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The newest American product the Chinese are snatching up is, suprisingly, pecans. The U.S. produces about 80% of the world’s pecans, and is exporting an increasing amount each year to China. The nuts are popular because they are a healthy snack, and a cheaper alternative to walnuts. U.S. pecan exports to Hong Kong last year… Continue reading China Loves American … Pecans? →

According to “Apple to Toyota Add Face Masks, Purifiers on Beijing Smog” an article by Bloomberg News, pollution levels in Beijing are reaching dangerous levels for the fifth straight day. Companies such as Apple and Toyota are giving their employees face masks to wear in order to mitigate health consequences from working in Beijing. Some… Continue reading Pollution in Beijing Out of Control →

Despite China’s significant increases in modernization and westernization it is still very obvious that the government plays a prominent role in censoring the actions of the citizens. Recently the government cut scenes from the new James Bond “Skyfall”. The citizens were enraged which they mainly voiced through social media such as the Chinese equivalent of… Continue reading James Bond, Moviegoers Face New Nemesis: Chinese Censors →

In China’s largest cities, Beijing and Shanghai, the estimated growth of housing prices has been greatly underestimated by the Chinese government.With the Average Selling Price Index, a government-run property index, reporting with growth 200% below accurate levels, there is fear looming about the stability of the Chinese housing market. While there are problems associated with… Continue reading Chinese Government Underestimated Large Jump in Price of Housing →

China, being the worlds foremost emerging market, has increasingly begin to head down the road of further financial transparency. Areas in China’s banking industry which have been conspicuously shadowy in the past have now become under increased regulation.  Specifically, the PBOC, the Peoples Bank of China will begin to start publishing TSF or total social… Continue reading Financial Transparency →

In a New York Times article by Keith Bradsher, the author tells readers that he sees evidence of a quickly evolving way of thinking in the country’s population. He quotes Chinese historian Yuan Weishi, who believes that “the mind-set is changing, all the way from the central government to local officials”. The author believes that… Continue reading Appearance of Consensus Breaking Down? →

In the past year the Economist reports that the number of working age Chinese has decreased by a staggering 3.45 million people.  This statistic will likely help to evoke a push towards reforming the “one child rule” that China has in place.  While the “one child rule” sounds very black and white, there are a… Continue reading China’s Population: Peak Toil →

In a new round of testing, both the United States and China have confirmed successful launches of new anti-ballistic testing systems and long-range anti-missile interceptors. The test is China’s second successful launch of similar magnitude; the other being was in January of 2010. The Defense ministry in China claims the tests are “defensive in nature and… Continue reading Missile Defense Tests →

With all of the posts about pollution in  China this news story offers a glimmer of hope. China’s National Academy of Sciences has been given an initial budget of  350 million dollars and has already hired 140 PhD scientists in hopes of developing clean nuclear energy. Since the recent nuclear disaster in  Japan, nuclear power has fallen in the wayside… Continue reading China is investing heavily in clean nuclear power from thorium →

China’s coal industry achieved production growth of 4% in the year 2012 (3.66 billion metric tons).  This growth is a good sign for a recovering industry, but growth was still 4.7% less than the previous year, according to the China National Coal Association.  Industrial indicators point to stock prices of coal as a main reason… Continue reading China’s Coal Industry Faces Challenges →

As the latest macro-numbers for the 4th quarter came out last week, China (both the people and the government) is rejoicing that the numbers show a turnaround in growth occurring in the final months of 2012 (their worst year in 13 years with 7.8% annual growth). In a recent article from China.org, one of the… Continue reading Chinese Economy on the Rebound →

Japan has crossed a little-noted threshold by providing its first military aid abroad since the end of World War II, approving a $2 million package for its military engineers to train troops in Cambodia and East Timor in disaster relief and skills like road building. Japanese warships have not only conducted joint exercises with a… Continue reading Big Scary China →

Reuters reports (23 Jan) that Chinese investment banks are poised to trim a large number of employees and to shave back employee bonuses. These cut backs are the result of a decline in IB profits produced by a reduction in IPOs in China. China has gone without an IPO since September 21. The fact that… Continue reading A drought in Chinese IPOs →

Environmental concerns will be one of the topics addressed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switerland as part of a holistic discussion about China’s economy.

A recent Reuters article discusses rumors floating around that China may finally end the One-Child Policy that has been implemented for over 30 years.  The rumors apparently started when President Hu Jintao was quoted as saying “maintain a low birth rate,” alluding to a possible easing of child restrictions. Economists have been arguing for years… Continue reading China to End One-Child Policy? →