Video: African Billboards of Beijing – Danwei
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Read MoreHistory, Mistrust Haunt India-China Trade Ties – Reuters
From Reuters: Walk into an Indian market and ask for cheap batteries, or a toy, a shirt or even a portrait of a Hindu god, and chances are the shopkeeper will offer Chinese products with a rider that they are not very reliable. Talk to senior officials at a top Chinese telecoms company, and ask […]
Read MoreThe East India Company rides again – Salil Tripathi
From The Guardian: Some believe China’s rise is good for Africa: China will need resources; Africa has the resources; therefore China will invest in Africa and Africa will benefit, as has China. This view is naive because, even though Chinese leaders proclaim Afro-Chinese solidarity, at heart the Chinese interest is mercantilist. China is driven by […]
Read MoreChina: Touchy topics – John Kennedy
On Global Voices, John Kennedy writes about what is being written about – and being blocked – on BBSes: BBS forums used to be the venue of choice to make oneself seen and heard in the Chinese blogsphere, until blogs came along and most of the biggest and best BBS names took their reputations and […]
Read MoreChina Pollution Blamed for Younger Lung Patients – Reuters
From Reuters: China’s air pollution has caused a jump in chronic lung diseases usually associated with the elderly among people in their 30s, state media said on Thursday. Sufferers of emphysema and chronic bronchitis were growing in number and getting younger, the Beijing News said, citing a health research report that said China had about […]
Read MoreDeath Toll in China Mine Blast Hits 40 – AP
From The Associated Press The death toll from a coal mine explosion in northern China rose to 40 after five more bodies were found, state media reported on Tuesday. Seven miners were still missing in the pit of the Jiaojiazhai mine in Shanxi province’s Xinzhou city after the Nov. 5 gas blast, Xinhua News Agency […]
Read MoreU.N.: China Faces Pollution Challenges – Gillian Wong
From The Associated Press: The United Nations said Tuesday that China has made progress in increasing access to water for its citizens but still faces serious challenges in fighting pollution. Water pollution and a lack of clean drinking water are some of the most serious problems facing China, with most of its canals, rivers and […]
Read MoreFounder of China’s Wumart Resigns – Mei Fong
From The Wall Street Journal: The chairman and founder of Wumart Stores Inc. resigned suddenly, people familiar with the situation said, raising questions about the continued expansion of the fast-growing Chinese retailer. Zhang Wenzhong will be succeeded temporarily by Wu Jianzhong, an executive director at the company, the people familiar with the situation said yesterday. […]
Read MoreThe Great Wal-Mart of China – Keith Naughton
From Newsweek: To move into China, America’s biggest and most successful retailer had to learn its business all over again. In the grocery section of a big-box store in north Beijing, shoppers struggle to catch a bargain. And a fish. “We’d still rather pick it out ourselves,” says law student Guo Jiao, as she and […]
Read MoreChina Unveils Rules For Foreign Banks – Reuters
From Reuters: China on Wednesday released rules governing the operations of foreign banks once the country fully opens its doors to them in line with its WTO commitments. In a document released by the official Xinhua news agency, China said foreign-funded banks and joint-venture lenders needed to set aside at least 1 billion yuan ($127 […]
Read MoreOn the Trail of Ancient Cures – WSJ
From the Wall Street Journal (maybe a comeback for traditional Chinese medicine): Mr. Shen, head botanist for the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, a government-funded laboratory, has spent three decades trekking across China and going to great lengths to ferret out rare plants and herbs traditionally used in treatments for ailments ranging from aches and […]
Read MoreRare Look at China’s Burdened Banks – David Barboza
From New York Times: Two years ago, one of China’s largest state-owned banks hired a senior risk adviser who had previously worked for major banks in the United States. His mission was to advise the Chinese bank on how to clean up its books, by helping assess loans that were going bad. The banker’s career […]
Read MoreChina to Sign FTA with Pakistan – People’s Daily
China’s rise is pondered as “China threat” in India according to Reuter’s report. Although India’s neighbor, Pakistan is going to shake China’s hands and sign the FTA. Will this worry India more? Read major Chinese and Western media’s reports: China will sign agreements with Pakistan and India to push forward economic and trade ties during […]
Read MoreChina Arrests 2 Taiwan Businessmen on Spying Charges – Wing-Gar Cheng
From Bloomberg News: China said it detained two Taiwan businessmen on espionage charges, three months after it confirmed it executed a high-ranking Chinese pension fund official for spying for the island. “The mainland’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits has informed the relatives of the persons concerned,” Li Weiyi(ÊùéÁª¥‰∏Ä), a spokesman for the Beijing-based […]
Read MoreWestern Education Booms in China – Jehangir Pocha
From The Boston Globe: Winston S. Churchill might have cringed at the thought: His alma mater, the elite British school Harrow, has opened a branch in Beijing. So far, more than 100 Western schools and universities have set up in China, and the number is expected to grow. …But even China’s new upper middle-class isn’t […]
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