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Chinese factories are closed from October 1 – 7 for their Mid-Autumn Holiday. This is a holiday celebrating the end of the fall harvest. Typically, mooncakes (pastries with red bean or lotus…

In the years since the global economic collapse of 2008, China has been steadily making yuan trade agreement with other countries. So far China has signed trade agreements with more than 17…

The UK Telegraph just reported that various governments in China will spend approximately US1.27 Trillion to stimulate its slowing economy with various public projects. That’s one whopper of an amount of stimulus……

Until this year, the Yuan had been steadily appreciating against the U.S. dollar. Since uncoupling in 2010 when it was 6.82 to 1, the Yuan had appreciated to 6.29 to 1. The…

In 1949, Mao Zedong and the communist took over China. Not long after, the U.S. government severed all ties with the China, which meant no importing from their nation. 23 years later,…

A farmer in China has invented a turbine powered car. After the car reaches 40 MPH, a turbine on the nose of the car kicks in and powers it, up to 70…

Recently, our president said that “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” The insinuation was that the government was “responsible” for the success of businesses…

By Zhizhou Zhu When I first came to America, John, a nice gentleman who was about 60ish picked me and my friend up from the airport. My friend and I felt quite…

China recently announced that they would allow the Yuan’s trading band to increase from .5% to 1%. This means that the Yuan can fluctuate as much as 1% in any one day…

The April Newsletter is up; you can read it here Here’s an excerpt: Of Beads and Streams Imagine: you get a quote from a Chinese manufacturer and place a P.O. Everything is…