China

We make fun of North Korea quite a bit — it’s the whole point of this series. And it’s easy to mock the North Korean regime, they’re ridiculous. But the…

Wannabe Soviet dictator Vladimir Putin spent over $50 billion-with-a-“b” on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. All he got out of it was international derision, a crumbling, empty, never-completed Olympic…

Back in 2011, in a rare display of bipartisan cooperation that split both Republicans and Democrats, the Senate passed a bill aimed at addressing China’s currency manipulation. The 63-35 vote…

Sabers are rattling again in the ongoing joust between China and the United States. The latest thrust arrived this week, with five officers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army indicted by…

They’ve come up with a new plan to rescue bankrupt Detroit. They’re going to sell it to the Chinese. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, who made a living in business before…

When Benny Goodman recorded a song about “a slow boat to China,” it was talking about the longest trip imaginable. Today of course we can fly to China; the trip from…

Google got its start in Susan Wojcicki’s garage in Menlo Park, California. Amazon.com’s business plan was forged by founder Jeff Bezos while he and his wife were traveling across the country. And…

An article in Britain’s The Guardian this week says that the citizens of the North Korean prison state are finally fed up with the murderous Communist regime that has kept…

It was with equal parts of relief and smug satisfaction that the Bitcoin faithful watched prices recover over the last week, briefly rising into the $540 range. While the price…

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. China is the second largest economy in the world, offering a huge population whose introduction to Western consumer goods is the Holy Grail of…