14 h. ago Slideshow: Reimagining an elementary school library in Beijing

Slideshow: Reimagining an elementary school library in Beijing  Woodworking Network

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30 h. ago New World Seeks to Sell China Real Estate Assets After Loan Deal

New World Seeks to Sell China Real Estate Assets After Loan Deal  Bloomberg

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4 d. ago Fans Are More Excited for China’s Robot Soccer Players Than the Real Team

Fans Are More Excited for China’s Robot Soccer Players Than the Real Team  VICE

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6 d. ago China urged to issue 30 trillion yuan in bonds to tackle local debt crisis

China should issue 30 trillion yuan (US$4.2 trillion) in treasury bonds to swap local governments’ hidden liabilities to re-energise growth momentum and cut off financial risks at their root, a Beijing-based think tank has proposed. Such a move, combined with a few trillion yuan worth of additional bonds to shore up the property market, boost consumption and remove excessive industrial capacity, would be a strong step toward resolving China’s local-level debt and real estate crises once and for...

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6 d. ago Gordon Chang warns China is 'making very fast gains' in 'real competition' over AI

Gordon Chang warns China is 'making very fast gains' in 'real competition' over AI  Fox Business

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7 d. ago China’s real consumption ‘far from as low as it seems’, think tank argues

China’s actual consumption power may have already surpassed that of Mexico and reached 40 to 50 per cent of the levels seen in developed nations such as Japan and Germany, a Beijing-based think tank contends. That conclusion, put forth by China Finance 40 Forum, which comprises senior Chinese regulators and financial executives, runs contrary to the market consensus that China’s consumption is underdeveloped, while providing a new perspective from which to assess the consumer potential of the...

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1 week ago Why India’s real estate surge doesn’t make it a substitute for China

Divergences and idiosyncrasies are an important part of Asia’s real estate landscape. Whether it is the stark contrast between Seoul’s remarkably resilient office market and its ailing counterpart in Hong Kong or the big difference between Japan’s mature and institutionalised rental housing market and its nascent peers elsewhere in the region, Asia’s property sector is far from homogeneous. Yet among the leading economies in the region, the performance gap between China and India is far and away...

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1 week ago Don’t overhype the diverging fortunes of Chinese and Indian real estate

Divergences and idiosyncrasies are an important part of Asia’s real estate landscape. Whether it is the stark contrast between Seoul’s remarkably resilient office market and its ailing counterpart in Hong Kong or the big difference between Japan’s mature and institutionalised rental housing market and its nascent peers elsewhere in the region, Asia’s property sector is far from homogeneous. Yet among the leading economies in the region, the performance gap between China and India is far and away...

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1 week ago China carries out ‘largest’ military, civilian rescue drill in South China Sea

Chinese coastguard and military forces took part in a large land-air-sea emergency rescue exercise near the disputed Woody Island on Thursday, as Beijing continues to assert its claims in the South China Sea. More than 200 personnel, 15 vessels and two rescue helicopters carried out what was described by the government and state media as “the largest rescue drill in recent years”. Woody Island, called Yongxing Island by China, is part of the Paracel Islands, a contested archipelago known as the...

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1 week ago Quest for Strategic Autonomy? Europe Grapples with the US – China Rivalry

Quest for Strategic Autonomy? Europe Grapples with the US – China Rivalry  Real Instituto Elcano

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2 w. ago China's Real Estate Crisis Could Still Get Worse, Goldman Sachs Says

China's Real Estate Crisis Could Still Get Worse, Goldman Sachs Says  Business Insider

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2 w. ago Chinese man offers US$70,000 bounty to find real killer after wrongful jailing

A Chinese man who was wrongly jailed for murder has offered a generous 500,000-yuan (US$70,000) bounty for information leading to the arrest of the real killer. Chen Shijiang, 49, from eastern China’s Shandong province, has taken to social media in search of clues. In 1998, at the age of 22, Chen was wrongly convicted of killing a woman in his village. The 56-year-old victim was the wife of a cash keeper for the village government. Chen was accused of killing her to steal money for a furniture...

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2 w. ago China’s Real Estate Recovery Is Mixed. These Urban Hubs Are Bouncing Back.

China’s Real Estate Recovery Is Mixed. These Urban Hubs Are Bouncing Back.  Barron's

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last month Beijing Woos US Influencers With Free Trip to Show ‘Real China’

Beijing Woos US Influencers With Free Trip to Show ‘Real China’  Bloomberg.com

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