JHU Business in China Association

04/21/2015

President Xi Jinping's visit to Pakistan attracts attention to the two countries' exceptionally intimate relation.
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21648918-xi-jinping-arrives-bearing-gifts-corridor-power?zid=306&ah=1b164dbd43b0cb27ba0d4c3b12a5e227

EXPECT the diplomatic equivalent of a love-in now that China’s president, Xi Jinping, has landed in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, for a two-day visit. When the...

04/15/2015

04/11/2015

Will Japan stand firm with US after all the major U.S allies joined AIIB?
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/world/525227/us-questions-japan-on-aiib-stance

TOKYO — The United States has questioned Japan about its possible participation in a Chinese initiative to set up a regional development bank from which both allies have stood aloof, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Friday.

04/09/2015

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32229729

A top Chinese TV anchor is taken off air after a video emerges showing him insulting Chairman Mao at a dinner party.

04/03/2015

In 2014, Chinese tech giant Huawei outspent Apple on R&D, $6.6bn v. $6bn. Should we expect a greater Huawei-Apple rivalry in the near future?
http://qz.com/374039/huaweis-rd-spend-is-massive-even-by-the-standards-of-american-tech-giants/

Last year, Huawei outpaced Apple, Oracle, and Facebook in research and development.

04/02/2015

03/26/2015

Putting into perspective China's growth in cities and infrastructure
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/24/how-china-used-more-cement-in-3-years-than-the-u-s-did-in-the-entire-20th-century/

How the craziest statistic about Chinese growth turned out to be true

03/24/2015

China offeres to give up veto power at the newly-established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to attract more countries to join this Beijing-led multinational development bank, taking a further step in challenging the U.S. dominant role in the world economic system.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-forgoes-veto-power-at-new-bank-to-win-key-european-nations-support-1427131055

Chinese negotiators persuaded key European countries to break with Washington and line up as founding members of the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank by promising to relinquish China’s veto power.

03/23/2015

Improving the economy's structure is now China's priority.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-22/china-unable-to-grow-at-previous-pace-vice-premier-zhang-says

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03/13/2015

Celebrities showing off their Chinese. Impressive, Hugh Jackman! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=781721858588782&pnref=story

03/12/2015

The main indicators of the first two months of 2015 came out. The sluggish economic growth of China turns out to be "worse than expected".http://www.economist.com/news/china/21646247-growth-looks-weaker-government-has-cards-play-bad-beginnings?zid=306&ah=1b164dbd43b0cb27ba0d4c3b12a5e227

THE Chinese economy has earned a reputation as a slow starter. In 2012, 2013 and again last year, it was sluggish out of the gates, fuelling concerns that much worse...

03/09/2015

Will this merger help China expand its bullet train global market?