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China's towering metal stockpiles cast economic shadow When metals warehouses in top consumer China are so full that workers start stockpiling iron ore in granaries and copper in car parks, you know the global economy could be in trouble. At Qingdao Port, home to one of China's largest iron...

China's Economic Miracle Is Over China's Economic Miracle Is Over by Chriss W. Street. China funded the largest economic stimulus programs in world history from July of 2009 through June of 2010. As a percentage comparison to the U.S. stimulus plan; the Chinese spent twice the amount of...

China's misread property 'bubble' By Francesco Sisci Is Chinese real estate a real bubble? The question, because of its global implications, has been floating around for many months. Pessimists believe it is - and that it is something that could trigger a larger crisis possibly like the one...

China to Enter Three Year Decline as Problems Mount Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Oct. 4 – In the job I have, I am fortunate enough to be able to compare over 20 years' experience of actually living in China with the past five years of travel across emerging Asia – India especially –...

Clinton and Geithner Face Hurdles in China Talks BEIJING — China and the United States opened three days of high-level meetings here on Monday meant to broaden and deepen the ties between the world's largest developed and developing economies. But the opening session instead laid bare a...

Chinese Economy Treads a Risky Path. (Just Ask Japan.) BEIJING — The White House dispatched 200 dignitaries to China's capital for relationship-cementing talks this week, a number that bespeaks a world order rapidly turning upside down. From China's threefold economic growth in a decade to...

never had idea about any such town in china

In Africa Town, everything to gain This place is not really China, nor is it Africa; it lies in the midst of major highways in Guangzhou, southern China (formerly known as Canton). Officially, 20,000 Africans – probably more like 100,000 – live in or pass through the 10 square kilometres of...

Foreign Companies Chafe at China's Restrictions HONG KONG — Foreign companies doing business in China are increasingly feeling as if the deck is stacked against them. China has filed more than a dozen trade cases to limit imports, imposed a series of "buy Chinese" measures and limited exports...

China's middle-classes lose property hope[/B] By Antoaneta Bezlova BEIJING - Courteous and efficient, Xing Xina is dealing with the long queue of bank customers in front of her without a hint of resentment. After all, the air is thick with talk of interest rates and mortgage loans and...

If China melts down .... It's the country with the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, built out of a gigantic and dynamic export machine. Yet, in recent weeks, it's being called a bubble. All of a sudden, China is out of favour with some big name investors, like Mr Marc Faber. Mr Jim...

A $1.2 trillion timebomb ticks in China Hong Kong: A major fiscal shock looms over China, arising from local governments’ shadowy finances and banks’ reckless lending to them as part of the frantic rush to boost GDP growth in China following the global economic slowdown in 2008. The fiscal...

Urban-rural income gap widest since opening-up

Defying Global Slump, China Has Labor Shortage

China risks property bubble as prices rise 20pc a month