Crowded city builds a train track running through an apartment block
BY YI SHU NG From Mashable That’s one way to deal with a crowded town. Residents of this apartment block in China have lived with an actual train going through the building for 11 years now. Amazingly, they haven’t complained…
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Photos that will make you want to visit Austria From One World Just Go Austria is known as the home of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Sound of Music, Swarovski Crystal and yodeling. It also happens to be filled with an endless…
There’s a new ‘most dangerous’ man in global economics
By Linette Lopez On Monday, the head of the White House’s National Trade Council, Peter Navarro, laid out the objectives of his trade agenda in a speech before the National Association of Business Economists. The thrust of Navarro’s speech was…
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Foreign stock ownership hits record high in February
By Park Ga-young ([email protected]) From The Korea Herald Foreign investors continued a buying spree on shares of South Korea’s listed companies in February for the third consecutive month, pushing up their holdings of local stocks to a record high, the…
Cayman Islands lawsuits challenge valuations of delisted Chinese companies
By Henny Sender From Financial Times Hedge funds claim that Bona Film and other groups were worth more when taken private Earlier this month, the Cayman Islands Grand Court granted a petition on behalf of three funds managed by Hong…
Qunar announces completion of merger
BEIJING, Feb. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (NASDAQ:QUNR) (“Qunar” or the “Company”), China’s leading mobile and online travel platform, today announced the completion of its merger (the “Merger”) with Ocean Management Merger Sub Limited (“Merger Sub”),…
China’s latest robot police officer can recognise faces
BY YI SHU NG FROM MASHABLE It’s no RoboCop, but it’ll come when it senses trouble. China’s new robot police officers have started patrolling streets. The E-Patrol Robot Sheriff (E巡机器警长) is able to track and follow potential criminals or suspicious…
The US wants to check millions of Chinese travellers’ social media accounts
BY YVETTE TAN From Mashable The U.S. border control is seeking to check Chinese visitors’ social media profiles. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to publish a proposal asking travellers from China to disclose what social media platforms they…
China is the key to global reflation
By Jean Boivin, The BlackRock Blog We believe that China is key to the global reflation story playing out for longer. Our new China GPS economic indicator helps explain why. It’s the latest in our suite of GPS indicators intended…
Stanford students recreated a 5,000-year-old Chinese beer
By Derrick Rossignol It’s so old it took an archeologist to discover the recipe. Homebrewing is a niche hobby today, but before the industrialization of the industry, a lot of beer was made in people’s kitchens. Li Liu, a professor…
