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Drug giant Bayer has rarely seen risk-taking as a cure for its ills. But next month’s relocation of its general medicine headquarters from Germany to Beijing will make Bayer AG the first multinational pharmaceutical company to open a global corporate cent
Osama bin Laden’s death has deepened tensions between Islamabad and Washington. Will Pakistan fall into China’s arms?
As they develop a passion for pop gatherings, Chinese music enthusiasts are creating new market opportunities for organizers and sponsors. Authorities are allowing the shows to go on, but with a discrete presence of state police. And state censors.
Rolex hopes its associations with classical music and charitable events can recast the Swiss watch brand in China from a symbol of gaudy power to a mark of refined class.
In northwestern China, traditional water supplies can’t quench the massive thirst for development. Government desertification cures don’t include saving an ancient canal system that had sustained locals for centuries.
Editorial: The population may be aging even worse than authorities admit in the latest 10-year census. Why China urgently needs to change its birth control policy.
A Chinese film critic looks at how his country is portrayed in Mao’s Last Dancer, an Australian movie, and Last Train Home, a recent Canadian documentary.
With eminent artist-activist Ai Weiwei whisked away by an increasingly repressive regime in Beijing, star performance artist Zhang Huan shows how to be careful with his words, but fearless in his work.
The Shanghai Auto Show is now the biggest car exhibition in the world, surpassing Geneva, Frankfurt and Detroit. The show will premiere some 75 new car models including Volkswagen’s highly anticipated new Beetle .
The newly reopened National Museum of China on Tiananmen Square sits uneasily amid the recent wave of repression that has led to the arrest of hundreds of people including avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei. Ironically, one of the first exhibitions is on the We
The surprise March 10 announcement of the Dalai Lama’s retirement from political life stunned Dharamsala, capital of Tibet’s exile community, where people fear their cause will be forgotten, and followers could turn to violence.
Editorial: China is failing its “most disadvantaged,” argues economic historian Qin Hui, who likens Chinese slum demolition to the white South African government’s handling of shantytowns during apartheid.
Developing countries, including such emerging powers as China, have joined the West in trying to find ways of dealing with a dangerous – and expensive — social ill.
The different ways the West and Asia look at robots is defining their shape — and uses.
Luxury brands are eager to take advantage of India’s new wealth. But the road to success is strewn with political and cultural obstacles.
After its diplomats abstained in opposition to last week’s UN Security Council resolution on Libya response, China state media and bloggers take up debate over Western policy. A U.S. F-16 pilot returns from mission over Libya (dvidshub) BEIJING – If one was to believe China’s official press and its television and radio outlets, the war […]
While the events in Japan have captured the world’s attention, Muammar Gaddafi is regaining the upper hand in Libya. And authorities in other Arab countries are also taking advantage. “We’re looking death in the face,” says Ali M., from the Libyan town of Zawiyah. “There was another explosion just now at an oil well.” Muammar […]
Editorial: A French daily sees links between Arab uprisings, American founding fathers and China’s hard choices.
The reverberations from Tunis, Cairo and Tripoli can be felt in Beijing, where Party leaders are clamping down and counting on economic growth to prevent any similar Chinese uprising.
All bets off on optimistic economic (and political) forecasts from the U.S. to Germany to China, as social unrest and inflation fears shake investors. (gilles chiroleu) BERLIN – It starts with a flood of dollar bills. Cheap US currency is causing a sharp rise in commodity prices, with food affected even more than oil. Global […]
Beijing’s new rules approach “economic security” akin to national security. Great Wall of China (Robin Zebrowski) BEIJING – China has finally unveiled its “national security” procedure that sets standards for takeovers of Chinese companies by foreigners. Promised by the government since 2008, the new system will be effective in March. As often is the case […]
The capital’s population is rising by a half-million every year, mostly migrants from other parts of China. Authorities have responded with a new “population evacuation” policy. Beijing crowds (Mike Beltzner) EYES INSIDE – CHINA “Beijing welcomes you!” A slogan used during the 2008 Olympic Games in China’s capital is about to ring with irony for […]
The capital’s population is rising by a half-million every year, mostly migrants from other parts of China. Authorities have responded with a new “population evacuation” policy. Beijing crowds (Mike Beltzner) EYES INSIDE – CHINA “Beijing welcomes you!” A slogan used during the 2008 Olympic Games in China’s capital is about to ring with irony for […]
Foreign companies will be bidding for a major share of France’s Yoplait, the world’s second-largest yogurt maker. Is this good for Yoplait? Or for France? sweetfixNYC A 50 percent stake in the French dairy product manufacturer Yoplait, the world’s second largest yogurt maker, is up for grabs following French private equity group PAI’s decision to […]
Trains and highways can’t handle the huge flow of travelers for the Chinese New Year Beijing train station (Olekvi) EYES INSIDE – CHINA Wildlife researchers will tell you that the largest migration on Earth is the herds of African wildebeest and zebras crossing the Serengeti plain. But they’ve never counted the 2.8 billion journeys generated […]
Nicolas Sarkozy’s call for a “new Bretton Woods’ is ripe. The only problem is how to make it happen. yuan coin Ivan Walsh In 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, French President Nicholas Sarkozy famously banged his fist on the table in a plea for the establishment of a new Bretton Woods […]
Revered again in Mainland China, the allure of the ancient philosopher is a cause for connections – and healthy competition – with rival Taiwan. Confucius temple, Kongzi (Ivan Walsh) EYES INSIDE – ASIA Geopolitics aside, there is still plenty that unites the Chinese-speaking people in Mainland China and Taiwan. High on that list is the […]
The monk who runs China’s legendary Shaolin monastery discovers enlightenment and earnings reports are not incompatible Monks at Shaolin temple EYES INSIDE – CHINA Shi Yong Xin is not your average monk. For starters, he is said to be the first Chinese monk to hold an MBA. So at a cultural industry forum last week […]
Growing ranks of well-educated Chinese youth who can’t find good jobs and gather in city outskirts in what authorities worry could be a social time bomb.
Han Han, China’s top blogger and a glamor-boy race car driver, failed to get his culture magazine past all the roadblocks Han Han (Julien GONG Min) EYES INSIDE – CHINA China’s top blogger, Han Han, has pulled the plug on his brand new paper-based literary magazine, making the surprise announcement with his trademark cutting irony […]
Rising incomes, traditions heat up competition for best spots to host your big day. A banquet hall black market is born Bride and groom in China (Nghong Lam via Flickr) EYES INSIDE – CHINA When a nation’s economy grows 10 percent a year, everything is booming, new markets emerge, innovation is rampant. That goes for […]
Disoriented by economic growth, China has gone from 100 to 300 million believers. But religion is still held on a tight leash by the authorities.
Disoriented by economic growth, China has gone from 100 to 300 million believers. But religion is still held on a tight leash by the authorities.