A blog called Geostrategy brought this piece from the Australian's Sunday Business section to my attention. Their point is well taken: the world is paying attention to she how China handles the...

BusinessWeek ran an interesting piece last week on the question of what happens to the U.S-China commercial relationship if Barack Obama wins the White House. What does happen? The answer seems to be,...

China Tech Blog pointed out in a blog post earlier this month that online shopping in China is just exploding...According to iResearch, the total volume of consumer transactions online in China during...

The Economic Times reported yesterday that Abu Dhabi Investment House is planning a $1.5 billion private equity fund to invest (along with a Chinese partner) in real estate and manufacturing in China....

Market Watch is among a number of news sources reporting that China will begin allowing margin trading and short selling on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. The China Securities Regulatory...

China CSR released a story last week on the 17 companies that just made it through the Internet Society of China's new credit rating scheme. Some of the giants on are on the triple A rating list....

TRENDSnIFF reported last week that online men's apparel retailer PPG (Perfect Products Group) "bagged US$100 million in fourth-round financing from an unnamed American department store...

Saturday the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released The World Investment Report for 2008. There were a couple of interesting tidbits in the report... For starters, India has replaced...

Well, I've tried to ignore this story, but I suppose the time has come to comment on it... WaPo had a story in their Sunday paper. In China you can take your child to the hospital and have its...

Matt over at bizCult had a great piece yesterday on the difficulty involved in getting you money (in Chinese currency) home to America (or wherever) when you leave. The rules about transferring yuan...

What is the difference between a Chinese bank and an American bank? A Chinese bank has money... Okay, I stole that joke from Richard Brubaker over at All Roads Lead to China. He goes on to point out...

CNN Money ran a piece yesterday on the chaos that the collapse of Lehman Brothers brought to Hong Kong...Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) suspended trading, investment banking and brokerage...

Forex Factory made an interesting point yesterday about the up side of China stock crash: it has led to a stronger bond market in China. Since it reached wild peaks in October of last year, the...

After five years of tight monetary policy, China's central bank announced a cut in a key interest rate Monday. According to an AP report, the bank said it was lowering the rate on one-year...

Hua An Fund Management Co. warned today that it could suffer "potentially heavy losses" from bankruptcy of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, according to the Industry Standard. No...

Private equity investment in China is down. On August 27 Business Week reported that PE investment was down over the first seven month of the year by over 42%. The came the Xinhua story on the August...

A post in Seeking Alpha pointed out today the China's auto sales are down in August - for the first time in three years. Is this the start of a post-Olympic trend? Inflation in China is at a 12...

Ever wonder where the best place to do business in China is? If you're really interested in China, you probably already know. It's Hangzhou, and it has been for years now... The China Daily...

China IT service provider DCITS has received $73 million in venture capital funds, according to the Private Equity Help Desk. The deal is part of a spin off of DCITS. The company was previously part...

In response to complaints by foreign investors, China's two national stock exchanges have decided to make it easier for investors to cash out of investments in China, according to Bloomberg....

Today the Arizona Republican printed one of the best short round ups of basic etiquette tips for Asia that I think I've ever seen. Ten straightforward tips to remember - all of them easy to keep...