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CHINESE

EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2017
Beware risks in China's economy
China's economy appears rather fragile, and any problem there will most certainly be felt in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2017
China as an open power
For the sake of China's future, Xi Jinping should embrace reforms rather than concentrate power in himself.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2017
China's growth obsession leaves toxic legacy
China's addiction to stop-go economic policies is leaving a legacy of environmental destruction.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017
China's latest innovation? The ballpoint pen
China's $9 million drive to make high quality ballpoint pens illustrates what's wrong with its economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2017
Look for Alibaba's counterfeit woes to drag on
By many measures, counterfeiting is one of China's leading industrial sectors.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 3, 2017
China's dangerous 2017 dominates the region
Fears of a Chinese financial crash loom large, but Japan and South Korea also face thorny challenges.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2016
U.S. charges Chinese trio of hacking law firms, gaining M&A info for insider trading
Three Chinese citizens have been criminally charged in the United States with trading on confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into networks and servers of law firms working on mergers, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 21, 2016
Honda keeps twin SUVs coming as China rewards 'badge engineering'
In China's auto market, carmakers are employing a strategy that's long been eschewed by the rest of the world: If a new model is helping you win, introduce a twin.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2016
Komatsu China sales jump as recovery quickens from 5-year slump
Komatsu Ltd., the world's second-biggest maker of construction and mining equipment, said its sales of excavators in China almost doubled last month, signaling an acceleration in the recovery from a five-year slump in what was once its largest market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2016
China's Xi Jinping courts emperor's syndrome
Shaking up the Communist Party's leadership succession could give Xi room to deliver much needed reforms.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2016
Why are Chinese tourists so badly behaved?
Narratives of exceptionalism and nationalism are crucial ingredients in making an 'ugly Chinese' tourist.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2016
China's progress is killing the instant noodle
Rising wages have improved living standards and expectations for millions of Chinese workers.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2016
Don't hype China's reserve currency moment
Hopes that entry into the IMF's currency basket would quicken the pace of reforms have been dashed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2016
Japan steelmakers suffer as China squeezes coal industry, sending fuel price soaring above $200
The nation's steel makers are set to pay for China's effort to manage its coal industry as a surge in metallurgical prices flow through to quarterly supply contracts.

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