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Hollywood looks to China for 3D movies
Rob Schmitz Aug 27, 2012
"The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Amazing Spiderman" are being released in China. Hollywood expects big audiences and big profits from offering the movies as a 3D experience there.
Translating the complications of Chinese paychecks
Rob Schmitz Aug 23, 2012
Workers at state-run companies in China are riding pretty high. Beyond standard salaries, there are often a lot of perks for state workers, including mortgage payments, groceries, fancy cars. And it's all tax free.
Tensions grow between China and Japan over islands
Mariko Oi Aug 20, 2012
In China over the weekend, activists smashed shop windows and overturned cars in a wave of anti-Japanese protests. The protests center around a couple of uninhabited, rocky islands in the East China Sea.
Wife of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai spared
Rob Schmitz Aug 20, 2012
Gu Kailai, wife of fallen Communist Party politician Bo Xilai, was sentenced to death for murder of a British businessman but the sentence was commuted.
The Street of Eternal Happiness: The Tattoo Artist
Rob Schmitz Aug 16, 2012
Among the street's many noodle shops and fashion boutiques, one artist's tattoo store represents a changing China.
China's latest export: Cars with asbestos parts
Rob Schmitz Aug 16, 2012
Australia has told big Chinese automakers Chery and Great Wall to recall thousands of vehicles after discovering asbestos in their auto parts.
Rich Chinese increasingly invest overseas
Rob Schmitz Aug 15, 2012
Slower growth in China and the prospect of currency depreciation have many Chinese putting their money into places like Canada and the U.S.
Dam shows flaws in China's economic model
Rob Schmitz Aug 9, 2012
Fallen politician Bo Xilai championed the Xiaonanhai Dam but it threatens an ancient fish species. Critics say it's being built just to aid regional growth.
Why is China interested in U.S. battery maker?
Jeff Horwich Aug 9, 2012
Wangxiang Group, China's biggest auto-parts conglomerate, has offered $450 million for a controlling stake in a Massachusetts electric car batteries company.
Poor factory and retail signals from China
Jeremy Hobson Aug 9, 2012
In China, two reports this morning signal bad news ahead for the world's second largest economy. Factory output grew at the slowest pace in three years last month, and retail sales fell.
