Hans Tung (@hanstung) A generation ago, well-known Internet and tech giants with global ambitions tried to break into the Chinese market but often failed. Those attempts have been well-documented, but conditions change when a country like China goes through its own mobile revolution. Fast-forward to 2015, and times have changed drastically. Today, startups around the […]
The movie world’s most powerful man
Meet China’s La Peikang, the movie world’s most powerful man The head of China’s biggest film company talks about censorship, increasing artistic quality and box office returns that, he says, will beat America’s by 2017 Phil Hoad “I am a member of that legendary species: the nouveau riche. Before, you had the Japanese, the Saudis, […]
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China Is Genetically Engineering Mini Pigs To Sell As Pets The $1,600 mini pigs are created using gene-editing techniques and cloning. Carla Herreria, Associate Editor, HuffPost Hawaii We’d all like our baby pets to stay perpetually tiny, but scientists in China are taking that desire to a whole new level. BGI, a genomics institute located in […]
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Unfriended? Mark Zuckerberg ‘was snubbed’ when he asked President Xi to choose honorary Chinese name for his unborn baby girl at White House state dinner By KHALEDA RAHMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to forge a friendship with China’s President Xi Jinping appears to have backfired. The leader reportedly snubbed the Facebook founder’s request to […]
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China opens terrifying glass-bottomed bridge in Shiniuzhai park by CNN Wire HUNAN PROVINCE, China — It’s called Brave Men’s Bridge for a reason. The recently completed span is a glass walkway suspended a stomach-flipping 180 meters (590 feet) above a sheer drop in China’s central Hunan Province. Haohan Qiao, as it’s known in Chinese, is […]
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China’s Butler Boom BY BIANCA BOSKER On a recent morning at a butler-training school in Chengdu, China, lessons began at 8 A.M., with an exercise in “opening the villa.” When I arrived at the gated development where the school is housed, a middle-aged student was on her knees scrubbing the pedals of a grand piano, […]
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http://pro.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2015-09-07-china-box-office-weekend-report-terminator-genisys-outgrosses-north-america-monster-hunt-edges-closer-to-all-time-record This was a truncated weekend in China as the 3-day Victory Day Holiday during the week meant Chinese citizens had to go back to school and work on Sunday. Accordingly, Sunday’s box office total was just $6.7M, 50% below Saturday and the lowest daily total in months. The market should rebound this upcoming week […]
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Chinese ADRs Post Best Week Since 2011 as Real Estate Sites Soar Bloomberg Chinese stocks trading in New York posted their biggest weekly rally since late 2011, led by real estate websites after the central bank reduced down-payment requirements for first-time home buyers in a bid to bolster the industry. The Bloomberg China-US Equity Index […]
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Stop by my LinkedIn account and say hello: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markschlarbaum About the Author: Mark Schlarbaum Mark Schlarbaum is an expert equity trader, COO of KraneShares, an investment firm that manages Chinese Focused ETF’s based in New York City. Mark is building and developing business relationships with main land Chinese investment professionals including Chinese brokerage firms, QDIE […]
mark schlarbaumExxonMobil’s Agreement with Shanghai
ExxonMobil (China) Investment Signs Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement with Shanghai Aerospace Energy ExxonMobil (China) Investment recently signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shanghai Aerospace Energy. According to terms of the agreement, ExxonMobil will provide lubricants for gas engines and turbines produced by Shanghai Aerospace Energy. At the same time, the two companies will also […]
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