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Chinese Consumer Confidence is Restoring
China Consumer Sentiment Indicator increased 2.4 per cent in March to 114.7, from a reading of 112 in February according to a monthly survey by Westpac MNI in Australia. Consumer Sentiment Indicator is a “tentative sign” that consumers have registered easing measures undertaken by the People’s Bank of China, which…
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Business
British Food Exports to China Increased due to Chinese Special Diet
China’s appetite for British milk, pork, tea and salmon led to a 12 per cent jump in food exports to the country last year. The chinese market was particularly attractive because it complemented British eating habits. “The Chinese diet is different, they tend to eat things that we don’t consume,…
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Business
China’s Manufacturing Continued to Shrink
Manufacturing in China contracted to the lowest points during last 11-month, according to research of influential index by HSBC, a Chinese well-known financial institutions. It was worse than expected HSBC said. The preliminary reading of March was 49.2, against 50.7 in February, and versus expectations of 50.5. Any score…
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Business
China Mobile’s Profit Fell 10% for Capital Expenditure of 4G Service in 2014
The world’s largest mobile network-China Mobile, fell 10 per cent to Rmb109.3bn of its Profits in 2014, partly the result of an ambitious capital expenditure programme of its 4G service. China Mobile boasts 62 per cent of all mobile phone customers in China, its share of mobile data traffic is…
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Society
China Adhere to Reduce Forests Logging
A government plan has been issued by the State Council of China’s cabinet say China will reduce logging on both natural and planted forests in the next 20 years. Depending on government’s guideline, China will reduce commercial harvesting by 20 percent and eliminate logging on state-owned natural forests by 2020.…
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People
World Mourn the Death of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s former prime minister and founding father of modern Singapore passed away early Monday morning at the age of 91. It was just half a century after he led the tiny Asian city-state to independence in 1965. As Singapore’s first prime minister, Mr Lee ruled the island…
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Central Asia
Interview with Bank of Mongolia’s deputy governor
The Mongolian Republic, the heir of Genghis Khan, who had once ruled over Asia and even part of Europe, has recently been trying to develop natural and human resources. Magazine N’s correspondent in Mongolia, Uyanga Amarmend, has met with the deputy governor of the Bank of Mongolia to interview him…
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South Asia
Pakistani truck art to change nation’s image
Interview with truck artist Haider Ali “I am the fuel-breathin’, smoke-emittin’, metal and glass-work wearin’ (Woo!), art drippin’, trail blazin’, road thumpin’ son of a truck!” Well, that’s what a Pakistani truck would say (if it could speak). Ric Flair style. Woo! The Transformer-like monstrosities dominate the roads in Pakistan.…
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East Asia
Chinese rapid growth: the culprit of stress?
As the cold wind blows in Shaanxi Province in China, the mercury in the scales go down the negative. Posters that alarm citizens about the possibility of stroke can be seen everywhere. According to China Youth Daily, people who die because of cardiac arrest due to stress and overwork have…
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West Asia
Arajuz: A Fortune of Happiness
In our childhood, the acts of Arajuz , performed behind a huge box with red curtains to look like a mini theatre, were pushing us to laugh for hours. Defined by Dr. Abdul-Hamid Younes, an Egyptian folklore expert and historian, Arajuz is a type of indirect acting, with few characters,…
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