Greg Foran, CEO of Walmart China: Make Every Effort to Reshape Price Leadership (via PR Newswire Asia)BEIJING, Dec. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Greg Foran, President and CEO of Walmart China visited Walmart Qinghe store in Beijing and stated that in the past 18 months, Walmart has made great strides in reducing merchandising and operation costs…
Global and China Automotive Audio and Infotainment Industry Report, 2013 (via PR Newswire)NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global and China Automotive Audio and Infotainment Industry Report, 2013 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0210901/Global-…
US educators: Engage China, but defend freedom (via The Christian Science Monitor)At his home in Beijing Oct. 21, Xia Yeliang, a pro-democracy economist, points at a dismissal notice from Peking University, where he taught for more than a decade. (Kyodo) Despite their proud assertion of the "great renaissance of the Chinese nation…
Zhaopin.com CEO Presents Report on China's Job Market at China Best Employer Awards Event (via PR Newswire)Report shows that "Workplace Maslow Effect" raises concerns for China's employers Download image Zhaopin.com Announces China's Top 10 Best Employers Awards Winners 2013. (PRNewsFoto/Zhaopin.com) BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zhaopin.com…
China anti-corruption activists go on trial (via AFP)Three Chinese anti-corruption activists who unfurled banners calling for government officials to declare their assets stood trial Tuesday for "illegal assembly", a lawyer said, despite an official campaign against graft. An anti-corruption drive championed…
China dismisses Canada spy allegations (via AFP)Beijing on Monday dismissed as "groundless" allegations that a Canadian naval engineer is a Chinese spy. Qing Quentin Huang, 53, was charged at the weekend under Canada's Security of Information Act with two counts of attempting to communicate classified…
Cotton traders worry about potential China reserves sale (via Futures Magazine)By Jack Scoville November 25, 2013 • Reprints COTTON (NYBOT:CTH14) General Comments: Futures closed mostly lower on China demand worries as traders waited for word on the potential Chinese sales from government reserves. China could delay the announcement…
China tests first stealth combat drone: media (via AFP)China has tested its first stealth combat drone, state media said Friday, citing online photos of an aircraft resembling a shrunken US B2 bomber and hailing the advance toward Western-level technology. The test flight of the "Sharp Sword" unmanned aircraft…
SAP Fast Tracks Urban Transportation Management in China (via PR Newswire)Pilot of Urban Taxi Information Management System Built on the SAP HANA® Platform Kicks Off in China Download image SAP Logo. (PRNewsFoto/SAP AG) BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced a pilot of a platform that…
China Mobile Selects HP to Power Search for Key Wireless City Initiative (via MarketWired)SOURCE: HP November 20, 2013 07:45 ET HP Autonomy Delivers Enhanced User Experience for Strategic Wireless City Initiative at World's Largest Telecom Provider PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 20, 2013) - HP (NYSE: HPQ) -- HP Autonomy today announced…
China Tourism Industry Report, 2013-2017 (via SBWire)Naperville, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/19/2013 -- Reportstack, provider of premium market research reports announces the addition of China Tourism Industry Report, 2013-2017 market report to its offering China tourism market has gained momentum in recent…
China one-child law change small but crucial, say experts (via AFP)Beijing's relaxation of its hugely controversial one-child policy is an attention-grabbing first step, but it will have to usher in greater changes if China is to tackle its looming demographic timebomb, experts say. According to a Communist Party announcement…
Aircraft carrier steams in to Philippines as UN admits failings (via AFP)The United States said relief channels were belatedly opening up in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines on Thursday as the UN admitted it had not acted quickly enough to help survivors. The aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived off the Philippines…
China's Third Party Plenum — a masterpiece of vagueness (via GlobalPost)Enlarge Two paramilitary policemen guard behind a fire extinguisher at Tiananmen Square outside the Great Hall of the People, where the Communist Party's 205-member Central Committee gathered for its third annual plenum on November 12, 2013 in Beijing…
NQ Mobile Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2013 Results (via PR Newswire Asia)BEIJING and DALLAS, November 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NQ Mobile Inc. ("NQ Mobile" or the "Company") (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of mobile Internet services, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September…
Fraud at this Chinese bitcoin exchange cost clients $4.1M. Here’s why the broader market barely noticed (via Pando Daily)By Michael Carney On November 11, 2013Bitcoin has come a long way in the last year, but it’s still the wild west in terms of regulation and market stability. China, too, has come a long way economically in recent decades, but remains largely unregulated…
Riding China's Expanding Subways (via Wall Street Journal Digital Network)China is building subway systems faster than anywhere else. James T. Areddy looks at how China's government regards the expensive infrastructure as an investment in smarter cities. Click here to subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy Visit…
China leaders start key economic 'reform' summit (via AFP)China's ruling Communist Party began a key meeting Saturday to dictate the direction of the world's second-biggest economy for the next decade. The official Xinhua news agency said the gathering of the party Central Committee would discuss a draft document…
The boat, registered in Zhejiang province in eastern China, was found in waters near Goto, in Nagasaki prefecture in southern Japan, Xinhua said. The captain was being taken ashore following questioning.In recent weeks Japanese military planes have scrambled numerous times against Chinese planes approaching airspace over the islands. Chinese planes have also shadowed Japanese planes elsewhere over the East China Sea.The Chinese fishing fleet are ranging further and further offshore as fishing stocks near the Chinese mainland are depleted. Their presence in Japanese territory and in disputed waters is contributing to friction between the two Asian economic powerhouses, whose maritime borders are not defined.In a similar case in late December, Japanese authorities stopped a fishing boat registered in the Chinese coastal province of Fujian, and detained its captain.
