Zhaohua Li is an American-born independent journalist based in Beijing. He has written on Asia for the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle and Frommer's guidebooks, among other publications. He is currently also a Blakemore-Freeman fellow in Chinese language studies at Tsinghua University. His interests in China run from the energy and the environment to media and pop culture.
With consumer prices on the rise and the government ordering local governments to raise the minimum wage, it seems the owners of the Golden Arches have finally caved under the pressure of public outrage and raised pay rates across the board. From Reuters via the Financial Post: From next month, McDonald’s will increase workers’ pay […]
Read MoreWomen entertain guests at an upscale nightclub in Beijing. Photo by Natalie Behring
Read MoreAl Gore apparently isn’t listening to the nay-sayers on China’s prospects for green growth. From Reuters via The Age: “There are ways to leap-frog the old, dirty technologies,” said Gore, who was speaking at the Global Brand Forum in Singapore. China, like other developing nations, is worried that plans to cut carbon emissions would cripple […]
Read MoreFollowing Caijing Magazine’s recent expos√© on price fixing by naughty food cartels, the government announces plans to suss the problem. AP via the International Herald Tribune: Investigators will look into why prices of grain, vegetable oil, pork, beef, mutton, and poultry are rising so fast, the National Development and Reform Commission said on its Web […]
Read MoreThe Zhejiang Provincial government has apparently managed to harness China’s culture of video game addiction for the forces of good with a game in which players earn points for punishing corrupt officials. According to state media, the game has been downloaded more than 100,000 times since it’s launch eight days ago. From the BBC: “Incorruptible […]
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