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Chris Smith U.S. Report Finds One Child Policy Fuels Demand, Sex Trafficking In China The Chinese Government was downgraded by the U.S. Department of State today and designated as one of the worst offenders in the world in combating human trafficking—joining North Korea, Syria, Zimbabwe...

Why Is the Chinese Communist Party So Tense? - ChinaFile - The Atlantic Recent economic, political, environmental, and demographic issues have put the Chinese government on edge. I think of the Chinese leaders as holding a plant spritzer and dousing sparks that are jumping up all around...

China's Top 9 Fake Foods - Banoosh CARDBOARD SIOPAO SCANDAL Chinese street vendors soak cardboard in industrial chemicals to soften it. Then it is chopped and mixed with pork fat and flavored powder. The mixture is stuffed in dough and steamed. In 2007, according to China...

Credit crisis begins to cripple Chinese cities - Economic Times As the Chinese economy boomed, few cities soared faster or higher than Shenmu, a community of nearly 500,000 in northwestern China. Top luxury clothing stores in this city's downtown were recording as much as $500,000 a day in...

Is China’s economy actually growing by 7.5%? No, not really There’s a fun game that happens at the beginning of each quarter: figuring out what China’s GDP growth really is. Let’s kick off a round of that with what China’s GDP growth rate would look like if it used the international standard...

Indian phone makers leave China to build at home | ZDNet Summary: Indian smartphone manufacturers, Maxx Mobile and Intex, start building local production lines as costs in China increase, but others say an ecosystem is needed before India is a viable manufacturing alternative. Indian...

China Government Advisor On Debt Crisis - Business Insider MNI's David Wilder reports an economist and advisor to the Chinese government says the country's economy is officially in a crisis as debt costs spiral upward. This was spotted by Fabrizio Goria. Xia Bin, of the State Council's...

India to give $19 million, patrol boats to Vietnam - The New Indian Express As Vietnam acknowledged India’s right to explore oil and gas in offshore blocks in the South China Sea, New Delhi has offered an additional soft loan of $19.5 million, a PARAM supercomputer and patrol boats to the...

Visiting Vietnamese foreign minister was born in India New Delhi: For Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, his current India visit is a sort of homecoming. He was born in India to the then Vietnamese envoy in India who then went to become that country's foreign minister. Acknowledging...

Vietnam pitches for greater Indian role in ASEAN - The Hindu Vietnam today pitched for India’s greater presence in South East Asia politically and economically. Welcoming India’s commitment and engagement with ASEAN, Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said “we all want to see more...

China Economy Slows, Leading Companies to Cut Staff » The Epoch Times A slowing economy triggers a cascade of layoffs Jobseekers attend a job fair at the Hangzhou Peace International Exhibition and Conference Center in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. As the Chinese economy slows...

Was Fed fire alarm warning of danger in Chinese economy? | Asia-Pacific | BDlive ON May 22, US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke triggered one of the biggest financial panics since 2008 by raising the possibility of reducing its monetary stimulus. He also admitting that he had no idea...

India keen to help build missing rail link to Russia - Livemint New Delhi: India is trying to persuade Iran to build the 165km missing rail link between Rasht, Iran, and Astara, Azerbaijan, a connection that will help Asia’s third biggest economy access the markets of the Commonwealth of...

Diwali stamp effort gains momentum in US - Times Of India WASHINGTON: Three US lawmakers have urged the US Postal Service to issue a postage stamp on Diwali - the Indian festival of lights. "The fight to have the Postal Service issue a Diwali commemorative stamp can be decided next...

China's Pending Credit Crisis The Chinese GDP growth story is by no means news at this point. For 2013 to 2015, growth estimates remain high at a CAGR of 8.77%. But the former isolationist nation has, without doubt, already experienced its fastest growth for this cycle. This is troubling in...

China's economic crisis, explained - San Jose Mercury News SHENZHEN, China - To understand China's economy today, a local financial journalist recently told me, you need to picture a stool with three legs. We were having dinner, and he took a toothpick and one of the chopsticks from a serving...

Local governments inflated China’s GDP by $900 billion last year Chinese president Xi Jinping recently said that the government would stop tying promotions of local government officials to GDP performance alone. This is important because local leaders under pressure to produce high...

China Economic “Miracle” Has Failed… What’s Next For the Stock Market? China, which the investment world blindly continues to believe will power the global economy to growth, just posted its single worst export data since 2009. All in all, Chinese exports fell 3.1%...

More slowdown fears as China's trade slumps A surprise fall in China's imports and exports has signalled a further slowdown in the world's second-largest economy, spelling possible short-term risks for Australia. Exports for Australia's largest trading partner fell 3.1 per cent in June from a...

India-Africa trade grew faster than China-Africa: Report | Business Standard Bilateral trade between India and Africa grew at a much faster rate of 32.4% compared to overall China-Africa trade that rose by 27% during 2008-2011. During the period India emerged as the fastest growing export...