From Prospect Magazine: If China does not abandon one-party rule, will it stumble under the stresses of state capitalism? Or will it show that there can be a successful authoritarian road to modernity? Hutton to Desai (29th November 2006) It is a commonplace to observe that the rise of China is transforming the world. Extrapolate […]
Read MoreFrom jamesfallows.com (about the author): Yes, presence in any foreign environment “improves” people in various ways. They learn about the new country, and their home country, and themselves, in ways they couldn’t otherwise. They’re jogged out of routines. They are exposed to different languages and approaches to life. And blah blah blah. Every day’s exposure […]
Read MoreFrom npr.org: China is experiencing enormous economic growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke says. But “by most measures China remains a developing nation,” according to Bernanke. The Fed chief’s comments came in a speech delivered at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. In explaining his observation, Bernanke told the academy that China’s per-capita […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: The headlong dash by global automotive players to set up low-cost manufacturing capacity in China’s hyper-growth auto market is a familiar story. So is the relentless price-cutting pressure and profit margin squeeze foreign car companies face when they are up and running. As any auto exec will tell you, the mainland is […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: Cui Xiuwen (Â¥îÂ≤´Èóª) is a female artist from Heilongjiang who lives in Beijing. In 2004, she spent a few nights in a the women’s bathroom of a Beijing nightclub, filming women as they stood in front of the mirror, arranged their bras, hid money in their underwear, discussed their clients and boyfriends and […]
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