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An opinion piece from the U.K.’s Independent: A businessman was found hanging in his factory last week. The news was lost amid the continuing market turbulence, but it is illustrative of a major story brewing in global markets. Operating out of a small town in Guangdong province, the man’s highly successful company had been at […]
Read MoreWith significant media attention on controversies over the Chinese government’s growing role in Africa, the New York Times chooses to look at individual entrepreneurs from China who are setting up shop on the continent: “Before I left China,” said Mr. Yang, now 25, “I thought Africa was all one big desert.” So he figured that […]
Read MoreFrom Spiegel Online: Chinese tourists have recently discovered Europe as a destination. SPIEGEL traveled with a group who covered 11 countries in 14 days by bus, snapping the sights and buying up brand names. But for some the Old World was a disappointment, full of lazy Italians and slovenly French. [Full text] [Image from Der […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on the driving ban currently in effect in Beijing as a test run for the Olympics: The four-day experiment meant half of the 3 million cars registered to drive in Beijing were supposed to stay parked. The ban dramatised the determination of the Chinese Government to do whatever is necessary to […]
Read MoreAsia Sentinel tells the story of a senior official in Jinan who conspired with a local police officer to murder his mistress, who had blackmailed him: It was the most dramatic illustration of how mistresses have become a part of China’s corruption story. It is so serious that, on July 8, the Supreme People’s Court […]
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