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Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry announced that the company has reached an agreement with Google to sell some of its wearable computing-related patents to the American search engine. These patents include a head-mounted display technology, which is used to superimpose computer-generated images on a real-world view. Hon Hai said in a statement that this kind […]

A lot of folks are talking about the spectacle of expat investigators Peter Humphrey and Yu Yinzeng, who have been caught up in the GSK bribery scandal: On Tuesday, the couple appeared on China’s central broadcaster CNTV handcuffed and wearing orange prison vests, their faces blurred, admitting to “buying and selling” information in the course of various […]

A lot of folks are talking about the spectacle of expat investigators Peter Humphrey and Yu Yinzeng, who have been caught up in the GSK bribery scandal: On Tuesday, the couple appeared on China’s central broadcaster CNTV handcuffed and wearing orange prison vests, their faces blurred, admitting to “buying and selling” information in the course of various […]

The numbers of university graduates in China has exploded. In 1997, 400,000 students graduated from four-year university programs. Today, Chinese schools produce more than 3 million per year. But employment rates at graduation have plunged. And remote suburbs of Beijing…

The numbers of university graduates in China has exploded. In 1997, 400,000 students graduated from four-year university programs. Today, Chinese schools produce more than 3 million per year. But employment rates at graduation have plunged. And remote suburbs of Beijing…

The numbers of university graduates in China has exploded. In 1997, 400,000 students graduated from four-year university programs. Today, Chinese schools produce more than 3 million per year. But employment rates at graduation have plunged. And remote suburbs of Beijing…

The numbers of university graduates in China has exploded. In 1997, 400,000 students graduated from four-year university programs. Today, Chinese schools produce more than 3 million per year. But employment rates at graduation have plunged. And remote suburbs of Beijing…

U.S.-based Rackspace, a provider of cloud computing and Web hosting services, has its eyes set on Asia. Rackspace has been circulating a marketing survey asking for feedback on requirements for the company's on-demand infrastructure service that combines scalability with affordability. The company promises to donate small funds to a children's charity in exchange for each […]

I’m sorry, but this is the big China scandal of the week, an accusation that a big investment bank hired family members of the rich and powerful? Seriously, is this some sort of journalistic practical joke from The Onion? I report, you decide (if this is silly): [T]he Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking […]

I’m sorry, but this is the big China scandal of the week, an accusation that a big investment bank hired family members of the rich and powerful? Seriously, is this some sort of journalistic practical joke from The Onion? I report, you decide (if this is silly): [T]he Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking […]

Until now I haven’t written anything on the corruption scandal rocking pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, partially due to other commitments but also because I didn’t really see an interesting angle. Let’s face it, this is not the first corruption story to hit the China foreign investment community, and it will not be the last. Neither is […]

Until now I haven’t written anything on the corruption scandal rocking pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, partially due to other commitments but also because I didn’t really see an interesting angle. Let’s face it, this is not the first corruption story to hit the China foreign investment community, and it will not be the last. Neither is […]

The post title, lame as it is, represents the sum total of all levity I can bring to this topic. This issue is about as dry and tasteless as . . . well, you can see where I’m going with this. Let’s get the facts out here as quickly as possible, then I just have […]

The post title, lame as it is, represents the sum total of all levity I can bring to this topic. This issue is about as dry and tasteless as . . . well, you can see where I’m going with this. Let’s get the facts out here as quickly as possible, then I just have […]

Tokyo-based Japanese outsourcing firm TransCosmos inc. has acquired 20% of Shanghai-based Chinese eCommerce logistics outsourcing company FineEx, according to a company announcement. TransCosmos bought the stake through third-party allotment. As part o…

A strange funk seems to have descended on the English-language China Blogosphere, or at least those blogs that I usually follow (i.e., the ones focusing more on news, business, politics, economics and law). Maybe it’s something to do with the air quality here in Beijing, which is no doubt simultaneously making us lethargic, asthmatic, and […]

A strange funk seems to have descended on the English-language China Blogosphere, or at least those blogs that I usually follow (i.e., the ones focusing more on news, business, politics, economics and law). Maybe it’s something to do with the air quality here in Beijing, which is no doubt simultaneously making us lethargic, asthmatic, and […]

The author is Standard & Poors analyst Bei Fu Key points: – Developers are cash-rich thanks to strong sales in the first six months of the year – Aggressive land purchase activities may drain cash and make acquisition-hungry developers vulnerable in a sudden market downturn; but risk appetites appear reasonable – Onshore lenders will continue […]

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China's National Bureau of Statistics announced that official Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rebounded in July to 50.3, from 50.1 in June. It contrasts with a final reading of the HSBC PMI in July. That measure fell to 47.7 from June's 48.2. The major…

Chinese venture fundraising sunk to just $73 million across two funds during the second quarter, a decline of 71% in the number of funds and less than a tenth of the amount raised during the first quarter, according to a report by Dow Jones. When compa…

The District Court today jailed a 30-year-old Malaysian courier for 32 months, for possessing four forged Malaysian passports.

 

He was stopped by immigration officers in April at the airport as he was about to board a flight to Paris via Istanbul, and they found the forged passports in his luggage.

 

The court heard he was paid RMB9,000 by a middleman to deliver the passports to Istanbul.