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.
From BBC: The World Bank says global economic growth will slow in 2008 as the credit crunch hits the richest nations. But it says that the “resilience” of developing countries will cushion the slowdown, with China still booming. Overall, the Bank projects annual world economic growth to slow to 3.3% in 2008, compared with 3.6% […]
Read MoreUnlike in Xiamen, people power did not prevail in Dongzhou following over a year of protests against the construction of a power plant. From RFA, which includes interviews with local residents: The villagers of Dongzhou appear to have been defeated. The Honghaiwan Power Station was inaugurated today with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Some of the […]
Read MoreAP reports that the growing number of Chinese-born residents in Taiwan, who are mostly the wives of Taiwanese businessmen, are not granted several basic rights, including the right to vote in upcoming elections: So tens of thousands of long-term residents who look like other Chinese in Taiwan, speak the same language and share a cultural […]
Read MoreJournalist Ian Buruma and German philosopher Slavoj Zizek separately take a look at the future of capitalism and democracy in China. Buruma writes (via Project Syndicate): To come back from near destitution and bloody tyranny in one generation is a great feat, and China should be saluted for it. But China’s success story is also […]
Read MoreA new documentary called Up the Yangtze follows the lives of both tourists traveling along the Yangtze and the workers who serve them. It is being shown at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. From an interview with the director Yung Chang: The idea was born in 2002, when I went on one of the so-called […]
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