The author is Tian X. Hou, founder and CEO of Chinese equity research firm T.H. Capital Baidu, Inc. will report first quarter results on April 24th after the market close. We believe its results are highly likely to come in better than consensus expectations, mainly driven by its mobile business and other non-traditional search businesses […]

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Beijing-based Chinese mobile game developer Chukong Technologies has filed on April 18 with the U.S. securities regulator to raise up to US$150 million in an IPO on the NASDAQ. Specific pricing terms were not disclosed. According to its F-1 form, Northern Light Venture Capital owns 23.7% of the company. Steamboat Ventures owns 12.6%. GGV Capital […]

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Beijing-based Chinese IT services provider iSoftStone Holdings Limited says it has entered into a definitive agreement, in which its chairman and CEO Liu Tianwen, together with China Everbright Investment Management Limited, will take the company private, according to a company announcement. The buyer consortium will acquire New York Stock Exchange-listed iSoftStone for US$5.70 per American […]

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The author is ANZ greater China chief economist Liu Li-Gang China's central bank announced this afternoon that it will reduce the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for some rural commercial banks, effective from this Friday. The reserve requirement ratio for rural commercial banks at county levels will be cut by 2 percentage points while the rate […]

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China’s new openness to lawsuits brought by private individuals against Japanese companies comes as tension simmers between the two countries

The author is Fitch Ratings Inc. The financial product to be issued by China's CITIC Securities, backed by rental income from two office buildings, is more similar to asset-backed securities (ABS) than a real estate investment trust (REIT). Media reports recently say that CITIC Securities is ready to issue the first REIT in China. But […]

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The Schwarzman Scholars program says it has raised US$275 million one year after the announcement of the program, and it is increasing its fundraising target to US$350 million from its previous goal of US$300 million, according to an announcement. The program is a US$300 million scholarship program inspired by the Rhodes Scholarship, an international graduate […]

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American diplomat George Kennan traced the Cold War partly to neurotic insecurity and Oriental secretiveness on the Russian side, and legalism and moralism on the Western side. If Cold War II erupts in Ukraine, it will be because the middle ground of c…

China Orient Asset Management Corporation, one of the four bad debt banks in China, plans to launch a US$1 billion joint venture fund to invest in distressed real estate assets in China. The joint venture fund, named China Orient Summit Capital, is 80% owned by China Orient Asset Management (International) Holding Limited (COAMCI), a wholly-owned […]

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Hong Kong-based property firm Great Eagle Holdings Limited says it has signed an agreement with China Orient Asset Management Corporation to establish a close-end fund targeting at investment in office properties in the U.S., according to a company announcement. China Orient Asset Management, through its wholly owned subsidiary China Orient Asset Management (International) Holding Limited […]

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NASDAQ-listed Chinese high-end hospital operator Chindex International, Inc. says that it has entered into an amended merger agreement with TPG Capital, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical and the company's CEO Roberta Lipson to take the company private for US$24 per share in cash, according to a company announcement. The amended agreement removes one more uncertainty for the […]

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Case comes at a time of escalating tension between China, Asia’s largest economy, and Japan amid rising nationalism in both countries

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. launched the Jo Malone London brand in China at the Mitsukoshi store in Beijing. Jo Malone London was launched in 1994 and acquired by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in 1999. Today the brand is available in 34 countries worldwide following the launch in China and continues to inspire a […]

ZTE Corporation says it has been successful in winning orders the latest China Mobile bidding for gigabit passive optical network equipment. ZTE says it was one of only three successful vendors in China Mobile's tender after a stringent selection process. China Mobile's tender for more than 614,000 optical network units and over 3,000 optical line […]

Microsoft China announced in Shanghai that its Office 365 cloud service, which is operated by 21Vianet, is officially available in China. Office 365 technology leverages more than 20 years of Microsoft's experience providing the familiar Office productivity solutions including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Outlook to enterprises and institutions of all sizes. The applications are […]

The rise of China is the big strategic challenge facing the US and should focus its attention