From International Herald Tribune: In October, China Construction Bank raised $8 billion on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the world’s biggest initial public offering in four years. Institutional demand for the offering, the first by one of China’s big four state banks, outstripped supply by 10 times, despite a price at the top of […]
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles Times: Video recorder in hand, Wang Hong sat inside a small stone-and-brick house with one of China’s aging musical masters ” a Mongolian vocalist named Hajab who once sang his region’s ancestral melodies for Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Wang had ventured from his home in San Francisco to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia […]
Read MoreFrom National Public Radio: China’s tremendous demand for oil has contributed to an effect on prices at the pump for U.S. consumers. Analysts debate whether a slowdown in growth for China’s oil dependency could help stabilize world oil markets. Listen to the audio file here.
Read MoreFrom Beijing Review (via China Law Prof Blog): Peking University law professor He Weifang has made a name for himself as an activist calling for reforms of the judicial system in China. He believes that judicial independence should be the top priority for China’s leadership. A system must be established outside of legislative and executive […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: There’s a lot of that going on in China these days. As Chinese companies seek to build global brands and foreigners aim to boost sales in the mainland, they’re transforming the country’s design business. Chinese manufacturers realize they need better products if they want to break out of China and beef up […]
Read MorePhoto series: a bench on the side of Tiananmen Square; from zonaeuropa.com.
Read MorePhoto series: a bench on the side of Tiananmen Square, witnessing life; from bbs.tom.com.
Read MoreFrom a New York Times editorial: Fresh from his disastrous Latin American tour last week, President Bush is off again – this time to Japan, South Korea, China and even Mongolia, presumably to thank the latter for the 131 soldiers it is contributing to America’s Iraq efforts. “My visit should send a signal to the […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: President Hu Jintao of China began the final leg of his European tour on Monday, visiting the Spanish Parliament and meeting with Prime Minister Jos√© Luis Rodr√≠guez Zapatero to discuss strengthening business and political ties between their two countries. The agenda included discussion of lifting the European Union’s arms embargo […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: ON October 26, Ding Xueliang, a professor of sociology at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said that there are no more than five economists, in the real sense of the word, in China. In his view, a true economist treats the economy as a subject rather than as a way […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: As a class war is being waged in the ghettos of French cities, another class war, as it were, is being waged on the Chinese Internet – and is teaching us a lesson about where reforms may need to be stepped up. The Chinese war is the war against “mainstream economists.” […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: China’s economy is a vista of eye-catching opportunities flanked by pitfalls, into which multinational companies poured more than $60 billion of direct investment last year. While the pace has slowed slightly this year, few economists expect the influx of cash and technology to abate significantly as the economy modernizes, liberalizes […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: Leading figures in US education and business are calling for further improvements to student visa policy as data show international enrolment at US universities fell for the second consecutive year. The number of international students enrolled at US universities fell again during 2004-2005, according to figures to be released today. The […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal Online: A significant number of Americans believe China will be stronger economically than the U.S. in 10 years, according to the latest Harris Interactive poll, and many believe that strength may pose a threat to U.S. interests. About 70% of U.S. adults say they think China will become an economic […]
Read MoreFrom the Standard: For China watchers, one of the most influential Hong Kong and mainland media figures is a 56-year-old blogger and non-journalist who lives with his 79-year-old mother and a maid on Kadoorie Hill in Kowloon. His blog is essential reading for reporters, ranging from those from the New York Times, Washington Post, the […]
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