Nov 09 For the Love of Chinese Bread EmbedVideo(1942, 482, 304); An economic analysis of a local, family-run bread bakery is the topic of the latest dispatch from Yoram Bauman, our temporary economist-in-residence in China. Using his improving (but still a bit limited) language… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch For the Love of Chinese Bread Economic analysis of a bakery is the topic of this dispatch from Yoram Bauman in China. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch World's Population Teeters on the Edge of 7 Billion: Now What? World's Population Teeters on the Edge of 7 Billion -- Now What?… Continue watching
Oct 14 Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing By Paul Solman // In this latest dispatch from China, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. We first reported on this threat in our "China on the Rise" series back in 2005, when MIT economist and… Continue reading
Oct 14 Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing EmbedVideo(1753, 482, 304); In this latest dispatch from China, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. We first reported on this threat in our "China on the Rise" series back in 2005,… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. Continue watching
Oct 06 Faking Blood Tests to Avoid Discrimination in China By Talea Miller Carriers of hepatitis B routinely battle discrimination, now a new service offers to fake clean test results. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch Senate Considers Bill to Punish China Over Currency Valuation For years, American lawmakers have targeted China's currency, saying it has been deliberately undervalued to give Chinese companies price advantages in international trade. Kwame Holman reports on a Senate bill under consideration that would allow countervailing duties on Chinese good… Continue watching
Sep 29 The Daily Frame Actors perform Kunqu, one of the oldest forms of Chinese Opera, on the subway this week in Nanjing, China. Photo by: ChinaFotoPress /Getty Images. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 'Last Train Home' Traces Travels of China's Migrant Workers In "Last Train Home" filmmaker Lixin Fan documents the migration of millions of Chinese workers during the Chinese New Year -- the largest human migration in the world -- through the prism of one family. This documentary is part of… Continue watching