Fireworks in New York on July 4? Pretty enough. But I want more noise, more flash, bigger crowds, and an obvious historical context. Thanks to China, I’ve gotten used to having my symbolic moments mor...

“We need to get that many visitors to the Expo to outdo Japan… You know how Chinese feel about the Japanese, don’t you?” I heard this comment yesterday from a cab driver in Shanghai, who chuckled when...

Yesterday I bought a copy of Li Delin’s (李德林) latest book: “高盛阴谋” (Goldman Sachs Conspiracy). Li is a well-known financial journalist and author who has written several other books, including the Nove...

China’s no. 1 manufacturer of eReaders is writing a memorable tale of its own this year as brisk sales fuel profits and the wealth of its main owners. Hanwang Technology, which also goes by the name H...

As a consultant in software product development, I have followed trends not only in software development, but in other businesses as well. Software is one of those businesses which changes fairly quic...

For the nine or 10 people besides me that follow China’s commercial aerospace sector, Reinhardt Krause posted an excellent summary on how China’s plan to build its first big passenger plane promises t...

Photo taken on 17th Apr. 2009 As a 60-mile-long traffic jam on a Beijing-bound “expressway” snails along into its 10th day — either easing up now or destined to drag on into September, depending on wh...

Officials in northeastern China have evacuated more than 50,000 people as floodwaters collapse houses and cut off transportation in some areas, state media reported Saturday. Heavy rains caused floodi...

The death toll from the mudslides in a northwestern Chinese province now stands at 1,407, state-run Xinhua news agency said Friday, citing the government. At least 358 people are still missing. The mu...

All passengers aboard a passenger train that fell into a river in southwest China's Sichuan ProvinceThursday got out alive, state-run CCTV reported Friday. The accident occurred in Guanghan at about 3...

Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. (OTCBB:WITM) (the "Company") reports that its joint venture with London Mining Plc, China Global Mining Resources (CGMR), is in the process of completing the next pha...

Ping An Insurance topped a list of China’s top 100 private-sector companies for 2009 released today by China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). The report aims to give a glimpse into the pe...