China’s ‘Through-Train’ Test
China’s experiment with letting mainlanders invest in the Hong Kong stock market, launched last August and dubbed the “through train”, has yet to take off. From the Wall Street Journal: When China’s...
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Japhet Weeks is a graduate student in Asian Studies and Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Typhoon Nuri Sweeps into China
Typhoon Nuri has crashed into China’s southern shore, killing three people and shutting down Hong Kong. From Al Jazeera: Nuri made landfall in the southern province of Guangdong in the late evening and was downgraded to a...
Read MoreOne World, One Dream, No Fun
Mark Magnier writes in The Los Angeles Times that this summer’s Olympics may end up being so restrictive that they won’t just lack the “traditional Olympic spirit,” they’ll be no fun at all: Fearful...
Read MoreChina Censors Delay Olympics Art Shows with Dalai Lama Image
Eugene Tang reports in Bloomberg that some art galleries in Beijing are being forced by censors to delay politically sensitive shows and shows featuring foreign artists until after the Olympics: Galleri Faurschou said it...
Read MoreApple Struggles to Win Fans in China
Apple opened its first store in China on July 19. Business Week asks, “Can a beefed up retail strategy help the computer company boost its measly market share?”: One obstacle for Apple’s China sales has been...
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