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From the Washington Post: The riot, on the morning of June 3, had its roots in the refusal of China’s government to permit the establishment of any independent organization, including nongovernment labor unions, as a reliable, independent channel for workers’ grievances. It was a shocking first for Xizhou, a raw industrial zone on the northeastern […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: Notorious for lagging behind international standards, elite healthcare has gone high-end on the mainland, most visibly in the form of private clinics in luxury hotels. The St Regis is the latest to offer both butler, and clinical, services. In June, United Family Hospitals and Clinics expanded its Chinese facilities – already […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via msn.co.uk: In crowded, fast-paced and expensive Hong Kong, where financial success is paramount, depression is a growing problem. There were 1,000 suicides in 2004, up from 915 in 2000. An estimated 70,000 of Hong Kong’s nearly seven million people suffer from serious depression, but Lam says one out of every five residents […]
Read MoreFrom Fast Company: Lenovo, which became the world’s third-largest PC maker when the deal went through in May, hired Portland, Oregon-based design consultancy ZIBA to study how Chinese consumers use electronics. A team of five U.S.-based designers and researchers won highly unusual access to private homes where they were able to document Chinese attitudes toward […]
Read MoreFrom the San Francisco Chronicle: Boeing could lose billions in contracts for commercial jetliners. A deal to speed lucrative sales of U.S. software to Chinese government agencies could come undone. Beijing may become more intransigent about revaluing its currency vis-a-vis the dollar. The business climate for U.S. companies heavily invested in China’s fast-growing market could […]
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