From The Telegraph: When the clock reaches midnight on February 17 and the Chinese New Year begins, so will a baby boom that threatens to overwhelm the country’s overstretched healthcare system. The following 12 months will be known as the Year of the Pig, during which anyone born is supposed to be easy-going and lucky. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Finance ministers and bankers from the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial nations have renewed pressure on China to relax controls over its currency. Beijing needed to speed-up efforts to improve the exchange rate flexibility of its yuan currency, G7 ministers said at the end of their meeting in Germany. The G7 […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Africa started out last week with the usual manly handshakes, red-carpet strolls, factory visits, and displays of African dance and music. This tour – which includes Cameroon, Liberia, Sudan, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, and the Seychelles, – serves to fulfill promises China made […]
Read MoreFrom Isaac Mao’s Blog: Dear Larry and Sergey, I’m writing you the short letter on behalf of many Internet users in China to have some suggestions to resolve the current dilemma for Google in China, from both business and social perspectives. During the National Day holiday week in 2002, when Google.com was blocked in China […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: An investigation into corruption at China’s drug-watchdog agency has exposed the government’s role in allowing shoddy medicines to thrive and is threatening to slow the drug-approval process in the country’s fast-growing pharmaceutical market. For years, China’s pharmacies and hospitals have been plagued by low-quality and fake medicines made by local […]
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