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Anti-China rhetoric belies U.S. economic ties
Rob Schmitz Oct 16, 2012
Mitt Romney says Obama policies force U.S. to borrow money from China. But Japan is about to overtake China as largest holder of U.S. debt.
Economists predict slower growth for China
Rob Schmitz Oct 16, 2012
Economic forecasters in China say quarterly growth figures, set to be released Thursday, will be lower than officials were expecting.
China snubs Japan with IMF no-show
Jeff Horwich Oct 10, 2012
As China and Japan are disputing island territories, the head of China's central bank will be a no-show at this week's meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Japan.
Congress calls Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE a threat
Sarah Gardner Oct 8, 2012
A new report from the House Intelligence Committee calls for investigations into two Chinese telecommunications suppliers.
Congressional committee suspicious of Chinese companies' intentions
Rob Schmitz Oct 8, 2012
A U.S. congressional committee is set to call for investigations against Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies for alleged bribery and violations of U.S. immigration laws.
Congress: Chinese telecom companies pose threat
Mitchell Hartman Oct 8, 2012
A panel of the House Intelligence Committee warns U.S. telecom companies not to do business with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp.
Japan carmakers to cut China production
Rob Schmitz Oct 8, 2012
Japan's carmakers are reporting a huge drop in sales in China, and it's not about China's slowing growth. Anti-Japan protests in China are such an issue, Toyota and Nissan have both cut back on Chinese production.
The end of the Great Migration: China's workers return home
Rob Schmitz Oct 3, 2012
Twenty years after the start of China's great migration of farmers leaving rural China to work at factories along the country's coast, workers are beginning to return home, following an investment boom in China's interior.
Lenovo to manufacture computers in N.C.
Leoneda Inge Oct 3, 2012
The world's No. 2 computer maker Lenovo will hire 115 people to build computer servers, laptops and tablets in Whitsett, N.C., near its North American headquarters.
The end of the Great Migration: Foreign companies look to China's interior
Rob Schmitz Oct 3, 2012
Foreign companies searching to lower costs have found inland Chinese cities like Chengdu to their liking. The city offers a range of perks to companies to relocate there from China's coast, and skilled workers originally from the region are returning home as a result.
