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The number of web users in China has grown by 25 million since the end of 2011 to 538 million, according to a report from the China Internet Network Information Center cited by USA Today. That’s a...
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The European Union’s Court of Justice today ruled in a long-running antidumping case that Chinese companies with the government as minority stakeholders cannot “automatically” be judged to be...
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The latest survey by China’s National Bureau of Statistics indicated that average home prices in 70 Chinese cities were unchanged in June from May. That ended eight straight months of declines and...
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Only one of China’s top Internet companies carries a higher share price today than it did one year ago. And that’s due only to the company’s acquisition by one of its competitors. That’s a...
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Earlier this year, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) was denied land rights to an expansion project on Macau. The land, called Parcels 7 and 8, was part of a larger project on which the company had...
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Premier Wen Jiabao warned about China’s near-term growth prospects. China’s PMI and Q2 GDP already show an economy that has at the very least dropped below traditional annual improvement. “The...
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Led by the country’s largest producer of rare earth minerals, China is reported to be preparing the launch of a spot trading platform for rare earth minerals on August 8th. Reuters cites a report...
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China’s growth fell well below what was more than 10% before the recession. It had recovered some last year and the earliest part of this one. Growth dropped to 8.1% in the first quarter of 2012....
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made another push into a market where it has to be successful to keep up its hypergrowth — China. Its new product for the market is an updated version of the iPad. Apple...
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The current slump in prices for rare earth minerals despite a Chinese curb on exports could turn around in a couple of years if the Chinese succeed in developing their own downstream industries that...
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China’s economic situation has become troubled enough that analysts have begun to consider it a second-rate nation in terms of growth. Just a year ago, that analysis would have been impossible to...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has just announced the formal roll-out plan for the new iPad in China. The “third generation of its category defining mobile device” will debut in China on Friday,...
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China’s import levels collapsed in June. The data are another sign that raw materials needed for factories have dropped sharply due to lower demand, especially in Europe. China’s PMI was weak in...
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Rare earth minerals miner Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) held its IPO just less than two years ago, in late July 2010, at an offering price of $14/share, below the anticipated range of $15-$17. Shares...
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The OECD has joined the parade of economic think tanks saying that the global economy is slowing down. The agency’s May 2012 composite leading indicators for China and India have declined slightly,...
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