Chinese officials over accusations that the PLA hacked American databases.
Bitcoin’s Status in China Not So Black-and-White
The Chinese government has disseminated what amounts to a “confidential” policy governing the digital currency, which has led to uneven enforcement.
Photo Gallery
04.09.14
Sunflower Protestors Open Up
On March 18 some 200 Taiwanese, mostly college students, stormed the offices of Taiwan’s legislature, beginning a protest over a proposed trade...
Viewpoint
04.09.14
Why Taiwan’s Protestors Stuck It Out
Some might say, “a half-million Taiwanese can’t be wrong.” That’s how many islanders descended upon their capital city, Taipei, on March 30 to shout...
Media
03.25.14
China, We Fear You
On March 18, thousands of students began a sit-in of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan in the capital, Taipei, a historic...
Books
03.19.14
Unbalanced
The Chinese and U.S. economies have been locked in an uncomfortable embrace since the late 1970s. Although the relationship initially arose out of mutual benefits, in recent years it has taken on the trappings of an unstable codependence, with the two largest economies in the world losing their sense of self, increasing the risk of their turning on one another in a destructive fashion.
Conversation
02.22.14
What Can the Dalai Lama’s White House Visit Actually Accomplish?
On February 21, the Dalai Lama visited United States President Barack Obama in the White House over the objections of the Chinese government. Beijing labels the exiled spiritual leader a "wolf in sheep's clothing" who seeks to use violence to...
China and Taiwan Hold First Official Talks Since Civil War
The discussions were not expected to produce major breakthroughs, but they had important symbolic significance.
Books
02.05.14
By All Means Necessary
In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable transformation has required, and will continue to demand, massive quantities of resources. Like every other major power in modern history, China is looking outward to find them.
China Loses its Allure
Life is getting tougher for foreign companies. Those that want to stay will have to adjust.
China Claims Title of World's Top Trading Nation
Despite heavy investments in technology, aerospace, and autombiles, most Chinese trade is still in low-end goods.
Caixin Media
01.08.14
How Shanghai’s Free Trade Zone Works
At a conference table surrounded by bookshelves in his Shanghai office, the city’s party boss Han Zheng recently polished the image of a commercial crown jewel—the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone—during an exclusive interview with Caixin...