Monday, November 25, 2013

China: Deep in Cotton

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…

Friday, November 22, 2013

China tests its drone

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…

Thursday, November 21, 2013

SAP Transportation Management in China

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…

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

HP Wireless Partnership in China

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…

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The Chinese Tourism Industry

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…

Monday, November 18, 2013

The China Demographic Problem

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…

Saturday, November 16, 2013

The UN and China are slow in responding to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines

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…

Thursday, November 14, 2013

China tells the world nothing

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…

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

NQ Mobile Announces Third Quarter Financials

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…

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

A case of Chinese bitcoin fraud

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…

Monday, November 11, 2013

WSJ: Riding China's Expanding Subways

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…

Saturday, November 9, 2013

China's Reform Summit

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…