Over the years, there have been lots of explanations from why Chinese save so much. Here’s a new one: the worse that Chinese banks treat their...
European Pressphoto Agency Indian school children protest against female feticide in Jammu on April 21. The World Bank estimates that every year almost four million women...
Article Excerpt In China, foreign banks are lagging behind when it comes to profits. Also, Asian markets are falling on the lack of progress in resolving...
By Tom Orlik One of the first casualties of the fading global recovery—pressure for yuan appreciation. The world’s economic elite is gathering in Washington, D.C., for...
Author: Aidan Foster-Carter, Leeds University August found Kim Jong-il on the road again. Travelling only in his trademark armoured train, due to a fear of flying,...
The son of a Chinese army general well-known for his singing will be detained for a year, state media reported late Thursday, following an alleged assault...
Baidu A screenshot shows the landing page for the Arabic version of Baidu’s question-and-answer site, Baidu Knows. Hao123 The Thai version of Baidu’s Hao 123 web...
Author: Peter Warr, ANU Since the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, the countries of East Asia have, in aggregate, run huge annual current account surpluses. The...
Twenty minutes of footage from “Raise the Red Lantern” director Zhang Yimou’s latest film was screened for prominent U.S. film distributors and the media at the...