Alibaba Film Chief Grants First Interview: What China Can Do for Hollywood
In her first sit-down since becoming Jack Ma's top global film exec, Zhang Wei reveals what China's web giant can offer Tinseltown.
Amid China’s Smog Worries, One More: Counterfeit Masks
The customs authorities in Shanghai have seized nearly 120,000 counterfeit surgical masks.
Mission Improbable—Jack Ma, China’s Biggest E-Commerce Tycoon, Wants To Be a Media Mogul Too
Jack Ma, Alibaba’s billionaire boss, wants to be a global media mogul.
Walmart’s Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs, a Study Says
“Walmart is one of the major forces pulling imports into the United States.”
Conversation
12.09.15
Is China a Leader or Laggard on Climate Change?
As ongoing climate talks wind down at COP21 this week, participants in and observers of the summit in Paris wrote in to share their assessment of the message coming from the official delegation from China, currently the world’s largest emitter of...
China Box Office Hits $6.3 Billion for 2015, Marking 48 Percent Yearly Growth
Local Chinese films accounted for $3.7 billion (23.7 billion yuan), more than 59 percent of the total box office earnings for the year to date.
China’s Xi Pledges $60 Billion for Africa Development Over Three Years
China’s trade with Africa grew to $222 billion last year, making it
Conversation
12.03.15
Does the Renminbi’s Elevation to Global Currency Matter?
On November 30, the International Monetary Fund approved the Chinese renminbi, also known as the yuan, as one of the world’s leading currencies, underscoring the country’s rising global financial importance. What’s behind the decision and what...
China's Rich Face Criticism After Mark Zuckerberg's Charity Pledge
China has a fast growing number of super-rich -- it created 242 billionaires in the past year alone.
Can Beijing Sell Silk Road as a Marshall Plan Against Terror?
China needs West’s buy-in on stabilizing effects of its Silk Road project.
China's Xi In Zimbabwe To Sign Power, Infrastructure Deals
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, the first visit by a Chinese leader since 1996.
China-Africa Summit: What To Look For Beyond The Hype And Hypocrisy
The Africa-China summit will provide an opportunity to see how the Chinese President is responding to democratic developments in Africa.
Top 10 China Dependent Countries
A list of the top 10 countries exporting to China and the year-to-date performance of their corresponding exchange traded funds.
China Stocks Hit Hard, Rest of World Shrugs
Chinese shares slumped 5 percent on Friday, hit by regulatory and industrial sector worries, but the declines did not carry through to other major equity markets.
China to Build Naval Hub in Djibouti
Beijing confirms for the first time plans for East African nation, already home to U.S. base.
China Bars Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada (and Rights Advocate)
A Chinese who moved to Canada as a kid, the charismatic Lin is a practitioner of Falun Gong, the spiritual movement China calls an “evil cult.”
Beware of China's Safety Record
Chinese people have paid heavily for a flawed system. Now that Chinese-style construction and management are going global, what price is the world prepared to pay?
China Set to Pledge More Aid to Africa Ahead of Xi's Trip
China is set to announce new aid to African nations when President Xi Jinping visits Zimbabwe and South Africa next month.
Chinese Investment in Africa Falls by 40%
China’s Commerce Ministry publicly admitted that Chinese investments to Africa had fallen by 40 percent in the first half of this year.
How China Conquered France’s Wine Country
French connoisseurs sold the Chinese pomp and prestige, until they started manufacturing it themselves.
Conversation
11.24.15
The China Africa Relationship: Crossroads or Cliff?
As we approach the sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Johannesburg, we try better to understand the main issues that surely will arise when Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma meet on...
China Wants to Build a High-Speed Rail Link to a Newly Open Iran
China Railway has proposed a high-speed rail link that will carry both passengers and cargo between China and Iran.
China and U.S. Say They’ve Made Strides in Trade Talks
The United States and China said that they had made progress on sticking points in trade.
China Seeks to Remove Provincial Barriers to Trade
China will accelerate reforms to remove internal barriers to both foreign and domestic trade.
The Strange Case of 77 Blue-Collar Chinese Migrants That Kenya Is Calling “Cyber-Hackers”
Their arrests are emblematic of a slowly brewing backlash against Chinese immigration to Africa.
Asia-Pacific Leaders See Trade as Solution to Economic, Security Troubles
Leaders stay quiet on territorial disputes in South
McDonald's China Heritage Outlet Criticised
The opening of a McDonald's outlet in the home of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, China has sparked a controversy.
Yes, China E-Commerce Is Huge
Here’s What Not To Do If You’re A Foreign Company Trying To Get in
China’s Banks Test U.S. Legal System
Bank of China says turning over account records would violate Chinese law.
Conversation
11.18.15
How Can China’s Neighbors Make Progress at APEC?
Ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week, we asked a group of experts from China’s neighboring countries what they thought the main thrust of discussion in Manila should be. If host, the Philippines, under pressure...
China Is Becoming a Supercomputing Powerhouse
China is experiencing a supercomputing boom.
China's Dream Factory
The long arc of moviemaking history may not bend inevitably toward China, but it does lead away from Hollywood, whose rise and long dominance of the film industry was predicated on a series of conditions that no longer exist.
Shanghai Stock Exchange Vice Chairman Investigated
China’s anti-corruption campaign pushed further into the financial sector with a government notice Friday that a vice chairman of the stock market regulatory agency is under investigation.
The BRICs are dead. Long live the BRICs!
Brazil, Russia, India, China – BRIC.
Environment
11.11.15
China’s Bottled Water Industry to Exploit Tibetan Plateau
from chinadialogueTibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighboring countries.
This week, the Tibet Autonomous...
With Help from 007's Daniel Craig, how Alibaba Turned 11-11 into China's Biggest Shopping Day
Online shopping and entertainment fused into a consumerist juggernaut.
Singles Day in China Draws New Suitors: Foreign Sellers
“Double 11 is a really big part of my calendar.”
Media
11.10.15
Chinese Hits Miss Out on the Global Box Office
from China Film InsiderIf he’d had the time after meeting American captains of industry in Seattle and Barack Obama at the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping might have ducked out at the close of his United Nations appearance and into a New York...
Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday: 100m hoppers Splash out on China's Singles' Day
Last year 27,000 merchants joined and Alibaba’s sites grossed £6.1b.
China to Philippines: No Sea Feud Talk at APEC Summit
“They said they hope that contentious issues will not be raised during APEC.”
A Chinese CEO's Mysterious Disappearance and the Startup Industry
Li Dongpu, CEO and co-founder of car wash startup Wo Ai Xiche, has disappeared
China Has Passed Canada as the Biggest U.S. Trading Partner––Thanks to Oil Prices
Crude oil, a key export for Canada, has dropped from a 2014 peak of $107 per barrel to just $44 today (Nov. 9)
The World — Including China — Is Unprepared for the Rise of China
For the first time in centuries, China affects the global economy as much as it is affected by the global economy
Meeting With Taiwan Reflects Limits of China’s Checkbook
For the past eight years, the Chinese government has showered its former enemies in Taiwan with economic gifts.
China Is on Track to Surpass U.S. as World's Biggest Movie Market by 2017
Despite the recent economic slowdown in China, the country's film market is growing even faster than anticipated.
China Unveils Jetliner in Bid to Compete With Boeing, Airbus
China is one of the biggest aviation markets but relies on Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
Did a Chinese Mogul Beat a Treasury Dept. Ban on Doing Business in the U.S.?
Records reveal NYC building is owned by company linked to man blacklisted for allegedly funding African dictators.
Ailing Europe Looking for 'Chinese Medicine'
The Chinese have never seen so many European leaders beating their path to Beijing.
Conversation
11.02.15
How Far Have China’s Economic Reforms Come over the Past Year?
As the Chinese Communist Party leadership wrapped up its Fifth Plenum, the meeting at which the Party’s leadership set the Five Year Plan that will shape economic policy through 2020, what progress has been made on the “...
Apple to Power its Vast China Operations With Renewable Energy
The US tech giant’s plans to generate over 2GW of low carbon electricity at its China operations could speed up the greening of the ‘world’s workshop’
The China Africa Project
10.30.15
China’s Risky Oil Strategy in Africa’s Sahel Region
Chad is one of the poorest, most corrupt, and, increasingly,...
Conversation
10.28.15
Making Waves in the South China Sea
Challenging China’s newly assertive behavior in the South China Sea, this week the U.S. Navy sailed some of its biggest ships inside the nine-dash line, exercising its claim to freedom of movement in international waters plied by billions in...
Criticism of the UK’s New Approach to China Is Misplaced
Wait for some evidence before assuming that only bad can come from good relations.
Where Does Britain Draw the Line with Saudi Arabia and China?
UK economy needs the cash flowing in, but politicians should be wary of throwing out all principle in favour of business.