Sep 19 Watch Alibaba’s stunning American IPO signals confidence in Chinese economy By PBS News Hour Within 10 minutes of its rollout on the New York Stock Exchange, Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba sold 100 million shares and earned $25 billion. Though not a household name in the U.S., it’s extremely popular in China and enjoys close… Continue watching
Sep 19 Alibaba IPO opens with a roar on the New York Stock Exchange By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba began trading on the New York Stock Exchange at noon EDT today, opening at $92.70 a share — a 40 percent raise from its $68/share pricing the night before. That’s a bigger increase than Amazon.com saw… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Obama pledges money and military personnel to nations struck by Ebola By PBS News Hour The United States will offer 3,000 troops and financial help to health care systems in West Africa that are overwhelmed by Ebola. President Obama announced that U.S. forces will build new treatment facilities, airlift hundreds of thousands of home health… Continue watching
Sep 15 India plus China: Lots of people, but less love By Michael D. Mosettig It's not often that two politicians can get together and claim to speak for more than a quarter of the world's 7.2 billion people. That's what will happen when President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister of Narendra Modi… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch How will China feed its growing middle class? By PBS News Hour China consumes half of the world's pork. And the country's growing middle class — bigger than the population of the United States — wants more meat. Nathan Halverson of The Center for Investigative Reporting looks at how China plans to… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Who’s behind the Chinese takeover of world’s biggest pork producer? By PBS News Hour Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, was acquired by a Chinese firm in 2013 for nearly $5 billion -- more than the company’s market value. The surprising purchase caused some lawmakers to wonder if there might be a hidden… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Islamic State — What should Obama do? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch One family’s quest to unite orphaned Chinese girls with a happy home By PBS News Hour After reaching their fifties and raising their own children, Jenny and Richard Bowen adopted 2-year-old Maya from China after learning of poor orphanage conditions for abandoned girls. Sixteen years later, the Bowens have two adopted daughters from the same region… Continue watching
Aug 22 Pentagon cites ‘dangerous’ Chinese jet intercept By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says a Chinese fighter jet conducted a "dangerous intercept" of a U.S. Navy aircraft three days ago off the coast of China in international airspace. Continue reading
Aug 12 Panda triplets born in China By Andrew Troast Chinese zoo officials in the southern city of Guangzhou’s Chimelong Safari Park have officially announced the birth of extremely rare panda triplets. Continue reading