posted by Zach Bowman
Filed under: China, Plants/Manufacturing, GM, Volkswagen
China has reversed a policy that would have nixed incentives for investments from foreign automakers, paving the way for further expansion by General Motors, Volkswagen and others. Legislators h…
posted by Adam Hodge
Filed under: Asia, China, Photo of the Dayjrodmanjr, Flickr
After a protracted, freezing and rainy spring, summer finally hit Shanghai a few weeks ago. Prior to the sun breaching the clouds (if not always the smog), the streets were full of the poncho-…
posted by Zach Bowman
Filed under: China, Lincoln
Automotive News reports Lincoln is looking to Chinese luxury shoppers for customer service ideas. Those notions may eventually make their way back to the US in the form of new dealership training. Jim Farley, the executive …
posted by Zach Bowman
Filed under: Sedan, China, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Saab, Celebrities
BAIC has officially pulled the covers off of its new Senova D Series sedan for China. The four-door is based on the old Saab 9-5 and boasts a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cyli…
posted by DrKBO
Thomson Reuters to provide China real-time Interbank FX Rates through its one-stop Eikon desktop Live China interbank pricing for onshore and offshore renminbi market Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals,...
posted by Jonathon Ramsey
Filed under: China, Etc., Jaguar, Specialty
Someone filed a patent application in China for the Jaguar XJ limousine seen above, but no one’s sure who filed it or what the car is for. One camp thinks it’s a State limo for UK royals like the Bentley Sta…
posted by Reuters
China’s foreign ministry dismissed as groundless a Pentagon report which accused China for the first time of trying to break into US defense computer networks.
posted by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
Baidu, China’s answer to Google, has acquired the online video business of web-based broadcaster PPS for $370M. PPS’ online video business, which inlcudes Asian and American programming, will be folded into Baidu’s TV and and movie po…
posted by Dan Nosowitz
Aorun zhaoi Skull James Clark A new dinosaur found in China may be the oldest of its kind–and a crucial link between lizard-like dinosaurs and the feathered, late-period creatures that bore a closer resemblance to today’s birds. A team of internationa…
posted by Adam Hodge
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Festivals and Events, Asia, China, News
Hong Kong’s famous skyline was joined by a 54-foot rubber duck on Thursday. The duck, a traveling public exhibit by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman floated into Victoria Harbour with…
posted by Marija Bojovic
3Gatti Architecture Studio will add a facade of opening and closing steel umbrellas to Foreign Office Architects’ Madrid Pavilion from the 2010 Shanghai Expo. The new cladding, designed by 3Gatti Architecture Studio of Rome and Shanghai will replace bamboo louvers that currently surround the glazed walls of the building, which was originally designed by the [...]
posted by Libby Zay
Filed under: North America, United States, Ecotourism, NewsEnvironmental officials plan to survey a lake in Central Park for the northern snakehead fish, a curious species often referred to as the “Frankenfish.”
After sightings in Queens in recent yea…
