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Below are the latest oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stocks.

Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) is the most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 3.9% on the day. SSW's upside potential is 15.3% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $17.56. It is trading at 71.4% of its 52-week high of $21.33, and 49.2% above its 52-week low of $10.21. China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd (NYSE:MY) is the second most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 1.6% on the day. MY's upside potential is 106.1% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $6.22. It is trading at 27.6% of its 52-week high of $10.96, and 155.9% above its 52-week low of $1.18. Huaneng Power International, Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:HNP) is the third most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 1.4% on the day. HNP's upside potential is 0.7% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $23.32. It is trading at 96.6% of its 52-week high of $23.98, and 49.9% above its 52-week low of $15.45. WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:WX) is the fourth most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 1.4% on the day. WX's upside potential is 30.8% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $18.03. It is trading at 72.1% of its 52-week high of $19.10, and 29.4% above its 52-week low of $10.65. Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) is the fifth most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 1.2% on the day. NOAH's upside potential is 205.0% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $19.92. It is trading at 35.4% of its 52-week high of $18.45, and 14.0% above its 52-week low of $5.73. Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:MPEL) is the sixth most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 1.2% on the day. MPEL's upside potential is 19.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $13.97. It is trading at 72.6% of its 52-week high of $16.15, and 81.4% above its 52-week low of $6.46. CNOOC Limited (ADR) (NYSE:CEO) is the seventh most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 1.0% on the day. CEO's upside potential is 19.8% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $243.00. It is trading at 74.6% of its 52-week high of $271.94, and 43.5% above its 52-week low of $141.27. ZHONGPIN INC. (NASDAQ:HOGS) is the eighth most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 0.4% on the day. HOGS's upside potential is 36.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $15.32. It is trading at 57.7% of its 52-week high of $19.50, and 70.5% above its 52-week low of $6.60. Shanda Games Limited(ADR) (NASDAQ:GAME) is the ninth most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 0.3% on the day. GAME's upside potential is 59.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $5.95. It is trading at 48.6% of its 52-week high of $7.70, and 8.1% above its 52-week low of $3.46. PetroChina Company Limited (ADR) (NYSE:PTR) is the 10th most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 0.3% on the day. PTR's upside potential is 7.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $158.00. It is trading at 92.6% of its 52-week high of $158.83, and 32.2% above its 52-week low of $111.29. Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:SNDA) is the 11th most oversold U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was down 0.2% on the day. SNDA's upside potential is 0.8% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $41.00. It is trading at 75.0% of its 52-week high of $54.20, and 43.0% above its 52-week low of $28.44.

Below are the latest top-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stocks.

Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN) is the best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 26.2% on the day. RENN's upside potential is 33.7% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $7.02. It is trading at 21.9% of its 52-week high of $24.00, and 63.6% above its 52-week low of $3.21. E Commerce China Dangdang Inc (ADR) (NYSE:DANG) is the second best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 18.0% on the day. DANG's upside potential is -5.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $7.91. It is trading at 27.5% of its 52-week high of $30.35, and 102.9% above its 52-week low of $4.11. SINA Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:SINA) is the third best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 12.1% on the day. SINA's upside potential is 44.5% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $101.09. It is trading at 47.6% of its 52-week high of $147.12, and 49.3% above its 52-week low of $46.86. iSoftStone Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:ISS) is the fourth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 10.9% on the day. ISS's upside potential is 40.9% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $15.50. It is trading at 48.6% of its 52-week high of $22.63, and 94.3% above its 52-week low of $5.66. VanceInfo Technologies Inc.(ADR) (NYSE:VIT) is the fifth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 9.0% on the day. VIT's upside potential is 17.0% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $16.66. It is trading at 38.9% of its 52-week high of $36.56, and 130.0% above its 52-week low of $6.19. Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is the sixth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 7.7% on the day. STP's upside potential is -4.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $3.34. It is trading at 32.2% of its 52-week high of $10.83, and 105.3% above its 52-week low of $1.70. Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL) is the seventh best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 7.3% on the day. TSL's upside potential is 25.9% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $10.92. It is trading at 27.9% of its 52-week high of $31.08, and 64.2% above its 52-week low of $5.28. Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) is the eighth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 7.2% on the day. QIHU's upside potential is 85.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $33.57. It is trading at 50.0% of its 52-week high of $36.21, and 32.1% above its 52-week low of $13.71. 51job, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JOBS) is the ninth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 7.1% on the day. JOBS's upside potential is 33.8% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $64.50. It is trading at 69.1% of its 52-week high of $69.80, and 31.6% above its 52-week low of $36.62. 7 DAYS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED(ADR) (NYSE:SVN) is the 10th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 6.5% on the day. SVN's upside potential is 58.3% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $23.69. It is trading at 64.3% of its 52-week high of $23.29, and 37.6% above its 52-week low of $10.88. Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) is the 11th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 6.3% on the day. SOHU's upside potential is 18.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $76.08. It is trading at 58.7% of its 52-week high of $109.37, and 41.5% above its 52-week low of $45.40. Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is the 12th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 6.0% on the day. BIDU's upside potential is 35.9% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $178.45. It is trading at 79.2% of its 52-week high of $165.96, and 30.1% above its 52-week low of $100.95. JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO) is the 13th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 5.7% on the day. JASO's upside potential is 47.9% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $2.74. It is trading at 21.6% of its 52-week high of $8.57, and 52.9% above its 52-week low of $1.21. Changyou.com Limited(ADR) (NASDAQ:CYOU) is the 14th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 5.7% on the day. CYOU's upside potential is 63.8% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $41.65. It is trading at 48.9% of its 52-week high of $52.00, and 22.7% above its 52-week low of $20.71. ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL) is the 15th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 5.6% on the day. SOL's upside potential is -0.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $2.44. It is trading at 18.5% of its 52-week high of $13.25, and 69.0% above its 52-week low of $1.45. LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:LDK) is the 16th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 5.6% on the day. LDK's upside potential is -32.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $3.33. It is trading at 32.8% of its 52-week high of $14.97, and 92.5% above its 52-week low of $2.55. AutoNavi Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMAP) is the 17th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 5.6% on the day. AMAP's upside potential is 85.5% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $20.46. It is trading at 54.6% of its 52-week high of $20.20, and 24.4% above its 52-week low of $8.87. Tudou Hldg Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:TUDO) is the 18th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 4.4% on the day. TUDO's upside potential is 76.9% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $23.57. It is trading at 47.7% of its 52-week high of $27.91, and 40.2% above its 52-week low of $9.50. Perfect World Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:PWRD) is the 19th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 3.6% on the day. PWRD's upside potential is 73.7% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $19.30. It is trading at 38.2% of its 52-week high of $29.10, and 31.6% above its 52-week low of $8.44. Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:HMIN) is the 20th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Jan. 27. It was up 3.0% on the day. HMIN's upside potential is 50.8% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $46.41. It is trading at 68.6% of its 52-week high of $44.86, and 39.3% above its 52-week low of $22.09.

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Below are the top 10 best-rated U.S.-listed Chinese stocks, based on the percentage of positive ratings by brokerage analysts.

WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:WX) is the first best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 14 brokerage analysts covering it. China Kanghui Holdings (ADR) (NYSE:KH) is the second best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 7 brokerage analysts covering it. 3SBio Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:SSRX) is the third best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 6 brokerage analysts covering it. TAL Education Group (ADR) (NYSE:XRS) is the fourth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 6 brokerage analysts covering it. ChinaCache Internatnl Hldgs Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:CCIH) is the fifth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 5 brokerage analysts covering it.

China Gerui Adv Mtals Grp Ltd (NASDAQ:CHOP) is the sixth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 5 brokerage analysts covering it. Phoenix New Media Ltd ADR (NYSE:FENG) is the seventh best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 5 brokerage analysts covering it. HiSoft Technology Internatnl Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:HSFT) is the eighth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 89% of the 9 brokerage analysts covering it. Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:HOLI) is the ninth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 88% of the 8 brokerage analysts covering it. Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) is the 10th best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 88% of the 8 brokerage analysts covering it.

Below are the top 10 rebounding Leisure Products stocks, ranked based on % change from 52-week lows. One Chinese company (NCTY) is on the list.

Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE:RGR) is the 1st best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 165% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 98% of its 52-week high. The9 Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:NCTY) is the 2nd best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 136% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 83% of its 52-week high. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:SWHC) is the 3rd best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 121% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 99% of its 52-week high. LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:LF) is the 4th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 118% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 91% of its 52-week high. Marine Products Corp. (NYSE:MPX) is the 5th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 108% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 81% of its 52-week high.

Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ:COOL) is the 6th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 107% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 54% of its 52-week high. Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE:PII) is the 7th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 76% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 96% of its 52-week high. Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (AMEX:BTN) is the 8th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 75% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 57% of its 52-week high. Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE:THO) is the 9th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 74% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 78% of its 52-week high. Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU) is the 10th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 68% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 50% of its 52-week high.

Below are the top 10 rebounding Personal Services stocks, ranked based on % change from 52-week lows. Three Chinese companies (CAST, NED, XUE) are on the list.

Chinacast Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CAST) is the 1st best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 177% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 81% of its 52-week high. Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLUB) is the 2nd best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 149% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 88% of its 52-week high. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (NASDAQ:COCO) is the 3rd best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 137% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 48% of its 52-week high. Parlux Fragrances, Inc. (NASDAQ:PARL) is the 4th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 132% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 80% of its 52-week high. Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE:WTW) is the 5th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 98% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 86% of its 52-week high.

Noah Education Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:NED) is the 6th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 95% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 70% of its 52-week high. Education Management Corp (NASDAQ:EDMC) is the 7th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 92% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 87% of its 52-week high. Xueda Education Group (ADR) (NYSE:XUE) is the 8th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 91% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 40% of its 52-week high. Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is the 9th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 86% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 38% of its 52-week high. The Providence Service Corporation (NASDAQ:PRSC) is the 10th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 81% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 91% of its 52-week high.

Below are the top 10 rebounding Semiconductor stocks, ranked based on % change from 52-week lows. One Chinese company (HSOL) is on the list.

Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (ADR) (NASDAQ:SIMO) is the 1st best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 329% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 88% of its 52-week high. Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ:NLST) is the 2nd best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 231% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 87% of its 52-week high. FSI International, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSII) is the 3rd best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 151% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 79% of its 52-week high. Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSN) is the 4th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 140% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 83% of its 52-week high. SMTC Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:SMTX) is the 5th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 128% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 71% of its 52-week high.

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) is the 6th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 123% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 40% of its 52-week high. Inphi Corporation (NYSE:IPHI) is the 7th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 122% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 58% of its 52-week high. Hanwha Solarone Co Ltd (NASDAQ:HSOL) is the 8th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 106% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 20% of its 52-week high. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) is the 9th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 99% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 55% of its 52-week high. ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd (NASDAQ:IMOS) is the 10th best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 97% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 85% of its 52-week high.

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Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Large Cap stocks, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by Wall Street analysts. One Chinese company (BIDU) is on the list.

Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE:WFT) is the first fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 55.9%. This number is based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is the second fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 49.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 15 brokerage analysts. Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE:CXO) is the third fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 49.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) is the fourth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 47.6%. This number is based on the average estimate of 6 brokerage analysts. Talisman Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE:TLM) is the fifth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 45.4%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) is the sixth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.6%. This number is based on the average estimate of 5 brokerage analysts. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) is the seventh fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 38.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) is the eighth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 37.9%. This number is based on the average estimate of 5 brokerage analysts. Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) is the ninth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 37.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 34.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 13 brokerage analysts.

Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Mid Cap stocks, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by Wall Street analysts. One Chinese company (YOKU) is on the list.

Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) is the first fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 79.6%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Youku Inc (ADR) (NYSE:YOKU) is the second fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 56.9%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) is the third fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 56.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) is the fourth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 50.4%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. SM Energy Co. (NYSE:SM) is the fifth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 43.9%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOR) is the sixth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 42.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE:DLPH) is the seventh fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 40.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ:UTHR) is the eighth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 40.6%. This number is based on the average estimate of 7 brokerage analysts. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) is the ninth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 40.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 40.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Small Cap stocks, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by Wall Street analysts. One Chinese company (DANG) is on the list.

MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ:MMYT) is the first fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 83.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. E Commerce China Dangdang Inc (ADR) (NYSE:DANG) is the second fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 53.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX) is the third fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 45.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Constant Contact, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTCT) is the fourth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 40.6%. This number is based on the average estimate of 5 brokerage analysts. EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:EZCH) is the fifth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 39.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:ZOLL) is the sixth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 38.9%. This number is based on the average estimate of 7 brokerage analysts. Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE:BYD) is the seventh fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 38.5%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) is the eighth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 38.2%. This number is based on the average estimate of 5 brokerage analysts. ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CKSW) is the ninth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 37.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Velti Plc (NASDAQ:VELT) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 37.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Below are the top 10 fastest-growing Micro Cap stocks, based on the average long-term earnings growth rate estimated by Wall Street analysts. One Chinese company (BONA) is on the list.

Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT) is the first fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 62.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. NeoPhotonics Corp (NYSE:NPTN) is the second fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 52.0%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts. Bona Film Group Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:BONA) is the third fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 50.4%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. ReachLocal Inc. (NASDAQ:RLOC) is the fourth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 46.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Epocrates, Inc. (NASDAQ:EPOC) is the fifth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 34.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts.

Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ:CALD) is the sixth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 33.7%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Meru Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:MERU) is the seventh fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 28.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Diana Containerships Inc (NASDAQ:DCIX) is the eighth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 27.4%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Zagg Inc (NASDAQ:ZAGG) is the ninth fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 25.8%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) is the 10th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 25.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analysts.

Below are the top 10 best-rated stocks in the NASDAQ-100 index, based on the percentage of positive ratings by brokerage analysts. One Chinese company (BIDU) is on the list.

Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) is the first best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 100% of the 6 brokerage analysts covering it. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the second best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 91% of the 56 brokerage analysts covering it. Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) is the third best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 88% of the 25 brokerage analysts covering it. Warner Chilcott Plc (NASDAQ:WCRX) is the fourth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 86% of the 21 brokerage analysts covering it. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) is the fifth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 83% of the 24 brokerage analysts covering it.

Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is the sixth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 82% of the 34 brokerage analysts covering it. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) is the seventh best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 81% of the 26 brokerage analysts covering it. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) is the eighth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 80% of the 45 brokerage analysts covering it. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is the ninth best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 80% of the 40 brokerage analysts covering it. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) is the 10th best-rated stock in this segment of the market. It is rated positively by 80% of the 30 brokerage analysts covering it.

A list of what The Wall Street Journal’s reporters in China are reading and watching online. (NOTE: WSJ has not verified items in the ‘News’ section and doesn’t vouch for their accuracy.)

News:

* Deported from Cambodia, two Uighur asylum seekers get life in prison (Reuters)

* A Chinese developer buys 16 dairies in New Zealand, anxiety ensues (AP)

* One Chinese lawmaker’s idea of a “reasonable” drop in housing prices: 30% (Bloomberg)

* Zhang Yimou and Christian Bale’s “Flowers of War” belly flops in the U.S. on its opening weekend (Reuters)

Analysis and Commentary:

* Former bad boy blogger Han Han has been accused of betraying China’s liberals. Erick Abrahamsen says that’s bunk (IHT)

* Not worried about China’s debt? Micheal Pettis offers an extensive argument for why you should be (Carnegie Endowment)

* Yale’s Stephen Roach hasn’t given up on the Internet as an instrument of political change in China (Project Syndicate)

Just Because:

* Widespread ridicule for U.S.-hating scholar Sima Nan after he gets his head stuck in an escalator at Dulles International Airport (Global Voices)

* Chinese music in New York (NPR)

From WSJ’s Davos blog:

A group of Chinese speakers warned in stringent tones on Friday morning in Davos that the country’s free-market reform is stalled, and China is sliding backwards towards greater state control of the economy.

Hu Shuli, editor of Caixin Magazine and a widely recognized leader of China’s “reform faction,” launched a breakfast forum by identifying delayed economic reform as one of two key risks for the Chinese economy going forward, alongside weakening exports in the wake the of the euro-zone crisis.

Several panelists agreed emphatically. “What we need is reform-minded leaders and grassroots entrepreneurs, not a loose monetary policy and low interest rates,” said Zhang Weiying, a professor of economics at Peking University.

The last few years have been a difficult period for the reform faction — a group of intellectuals and policy makers that have constantly pushed the envelope for further opening up of the Chinese economy over the last 30 years.

The global financial crisis in 2008 halted much progress on reform, as China’s top leaders came to see the western liberal model that the reformers upheld as seriously discredited. Key reforms that would open up the country’s financial sector such as the liberalization of interest rates and the opening of the capital account have been put on the back-burner, and the timeline for their realization is uncertain.

The most alarmist commentary on Friday morning came from Xu Xiaonian, a professor at the China-Europe International Business School.

“State capitalism is not something new. When Bismarck invented this idea in 1870 it gave Germany impressive performance over the main superpower of the time, Great Britain,” he said. “But 20 years later, it was the First World War.”

Otto von Bismarck’s model was replicated by other Asian nations before China, including Singapore and Japan, Mr. Xu said. While it can deliver dramatic results in GDP growth over the short–term, he identified three major flaws: inefficiency, as resources are misallocated; inequality, as state champions earn ‘monopoly rents’ and squeeze out independent competitors; and instability in the long-run.

“Even Nazism was a form of state capitalism, and what the Third Reich brought to the world we all know,” Mr. Xu said.

Despite those catastrophic long-term risks, in the near term, Mr. Xu said he isn’t very worried about the state of the Chinese economy. But even while expressing confidence, he couldn’t resist a jibe at China’s econometric authorities. “The National Bureau of Statistics won’t let growth go below 8%, we know that.”

John Zhao, chief executive of Chinese private-equity fund Hony Capital, said he believes China’s leaders still share a consensus on the need for continued reform.

“The only question is will they have the political will and courage to pay the price on their own watch,” he said. He likened the situation to the euro-zone debt crisis, where “the solution is obvious but the political system is screwed up.”

– Aaron Back. Follow him on Twitter @AaronBack.

Twitter sent its digital street cred tumbling on Thursday night when it announced that it would being selectively censoring content as a way to enter countries with “different ideas” about freedom of expression. Though Twitter has never made promises along the lines of Google’s “Don’t Be Evil,” the move nevertheless comes as a surprise for a company that took pride in helping grease the wheels of last year’s Arab Spring uprisings.

In China, where Twitter is blocked but still accessible to those with the technical know-how to skirt the country’s Web filters, the revelation seems to have hit particularly hard.

Among the first to comment on the announcement was Wen Yunchao, one of many Chinese dissidents who’ve embraced Twitter as an uncensored alternative to China’s own heavily managed microblogging services:

Oh no! @Twitter says going to start censoring tweets in certain countries. Pls RT!act.demandprogress.org/act/twitter_ce… 通过 @demandprogress

— 北风 (@wenyunchao) January 27, 2012

It didn’t take long for speculation to spread that Twitter had announced the change because it planned to make a play for the China market. A number of Chinese users promptly declared their intention boycott the service. Among those leveling the boycott threat was activist artist Ai Weiwei, who wrote in a characteristically pithy post, “If Twitter starts censoring, I’ll stop tweeting”:

推若审查，我即停推。 RT @wenyunchao: @aiww 商人在商言商，道这东东，能像谷歌那样最好，不能也不能强求。 — 艾未未Ai Weiwei (@aiww) January 27, 2012

But how likely is it that Twitter’s proposed changes are aimed at earning access to the world’s largest population of Internet users?

“Unlikely” says the answer from Beijing- based investor and Internet watcher Bill Bishop.

As Mr. Bishop notes, a large part of the speculation that Twitter might be getting ready to kow-tow to China’s censors stems from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s visit to Shanghai earlier this month, during which he complained about not being able to read his tweets. That trip came almost exactly a year after the founder of another social-media site banned in China, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, visited Beijing amid talk of trying to tap the Chinese market.

But for all the salivating over China’s potential in board rooms across Silicon Valley, Mr. Bishop says Twitter would have to be “incredibly naive” to think they could wedge their way into the country.

“It would be stupidity,” he says. “One, I don’t think the government would go for it. And two, the market is already saturated.”

Twitter did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The key issue, Mr. Bishop says, is whether or not the government would be able to trust Twitter. One sign that Twitter isn’t likely to do what it takes to earn that trust is its plan to partner with Chilling Effects, an Internet freedom advocacy website, to publish government take-down notices — a problematic strategy in a country where banned keywords are treated like state secrets.

Even if Twitter were somehow able to get in Beijing’s good graces, Mr. Bishop says, it would have almost no shot at competing with home-grown “weibo” microblogging products from Sina and Tencent that are already well-established and offer more features. “Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo are better products,” he says. “Twitter’s only competitive advantage here is freedom of speech. Once you start censoring, what do you have left to offer?”

Indeed, Mr. Dorsey himself quashed the idea of Twitter being able to break into China in an interview in Hong Kong in October in which he said his company “just can’t compete” in China “and that’s not up to us to change.”

In developing the ability to censor tweets by region, Twitter more likely has different markets in mind. The only countries mentioned by name in the blog post announcing the new policy were France and Germany, both of which, the post notes, ban pro-Nazi content. How to handle that ban is a dilemma that Yahoo, Google and Facebook have all struggled with in Germany.

Mr. Dorsey visited Germany earlier this week to announce his desire to hire a team there.

Twitter’s announcement also acknowledges there are some countries with severe restrictions on speech where the company simply cannot exist.

That’s not to say Twitter’s latest move won’t have an impact on China. Implausible as it may be for the company to establish itself in the country, Mr. Bishop notes, its embrace of content filtering could aid Beijing in making the argument that the Internet is a space in need of censorship.

– Josh Chin. Follow him on Twitter @joshchin.

From WSJ’s Davos blog:

At a panel discussion in Davos on how China should invest its massive foreign exchange reserves, moderator Rui Chenggang, a famous Chinese television personality, kicked off the discussion by complaining that he was overcharged on a restaurant bill in Belgium because he is Chinese and was therefore perceived to be rich.

John Zhao, chief executive of Chinese private equity fund Hony Capital, said that China remains a poor country, and it is only a wealthy minority that travels abroad and spends money. At the same time, there’s no denying that China in the aggregate is wealthy. “As a society China can unite resources,” Mr. Zhao added. “Look at the Olympic games. How can a poor country afford a luxury like that?”

Besides Mr. Zhao, the panel included Robert Greifeld, Chief Executive Officer of Nasdaq OMX Group, Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, and Richard Levin, President of Yale University. In short, a group of people that have very little if any connection to how China invests its reserves.

“If you were in charge of China’s foreign exchange management what would you do?” moderator Mr. Rui asked Yale’s Mr. Levin. “That would be fun,” he replied, before going on to say that China should spend the reserves domestically to build up its social safety net.

That suggestion is a popular one within China, but many analysts and even top officials at the country’s central have dismissed it as unworkable, because it would be difficult to convert the reserves to domestic currency without igniting inflation.

The panelists were unanimous that China can’t use its reserves to bail out Europe. “The scale of western problems dwarf the dollars we are talking about,” said Greifeld.  He noted that Italy’s national debt alone is at 1.9 trillion euros ($2.5 trillion), which itself is over half China’s reserves at $3.18 trillion.  “China can’t solve the problem even if they wanted to,” he said.

Mr. Lamy dismissed speculation that China would invest in European debt in return for some political or trade concessions by the European side, saying it is “media fluff-fluff” and that he doesn’t believe it “for one second.”

He added: “They don’t even do that with the U.S., they buy the U.S. debt without any condition.”

– Aaron Back. Follow him on Twitter @AaronBack.

It’s the Chinese Lunar New Year in China, the Year of Dragon, which feeds a television frenzy that culminates in CCTV’s (China Central Television) Spring Festival Show. Watching these shows I noticed that Tencent Weibo–not Sina–is the dominant partner (surely because they paid the most money).

In 2012, Tencent will continue to push forward aggressively in social and present a formidable challenge to Sina. In my first blog post of 2012, let’s have a look at how the two top microblog players in China will fare against each other.

China’s Microblog Users Reach 250 Million

According to CNNIC’s latest China’s internet development report, China’s microblog users have reached an estimated 250 million. However both Sina and Tencent has claimed that their registered user base exceeded 250 million early on in 2011. So whose word do you trust?

Each has their own standards and definitions that are somewhat questionable, but out of the 3 CNNIC, as the official state channel, might be just a shade more credible.

It’s unquestionable however that microblogging has grown into a major part of China’s social graph.

How Deep is Tencent’s Penetration in China’s Internet Population?

In December, I attended a Tencent presentation. One key figure the presenter from Tencent repeated over and over was the 700 million QQ registered users, according to him they are active users, once again you can see how you can conflict with the definition of the term: active. Nevertheless, QQ users are a significant portion Chinese internet population.

Tencent supplies a wide range of internet services that have a strong reach in China. The data below is extracted from Tencent’s latest available earnings report which was Q3 2011.

But the statistics don’t share the full story: let me share a personal encounter.

When hiring front and back-end engineers for a new startup, the applicants from top-tier cities used mostly Gmail, in spite of Google’s instability in China it’s considered a professional practice to have a Gmail (or a corporate email available).  But once stepping into low-tier cities it’s pretty much a world of Tencent. QQ Mail is now the dominant email service provider, and QQ IM is what everyone use for communication. And one single QQ account can be tied to social networking, social gaming and even social commerce. To the majority of China’s internet users in second and third tier cities, Tencent is the internet.

Comparing Between Sina and Tencent

When comparing the two internet companies’ competitiveness, I have couple of criteria:

1) Financial Capability

Tencent’s profitability is significantly higher than Sina, so they have a much larger war chest to wage battles and prolong the war for China’s social graph.

Looking closer to the revenue compositions, Sina, with its portal site background, relies heavily on advertising revenue. At present, Sina Weibo generates negligible revenue. At a recent meeting with an ad agency, I was told ads placed on Weibo were mostly freebies for clients who bought ads on Sina’s portal site.

For Tencent, their main source of revenue is IVAS (Internet Value Added Services) such as VIP Memberships for QQ and virtual items for QQ Pets and Games.

These differentiated income sources drive the overall product development strategy in different directions:

1. User experience driven – with value added services as the main revenue source Tencent’s development strategy, it heavily emphasizes user experience. One fine example is Web QQ–experience it with a HTML5 enabled browser and see how smoothly it’s designed.
2. Advertisement driven – when driven by advertisements, an internet product’s development might be dictated by the ad clients as we’ve seen in case of Renren, which compared to Facebook is filled up with banner and display ads. And the same may be said of Sina Weibo in the future compared to Twitter. Where will user experience be placed under these circumstances?

2) Technical Capability

When it comes to technical capability, it comes down to the technical personnel. From the recruitment site fenzhi.com, the average salary at both Sina (7000 RMB per month or 1100 USD) and Tencent  (9300 RMB per month or 1450 USD) is available. It’s clear that Tencent both pays more (+33%) and has a higher percentage of technical employees (48% vs. 37%).

The challenge for Sina to face Tencent in a battle of technical capability is how it can proceed smoothly and efficiently to upgrade from its low-tech portal background to a more technical-focused social internet company.

And the biggest question today from investment community is how Sina can build a profitable business model from Weibo that includes a robust advertisement management system similar to what Facebook offers.

In March, Sina is rumored to host a conference that will unveil its next generation of Sina Weibo’s commercial product. Hopefully that includes its new advertising system.

3) Operational Capability

Internet companies in China can win wars by having aggressive operations teams that includes technical operational maintenance, customer services, and sales.

For Sina, with its background as one of the top 4 portal sites in China, their sales team is perhaps one of the strongest in China. I’ve met with some of them in the past and they did impress. On the other hand, Tencent, with its profitable IVAS services, has a sales teams that’s a shade weaker.

But Tencent’s biggest challenge in this war of microblogs is that they lack deep influence in top tier cities in China.

“Be first, be smarter or cheat,” is the line in the Wall Street film Margin Call. Tencent, with its larger technical team and higher pay seems the smarter party, but Sina was there first.

Because of Sina’s early initiative in launching Sina Weibo back in 2009, they took the preemptive assault and took control of the elite user group in China, while Tencent’s still controls the lower-tier user groups. By that we come to the Tencent Dilemma: Having a smart team, top user experience, but low respect or user loyalty in top tier cities where it’s most profitable. It now seems Sina has little chance in second-tier markets, and Tencent is bringing the fight to the first-tier cities.

Tencent’s Weixin, the wildly popular white-collar mobile messaging app, has turned the table on Sina. More and more elite users are adopting Weixin in top tier cities–most of my friends in Shanghai now use it. With its latest new “reader” feature update it’s also increasingly taking up a more significant role in my mobile social life. Tencent is building a whole host of social services for white-collars.

Sina faces pressure from both sides: on one side are the impatient investors who expect Sina Weibo to generate profits asap, and the other side being the intense local competition against Tencent in both browser-based and mobile products. It’s Sina Weibo toughest challenge thus far.

 

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Two-thirds of China’s provinces report GDP figures over RMB1 trillion (US$158 billion) in 2011 By Julia Gu Jan. 27 – Preliminary statistics show that China’s GDP grew at a robust 9.2 percent in 2011 to RMB47.16 trillion (US$7.26 trillion), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said last week at a press conference. While this rate represents a drop of 1.2 percent compared to the 10.4 percent GDP growth experienced in 2010, last year’s growth rate was still 1.2 percent above the 8 percent year-on-year growth target set at the beginning of 2011. NBS Chief Ma Jiantang told reporters that China’s … Continue reading →