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MID-DAY UPDATE: Academy Awards, Groupon, Walmart, and gas prices
Jaclyn Giovis Feb 28, 2011
The Brits were the big winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held last night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. British film "The King's Speech...
Groupon launches China service
Chris Hogg Aug 5, 2011
The daily deal site Groupon has been interested in expanding into China for months. And finally, Groupon has opened its Chinese affiliate, Gaopeng.com. The site will initially cover Beijing and Shanghai but the company hopes to grow to cover more of China's 160 cities.
Groupon expands into China
John Moe Feb 28, 2011
Groupon has opened a site called GaoPeng.com in China, bringing their approach to the group buying model to China (and the Chinese market) for the...
LinkedIn blocked in China
John Moe Feb 25, 2011
Really, China? Blocking the most square and businesslike social networking site in the world? The official social networking site of everyone's dad...
China hopes to prevent protests by blocking search terms
Rob Schmitz Feb 24, 2011
As the unrest continues in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen, the Chinese government has scaled up its control of the Internet to prevent protests in China. The government has called on search engines to block search terms related to the unrest in the Middle East, as Rob Schmitz reports.
MID-DAY UPDATE: U.S. reviews Middle East arms deals, China moves to discourage protests
Katharine Crnko Feb 23, 2011
As the unrest in the Middle East continues to escalate today, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama administration has launched a...
China moves to squelch potential protests
Rob Schmitz Feb 23, 2011
As political unrest continues to grow in North Africa, the Chinese government has started to censor information online and detain activists in hopes of avoiding potential protests in China. Rob Schmitz reports that while experts think unrest will not spread to China, an upheaval would be catastrophic for the global economy.
Colonel Sanders more profitable in China than the U.S.
Rob Schmitz Sep 22, 2011
For the first time ever, KFC is making bigger profits in China than in the U.S.
Help Wanted in the World's Workshop
Rob Schmitz Sep 21, 2011
The photo on the left was taken two days ago by the China Daily outside the train station in Liwu, Zhejiang province--the manufacturing hub of th...
China's big unemployment problem
Rob Schmitz Feb 15, 2011
Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Rob Schmitz about the challenging job market Chinese college grads are facing.
