Gao Fei

Gao Fei is the pen name of a journalist from China now living and working in the U.S.

Paradox for Philippines as Chinese Set Up Shop – Roel Landingin

Part 5 of Financial Times’ Asia immigration series once again reports on the wave of Chinese migrants adjusting to other societies and vice versa. In the Philippines, newcomers are not welcomed by established Chinese immigrants. She hardly speaks any English or Tagalog but that does not stop the white-haired grandmother from China’s southern Fujian province […]

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Pop Saves Hong Kong – Benedict Leung

From Tofu Magazine: When we see the generalised merchandising of words, things, bodies and souls, communication technology, now more than ever, plays a central ideological role in silencing thought. In this new age of alienation, the increasing use of pop stars by the media and in advertising illustrates this debasing process. Pop star culture is […]

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Chinese Bank Becomes the World’s Largest – Reuters

From Reuters via The Globe and Mail: In a fresh sign of China’s financial strength, a leap in the shares of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China yesterday made it the world’s biggest bank by market capitalization, overtaking U.S. giant Citigroup Inc. ICBC’s Shanghai-listed A shares climbed 2.68 per cent to 5.75 yuan (76 cents […]

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