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Jeremy Goldkorn

People walk by a map showing Evergrande development projects in China at an Evergrande new housing development in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. 

China’s Evergrande crisis a ‘whole different situation’ than US’ 2008 housing collapse, analyst says

Economics

Real estate giant Evergrande, which faces over $300 million in debt, says it will pay interest due Thursday to bondholders in China, but gave no sign of plans to pay on a separate bond abroad. Jeremy Goldkorn, editor-in-chief of SupChina, joined The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss the situation.

Children pose with their paper-cut works of the Chinese character for "horse", ahead of the Year of the Horse in Chinese zodiac, at a primary school in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, December 31, 2013.

Despite the US ‘pivot to Asia,’ China will assert itself in 2014

Global Politics
From a youtube video about the Chinese social media site Weibo. China's government has launched a campaign against spreading rumors online, especially on the hugely popular Weibo.

In China and have a lot of social followers? You could be the target of an ‘anti-rumor’ campaign

Arts, Culture & Media

Chinese hackers steal government information, says Google

Environment

Google Blames China for Hacking

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