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A Financial Times article (from earlier this month) looks at the finances of collecting contemporary Chinese art and the good fortune of those who began buying before it became an international phenomenon: If you view art as an asset class – and many people do – Chinese contemporary painting must rank alongside the most alpha-maximising […]
Read MoreIn a series called “Is China Good For Africa? Lessons from Sudan,” the Christian Science Monitor examines the impact of China’s role in this war-torn country. The first article, “In Sudan, China focuses on oil wells, not local needs,” looks at how the Chinese businesses’ focus on making a profit while ignoring the region’s humanitarian […]
Read MoreESWN translates materials about the arrest of a netizen who posted photos of extravagant government office buildings in Tengzhou.
Read MoreThe recent “Shengzhou nailbuilding,” in which up to 20,000 people protested over the forced eviction of a 90-year-old woman and others in Zhejiang, was clearly not an isolated case, as we know from the abundant coverage of the Chongqing nailhouse saga earlier this year. Now Shanghaiist draws our attention to another case, in Beijing: And […]
Read MoreDavid Barboza, the Shanghai-based business reporter for the New York Times, tells about his adventure as he tried to report on the factory that makes Thomas the Tank Engine toys. Barboza, his translator and a photographer were held inside the factory for nine hours while the local police were powerless to intervene: “You’ve intruded on […]
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