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President Xi’s Plan to Outpace Chinese Corruption

Corruption is a systemic problem that often faces societies when markets are rather unregulated and are still in the high…

China Struggles with Expansion

President Xi Jinping is trying to maintain growth while rebalancing the economy. China struggles with environmental damage and with sustaining…

Meat Cleaver Wielding Robber gets Laughed at by Bank’s Teller

Robber gets nothing but laughs after he shows a bank teller a meat cleaver in a busy Chinese bank. In…

Bill Gross Avoids Chinese Mystery Meat

Bill Gross, Co-CIO of the world's largest bond fund, avoids "mystery meat." In this case, its not horse meat being…

Latham & Watkins Hires Top Finance Partner in Hong Kong

Global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP announced bolstering of their China practice with the hiring of Howard Lam, a…

Workforce Decline Affects China’s Growth Engine

For the second year in a row, the sheer population of working age participants in the Chinese labor force has…

Chinese Provinces are Setting Lower Growth Targets

A province is the highest level Chinese administrative division. There are 34 such divisions, they are classified as 22 provinces,…

Walmart Donkey Meat Recall

Wal-Mart has reported in a statement that the store will be offering compensation to its customers. According to Bloomberg News,…

China Handles their Aging Boomers by Raising Retirement Age

Bingo and Casinos? Not yet. Just past middle aged chinese will have to shoulder the burden of being the majority-share…

The Business Environment Has Changed

Masanobu Nakamura, a spokesman for Meiji Holdings Inc., a Japanese dairy-products company says, “The reality is harsh: It’s hard to…

China Mobile and Apple Contracts: A Go for iPhone

A long awaited agreement between Apple and China Mobile was announced Monday bringing the iPhone to China Mobile, the…

Chinese Firm, Yingke Law, Opens Chicago Office

Investments from China in the United States have increased at a nice rate in 2013 and this has caused Chinese…