Dream of the bed chamber | The Economist
“SEX, sex, sexual intercourse, penis, penis, vagina.” More than 150 undergraduates are sitting in a lecture hall at China Agricultural University in Beijing, shouting loudly. Many are sexually active,...
View ArticleU.S., China top dumping of electronic waste; little recycled | Reuters
The United States and China contributed most to record mountains of electronic waste such as cellphones, hair dryers and fridges in 2014 and less than a sixth ended up recycled worldwide, a U.N. study...
View ArticleModi’s ‘Make in India’ Gets $2 Billion Vote of Confidence From Airbus – India...
On Saturday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Airbus Group ‘sEADSY +0.49% facilities in Toulouse, France. He was greeted with a vote of support, from the aerospace company’s CEO, for...
View ArticleBritain launches Europe’s first yuan money-market fund | Reuters
Britain deepened its financial links with China on Wednesday with the launch of Europe’s first yuan-denominated money market fund, which allows investors to get direct exposure to China’s interbank...
View ArticleChinese diplomacy 2014
China made or re-established relationships or alliances in 2014 with 167 nations; in: January: Cambodia; Ghana; Bulgaria; Peru; Mongolia; Gulf States; Belarus; France; Taiwan; India; France; Germany;...
View ArticleChina’s rich want to send children abroad for education – China –...
An overwhelming majority of China’s richest people are likely to send their children abroad for education, the United States and the United Kingdom being their first choices, according to a Hurun...
View ArticleChina trainmakers CSR, CNR in talks to merge – state media | Reuters
China’s top trainmakers, China CNR and CSR Corp, are in merger talks to create a giant able to compete globally with the likes of Siemens and Bombardier, state media reported on Tuesday. China built...
View ArticleChina to pitch high-speed trains to California | Reuters
State-backed China CNR Corporation is making a pitch to sell its high-speed trains to California, signaling China’s growing export ambitions for such technology after building the world’s longest...
View ArticlePoland-China train leaves the station on first trip – World – Chinadaily.com.cn
The first “New Silk Road” Yuxinou railway return train from Poland to China kicked off on Thursday, the Chongqing government said. Starting in Chongqing, the 11,178 km Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe...
View ArticleGermany, China say renminbi hub in Frankfurt will boost trade | Reuters
A decision by Germany and China to make Frankfurt a European hub for financial transactions in the Chinese currency will give new momentum to trade between the two economic powers, Chinese President Xi...
View ArticleChina’s yuan surpasses euro as 2nd most-used currency in trade finance: SWIFT...
China\’s yuan currency overtook the euro in October, becoming the second-most used currency in trade finance, global transaction services organization SWIFT said on Tuesday. The market share of yuan...
View ArticleDaimler’s Mercedes-Benz sees double-digit growth in China market
Reuters: “Daimler AG‘s Mercedes-Benz expects to see growth of up to 15 percent in China’s luxury car segment this year, a senior executive said, and is trying to grab a bigger share of that market by...
View Article* India, Germany sign six new pacts
Times of India: “India and Germany on Thursday inked six key MoUs including that for putting together 7 million for next four years towards joint research in the field of higher education and a pact...
View Article* Chinese overtake Germans as biggest spending tourists
China Daily: “Chinese tourists have overtaken Germans as the world’s biggest-spending travellers after a decade of robust growth in the number of Chinese holidaying abroad, the United Nations World...
View Article* China’s workforce peak demographics
Well reasoned analysis that goes behind and beyond headline figures – as expected from the EIU. EIU: “China’s working age population is set to peak in 2013, according to the Economist Intelligence...
View Article* India poised for giant leap in space science, 56% jump in collaboration...
India is in an undeclared space race with China. The difference is that China is doing it alone whereas India is doing it collaboratively with several other countries. Both are making substantial...
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