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From the Christian Science Monitor: Welcome to the cutting edge of Thailand’s flirtation with Chinese, an ancient language increasingly seen as the new dialect of diplomacy and trade in East Asia. In the last few decades, China’s economic rise has rippled across the globe, jolting policymakers and dazzling investors. In its wake, Mandarin is also […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Tiny short-term victories in China’s own national domestic pacification campaign obscure a larger truth. In today’s world, the effort to corral 1.3 billion Chinese and to sharply restrict their freedom of expression is a fool’s game. The best that can be said about it is that it is an enormous […]
Read MoreFrom CNNMoney.com: Wal-Mart may rule the retail roost at home, but establishing that same kind of dominance in China won’t be easy. Several European supermarket operators as well as a handful of Chinese supermarket chains are all expanding there at a fast clip, jostling for early dominance in this fast-growing market. Some industry watchers say […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Tired and frustrated, Wang Guoxiang and other Xiangtan city officials were slurping a midnight snack of instant noodles last Friday when the anti-pollution chief for Hunan province walked into their crisis room. Immediately, Wang said, he stopped eating and shouted at the visitor. At the top of his voice, he insisted […]
Read MoreFrom the Korea Times: China this week revised upward its growth rate for 1979-2004 by an additional 0.2 percentage point . to an average of 9.6 percent per year . in accordance with the findings of its first national economic survey. But while the economy is expanding at an explosive pace, the government is fearful […]
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