From xinhua via People’s Daily: As China is expected to launch the third generation mobile communication (3G) soon, its 3G-related stocks have kept rising in recent days. Experts warned that investors should be cautious and get clear who are the real winners of China’s 3G industry. At the ITU (International Telecom Union) Telecom World 2006 […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: What is your antidote to a frantic day’s Christmas shopping? In China, one of the de-stressing options available to rich and poor alike is to go for a foot wash. The young man sits at my feet, gazing up at me occasionally with almond eyes. “How is this?” he asks me. “Is […]
Read MoreFrom Weired Asia Blog: According to Xinmin Evening News, Zhang Weifeng, a local veterinarian, was busy hunting for a pet tomb these days in Shanghai for his client, Zhou Ying. Zhou’s 12-year-old Cocker Spaniel had just died recently and she wanted to find a permanent resting place for her pet. As a newcomer to Shanghai, […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: Toshiba Corp.’s Westinghouse Electric Co. won a contract from China to build four nuclear reactors, trumping Areva SA for a project worth as much $5.3 billion. The contract may produce 5,500 jobs in the U.S. Westinghouse will build two reactors at Sanmen in Zhejiang province and two at Yangjiang in Guangdong, the U.S. […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Dozens of middle school students in southern China were sickened in a hepatitis A outbreak that authorities linked to contaminated well water and poor sanitation, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday. The outbreak at Fengshan Town No. 2 Middle School in the Guangxi region has led to the hospitalization of 112 students, […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: On 5 December O’Donnell joked about how Danny DeVito’s recent and seemingly drunken appearance on the talk show had become international news, and how it might be received in China. In a statement on their website, Unity has called for the show’s producer, Barbara Walters, to “publicly acknowledge that O’Donnell’s remarks were patently […]
Read MoreA vendor selling a dead dolphin for 150 RMB ($18) at a Dalian fish market, via fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom Prospect Magazine: If China does not abandon one-party rule, will it stumble under the stresses of state capitalism? Or will it show that there can be a successful authoritarian road to modernity? Hutton to Desai (29th November 2006) It is a commonplace to observe that the rise of China is transforming the world. Extrapolate […]
Read MoreFrom jamesfallows.com (about the author): Yes, presence in any foreign environment “improves” people in various ways. They learn about the new country, and their home country, and themselves, in ways they couldn’t otherwise. They’re jogged out of routines. They are exposed to different languages and approaches to life. And blah blah blah. Every day’s exposure […]
Read MoreFrom npr.org: China is experiencing enormous economic growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke says. But “by most measures China remains a developing nation,” according to Bernanke. The Fed chief’s comments came in a speech delivered at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. In explaining his observation, Bernanke told the academy that China’s per-capita […]
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Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency via Shanghai Daily: Serving a two-year jail term for gun-running, Xu Junyou longs for freedom and an honest job in Guangdong Province, south China’s economic powerhouse. Xu had been a farmer in Songtao Miao Autonomous County, of the southwestern Guizhou Province, before his conviction. “I know it’s a crime to sell […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: The headlong dash by global automotive players to set up low-cost manufacturing capacity in China’s hyper-growth auto market is a familiar story. So is the relentless price-cutting pressure and profit margin squeeze foreign car companies face when they are up and running. As any auto exec will tell you, the mainland is […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: Chinese languages and culture should be taught in British schools and universities if UK firms are not to miss out on multi-billion-pound opportunities in China, according to business leaders. A poll of chief and senior executives by the Hay Group revealed directors believe differences in culture, language and communication pose the greatest […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: In China the problem of “news extortion”, in which reporters (or supposed reporters) arm-twist officials or companies into paying up to keep stories under wraps, has complicated causes. One key problem is the awkward marriage of official control and commercial wantonness in China’s current media climate. While media are still regarded […]
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