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Will China dominate the next generation of manufacturing?

China is always considered as the center for manufacturing with cheap labor. But in recent years, China wants to upgrade its industrial structure to get more...

Apr 12, 2017

China’s new aircraft carrier is coming

China’s aircraft carrier program reached a series of milestones, with its first home-built carrier launching in mid 2017. China’s new military...

Apr 12, 2017

Hadouken! to Smog in Capital as Two Meetings Continue

Beijing citizens really need to look up and give thanks to the Great Almighty Ryu in the sky as he unleashed a powerful Hadouken to dispel the smog that has...

Mar 8, 2016

Undie Running Returns to Beijing

Running and partial nudity enthusiasts descended on Beijing’s Olympic Forest Park this Sunday past to participate in the 5th annual “Undie...

Feb 29, 2016

Slip Sliding Away after Shanghai Shopping Now Possible

As part of a recent promotional campaign for the Pinault Printemps Redoute mall in Shanghai, shoppers on the fifth floor will be able to skip the...

Feb 18, 2016

It’s Not Money but Smartphones Hurting Spring Festival

In the Year of the Monkey, the man with the most hongbao is king! Or so the saying goes. Although maybe it is Ma Huateng (also known as Pony Ma), head of...

It’s Time for a Chunjie Series…

At a temple in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, people lift incense above their head as they try to engender good fortune for the coming year. In case you missed...

Feb 15, 2016

Beijing Aquarium Celebrates New Year with Monkey Business

Yes, exactly. No one wants to see the wholly trite term “monkey business” in a headline as the new lunar year approaches (2016 will be the Year of...

Feb 5, 2016

Chinese Diaspora Gear Up for Spring Festival Celebrations

Spring Festival (a.k.a. Chunjie a.k.a. Chinese New Year) is almost upon us, and with it comes the same file of stories updated each year: the travel chaos of...

Feb 4, 2016

Honey, I’m Just Headed Down to the Zoo for a Spot of Mongoose Fishing!

In a Chongqing “zoo,” visitors are encouraged to “fish” for mongooses (no, it’s not “mongeese”) by dangling food on a...

Feb 4, 2016

Gun Debate Sparks off in China | Netizen News

A Chinese exchange student was shot dead in the USA in a January 2016, triggering a heated discussion on gun crime amongst Chinese netizens. Where do they...

Feb 3, 2016

China Credit Flight Soars in 2015 As Yuan Uncertainty Abounds

With the Chinese renminbi, also known as the yuan, taking a hammering in recent months, and the domestic economy no longer seen at home as the bounty it once...

Jan 29, 2016