Michelle FlorCruz

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Michelle FlorCruz joined IBTimes in October of 2012 and has special interest in stories relating to business and culture in China and other areas of Asia.

FlorCruz is a native of the Philippines but spent most of her life in Beijing, China, where she graduated from high school. She later received a BA in Communications and Media Studies from Fordham University in New York.

China To Increase Military Spending To $148 Billion As US Makes Cuts

China is now spending on defense as much as several European heavyweights combined. But can it fight wars and win them?

Workers are seen inside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province May 26, 2010

Chinese Woman Wins Settlement In China's First Ever Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

A woman in China won a $5,000 settlement for gender discrimination, but the impact goes far beyond the monetary value.

Chinese Travel To Antarctica Heats Up, Causing Concern For Habitat

Chinese tourists are shelling out to visit the frozen continent, but the toll on the environment and research is concerning.

Super Bowl XLVIII 2014 And The National Economy: From Los Angeles To East Rutherford

From Los Angeles to Omaha to East Rutherford, cities across America are gearing up for Sunday's big game.

Yum! Brands,Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Q4 2013 Earnings Preview For: Pizza Hut Success In China Offsets KFC's Continued Struggles

Yum’s KFC franchises in China have been plagued with several food safety and health scares, beginning in December 2012.

Chinese New Year Fireworks Celebration Causes Surge In Air Pollution

Despite government warnings, cities set off Lunar New Year celebration fireworks, causing a surge in pollution levels.

Chinese New Year 2014 Celebrations Around The World: Ringing In The Spring Festival [PHOTOS]

A look at how people around Asia geared up to celebrate Friday's Lunar New Year and Spring Festival celebrations.

H7N9 Bird Flu Warnings In China Heightened During Chinese New Year Holiday Travel Rush

The massive holiday travel rush is threatening containment of the H7N9 strain of the bird flu.

Google China Webpage Temporarily Unblocked On Mainland: A Sign Of A Comeback?

Over the weekend, Google's Chinese url was temporarily made accessible, and it still remains accessible on mobile devices.

All 74 Of China's Big Cities Fail To Meet Air Quality Standards

Last month, China earned another ignominious pollution stat, and the government is now taking a stronger stance to correct the problem.

China's Educated And Wealthy Head Overseas: China's New Emigrant Population

Chinese emigrations have happened in the past. But the anatomy of a Chinese immigrant has changed in recent years.

Is The Falun Gong Group The 'Hackers' Responsible For China's Massive Internet Outage?

A huge outage left two-thirds of China's Web users offline for several hours, and no one knows why.

A man surfs on an internet blog at an internet bar in Shanghai October 9, 2006. The number of bloggers in China had reached 17.5 million by the end of August, almost 30 times the 2002 figure, China Daily reported.

ICIJ Reveals China's Elite's Offshore Trillion-Dollar Offshore Holdings: Five Takeaways

Comments about foreign media reports on the Chinese elite's secret wealth have been blocked on Weibo, China's Twitter.

China's Government Now Requiring Real-Name Registration For Video Uploaders

Real-name registration is required to upload a video on China's popular video hosting sites.

Chinese Mom Buys Front Page Of Newspaper To Tell Son To Come Home For New Year Holidays [PHOTO]

Here's one way to get your son's attention.

Wearable Technology A Flop? Chinese Counterfeiters Say Galaxy Gear Doesn't Sell Well To Mass Market

If there's something China knows, it's counterfeiting hot trends.

China's Twist On Holiday Bonuses: Cash Bricks And Live Goats [PHOTOS]

Ahead of the Lunar New Year season, many Chinese get bonuses. Some of them not in the same form you got yours.

Chinese Tourists Flocking To Japan, Despite Historic Enmity And Territorial Disputes Over East China Sea Islands

Despite the territorial conflicts over the Senkaku/ Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, Chinese tourists are still flocking to Japan.

Hospital In China Arms Doctors With Pepper Spray To Protect Against Angry Patients

A spate of beatings and stabbings of personnel has prompted one hospital in China to arm staff with pepper spray.

A Peek Inside Lukas Birk's 'Polaroids From The Middle Kingdom: Old And New World Visions Of China' Photo Series

Austrian-born artist and now Beijing resident Lukas Birk found a new perspective on China with some expired cassettes of Polaroid film.

China Beijing 3rd Ring Road by Shutterstock

China's 'Chunyun' Spring Festival Travel Rush Begins: 3.62 Billion Trips Expected

China's annual Spring Festival holiday travel season will result in people making 3.62 billion trips -- yes, that's billion, with a B.

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Earnings Preview: Flat Q4 Results As Europeans Warm To McCafe But US Millennials Ignore New Menu Items

The company is in a super-competitive, crowded fast-food market while boasting new menu items.

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