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Spiegel Online looks into the bitter dispute raging between Danone and Wahaha: Western businesspeople are keenly following the case, looking on with a mixture of polite sympathy and hidden schadenfreude as Danone slides into disaster. The multinational food company, which earned revenues of ‚Ǩ14.1 billion ($19.2 billion) in 2006, has since slipped into the role […]
Read MoreIn Yale Global Online, Paul Mooney makes the link between press freedom and the safety of China’s exports: As lead exporter in many types of products, China takes pride in serving as factory to the world. But a spate of tainted products and recalls involving goods made in China gives many global consumers pause. China’s […]
Read MoreTerraced rice fields above a village in Guilin, by Questionhead
Read MoreThe BBC looks at the effects of the one-child policy on the condition of the elderly in China today: Right now Jie Jie has absolutely no idea how much his family is counting on him. When he gets older, he will have to support them all. Six adults – and just one child. This is […]
Read MoreAuthor Ross Terrill discusses the government’s efforts to present a happy face (which speaks good English) for the Olympics and argues for depoliticization of the 2008 Games: The penalty for “Chinglish” is usually humiliation, not incarceration. Still, citizens are asked to snitch, Mao-era style, on people who shame China with their shaky English. An outfit […]
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