Where the world’s running out of water, in one map

By Brad Blumer, Washington Post Blog, Many of the world’s most important food-producing regions depend on freshwater from massive underground […]

China’s Government Jumps into Global Real Estate Investment with Blackstone

By Michael Cole,  from mingtiandi Real Estate, According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and the official China Daily, […]

China Shadow Bankers Go Online as Peer-to-Peer Sites Boom

By Luo Jun. Editors: Sheridan Prasso, Robert Friedman, From Bloomberg News, Jack Qiu, spending evenings in front of his laptop […]

China’s Economy Needs Major Overhaul: World Bank

(IBT) China’s export- and investment-driven economic model, though successful for decades, is no longer sustainable and reforms are needed to […]

Agricultural Bank Says China Real Estate Prices Need to Drop 25 Percent

By Michael Cole, From Mingtiandi real estate site, According to analysts from China Agricultural Bank (ABC) real estate prices should […]

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

China Takes a Big Step to Make the Yuan a Rival to the Dollar

By Michael Schuman, From Time Business site, Shenzhen is where China’s economic miracle began. Back in 1980, Deng Xiaoping and […]

Chinese Real Estate Shifts Focus to Commercial

By Michael Cole, From Mingtiandi site, As Residential Property Boom Fades, Developers Look to Office and Retail At recent meetings […]

Falling Oil Prices Present a Great Opportunity – An Interview with Jim Rogers

By James Stafford, From oilprice.com site, World markets appear to be hovering over a precipice as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, […]

Japan May Gold Exports Fall To 15-month Low

(IBT) Japan’s exports of gold plunged to a 15-month low in May to 2.79 tonnes, down 67 percent from a […]