Source: Atlas Obscura Japanese soldiers encountered potstickers in Manchuria, Northern China, during World War II. Upon arriving home, they began recreating what they called gyoza. The dumplings became a staple in Japan, and variation abounded as chefs began experimenting with different cooking

It's not the first time (and it won't be the last), but a recent nationwide audit found some local governments inflated revenue levels and raised debt illegally, once again crushing China's credibility on the global stage when it comes to economic performance. As Bloomberg reports, ten cities,

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, China's Belt and Road Initiative heralds a new era with mega infrastructure projects dotting the landscape... If  you are looking for the latest breakthroughs in trans-Eurasian geoeconomics, you should keep an eye on the East – the Russian Far East.

In mid-January 2017, the Chinese central government released its 2016 economic performance data – and not surprisingly, it beat expectations (albeit by a slim margin)! China-watchers were expecting 2016 GDP growth to come in at 6.7%, but the country reported 6.8% instead. On the face of it, that

While it will hardly come as a surprise to China watchers who have for years mocked China's cooked "data", overnight the state-run People's Daily reported that the severely impacted by the commodity crunch of the past 2 years rust-belt province of Liaoning fabricated fiscal numbers from 2011 to