Kate Zhao

Kate Zhao graduated from the Graduate School of Communication at Zhejiang University, with a major in cross-culture communication. She has worked as both a full-time and part-time business reporter at various Chinese media such as China Business, China Marketing, New Marketing, and 21st Century Business Herald. She also worked as a public relations manager for Crest brand at P&G Greater China in Guangzhou.

It’s Showtime: PE Funds Turn to Entertainment – Yang Binbin, Chenzhong Xiaolu and Wang Zhen

China’s movie, animation and TV producers are tapping the cash resources of private equity funds, which in turn are raising the industry’s professional standards and hopes for the future. From Caijing.com.cn: One company is roaring into the entertainment industry with grand plans to become the Disney of China. Another is pursuing dreams by tapping the […]

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China Banks Oppose Party Interference – Saibal Dasgupta

From the Times of India: Chinese banks including the central bank have begun to express themselves against political inteference by the Communist Party officials in the normal banking acvities. A senior official of the People’s Bank of China has publicly called for reforms in the system of monitoring state-owned banks by agencies of the party […]

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China Limits Transplants for Foreigners – Anita Chang

From Associated Press: China issued guidelines Tuesday restricting organ transplants for foreigners, giving priority to Chinese patients in the government’s latest effort to regulate procedures that have been criticized as profit-driven and unethical. Little information about China’s lucrative transplant business is publicly available. One human rights activist said there is fierce competition among hospitals to […]

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China May Cancel “Golden Week” Holidays in ’09 – Keralanext.com

From Keralanext.com: China’s government is likely to scrap up its “golden week” holiday system and make public holidays of more traditional festivals by 2009, a Chinese tourism expert has revealed. The week-long May Day holiday would be shortened to one day and the National Day holiday to two days, Zhang Hui, dean of the tourism […]

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Harmony Means Everyone Gets a Passing Grade – Joel Martinsen

From Danwei: Last Friday, China Youth Daily reported that a young teacher with the College of Art at Shanghai Normal University had been punished by the school for failing a number of students who had plagiarized their term papers. During a grading session in February, Mr. Ma noticed varying degrees of plagiarism in the papers […]

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