Jim Trippon: China’s overall government strategy of piling up additional energy and other resource assets while consolidating certain industries is ongoing. China watchers know that this has shifted into high gear in the last couple of years, with China’s major oil and gas companies Read more…

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM), the Kentucky based global restaurant chain and parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, continued to produce strong results in China, despite the economic slowdown. The restaurant chain, which has made a large commitment over the years Read more…

Investors are certainly aware that the Chinese economy is affected by and participating in the global slowdown, as there’s no shortage of such coverage in the financial media. What’s less well covered, but has sometimes been mentioned as a corollary or simply on its own, Read more…

Nearly hidden among all the data about the global economic slowdown, which includes China (NYSEARCA:FXI) of course in those areas affected, is the role of the consumer in China’s economy. With the recent factory PMI data, both the HSBC and the China government official numbers Read more…

Jim Trippon: China, the world’s number one vehicle market in the world by sales, is still growing its vehicle sales amid an overall economic slowdown. That growth, however, like so much other economic activity, has tapered off. Total vehicle sales in China for August Read more…

Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: War drums beat in the Middle East and, now, the drums suddenly beat strongly between two Asian mights.  That, on top of a global financial system on the brink of entering the slide to hyperinflation has many thoughtful analysts suggesting Read more…

William Patalon III: We’ve been telling you for months about the ongoing territory disputes in the South China Sea - and warning that it wouldn’t take much to spark a major confrontation. Read more…

The US is no longer the safest place in the world to invest, says Don Coxe, a strategic advisor to the BMO Financial Group. While US-based companies are forced to wade through red tape and legal challenges, relatively lax regulation in emerging economies Read more…

Jim Trippon: With Chinese iron ore prices recently sagging to around $100 per metric tonne due to what has been a sluggish demand for steel, iron ore producers and steelmakers globally are finding the results pressing on their bottom line. Steelmakers such Read more…