After the successful IPO (of state-owned commercial banks) and the entry of foreign banks, service quality is key to banks’ competence in China. In other words, the bank that provides the best service has the most competence. From Caijing.com.cn: “We identified 130 problems in 15 categories, involving more than 200 types of transactions, as part […]
Read MoreFrom Planetark.org: Drought affecting large swathes of China has left more than 8 million people short of water, and many livestock have died of hunger, the official Xinhua news agency said. The country’s northern regions, including Inner Mongolia and Liaoning and Jilin provinces , were among the worst affected areas, it said late on Friday, […]
Read MoreFrom Yahoo.com: China has backtracked on a decision that could have made it tougher for journalists to report on riots, disasters and other emergencies, state media said Monday. Legislators revised the draft emergency response law after heated debate evolved over a passage warning media of steep fines for “irregular” or “fraudulent” reports, according to the […]
Read MoreFrom The Times of India: At least four miners were killed and 10 others injured when fire engulfed a coal mine shaft in northeast China’s Liaoning Province , local officials said on Monday. The fire broke out at about 2 pm on Sunday in the shaft of Xinglong coal mine in Fuxin city , a […]
Read MoreFrom China Watch: As greenhouse gas emissions erupt with the rising consumption of fossil fuels, the world’s highest plateau keeps sending alerts to the planet. This year, Tibet saw its third warm winter in the last seven years, with an average temperature of minus 3 degrees Celsius, up 1.4 degrees from the historical average of […]
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 MoreFrom China Dialogue: Of all China’s government agencies, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) may have the hardest life. They have to deal with the world’s worst pollution and largest population – and without anywhere near enough power to do so. You may as well ask a dwarf to move a mountain. This was perfectly […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Ninemsn: In the strictly controlled media world of communist China, “citizen journalism” is beating a way through censorship, breaking taboos and offering a pressure valve for social tensions. In one striking example this month, the Internet was largely responsible for breaking open a slave scandal in two Chinese provinces that some local […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China’s top legislature on Sunday started examining a draft amendment to the Law on Lawyers which aims to tighten deontology in the legal profession, make it easier for lawyers to meet criminal suspects and obtain evidence, and also authorizes lawyers to open individual law firms. The draft amendment to the Law on Lawyers […]
Read MoreLake Dian is a freshwater fault lake at 1,886.5 m above sea level in Kunming, Yunnan province. Its nickname? “Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland.” Here are two shocking photos of Lake Dian from today’s Chinese news websites. Reported by EastIC, via netease.com: June 24, 2007. In the last few days, with the hot weather, […]
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 MoreAn update on the seven Chinese citizens kidnapped from a massage parlor in Islamabad, from Financial Times: Hardline Pakistani Islamists at the weekend released six Chinese female hostages and one man, ending a 17-hour crisis that highlighted a fresh challenge to the regime of pro-US military ruler General Pervez Musharraf. The kidnappings on Friday night […]
Read MoreA story explaining the relationship between Wahaha and Danone- and their eventual falling-out due to “extra-marital affairs”- as a case study for business schools. From The Australian: The first big question facing businesses that want to operate in China is whether they are brave enough or deep-pocketed enough to go it alone, or whether they […]
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