Shanghai architecture, lost in 2011
2012-03-01
Shanghai-based researcher Paul French, author of The Old Shanghai A-Z gives on his weblog a sad overview of the architecture lost in 2011 under the hammer of progressRead More →
The secret messages of ‘a dog’s life’ – Zhang Lijia
2012-02-22
Author Zhang Lijia attended a very popular play in Beijing “Life Attitude of Two Dogs”, and wonders on her weblog if she was really able to get the hidden meaning of the interactive play, if there was any.Read More →
Anti-Chinese spat hurts Hong Kong retail – Shaun Rein
2012-02-21
The rising anti-Chinese sentiment in Hong Kong hurts the feeling of its mainland visitors, but might hurt Hong Kong where it really hurts: in its retail sales, as the super-wealthy might choose other destinations, says business analyst Shaun Rein in CNBC.Read More →
Taiwan Defense cuts no big deal – Wendell Minnick
2012-02-20
Taiwan has announced cuts in its defense budget, making it tougher to upgrade its aging fleet of F-16’s, writes the Asia Sentinel. But defense analyst Wendell Minnick says the budget cuts are unlikely to influence the island’s security, or even the quality of its F-16’s.Read More →
Why the Chinese do not buy American stuff – Paul French
2012-02-17
Chinese might consume more than ever, they certainly do not buy as much as previously anticipated, and certainly not that much American stuff. Retail analyst Paul French looks into the issue at The Daily Star.Read More →
Surviving the next China bubble – Arthur Kroeber
2012-02-17
The story China’s economy is a bubble that is about to burst, exists as long as the country’s economy started to boom. Economic analyst Arthur Kroeber explains in NPR why we do not need to worry right now and why signs of bubbles are part of the game.Read More →
North-Korea’s failed investment zone – Paul French
2012-02-16
“At least when the Chinese say, ‘This is going to be an investment zone,’ they put in electricity and phone lines and sewers,” tells author Paul French the BBC about the failed North-Korean investment zone at the China border. The China model did not work in North-Korea.Read More →
Bo Xilai: still an open wound – Victor Shih
2012-02-15
The political trouble surrounding political big-shot Bo Xi-lai has still not been solved, tells political and financial analyst Victor Shih in Business Week. More than a week after he sent 100 police men to surround the US consulate in Chengdu to fetch Wang Lijun, Beijing still has to act.Read More →
China: one of the most indebted countries in the world – Victor Shih
2012-02-08
The anti-China commercial by Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra contained so many mistakes, it takes a row of experts to set the record straight. In The New Yorker financial expert Victor Shih looks at the suggestions China is running away with US money.Read More →
Vandalism in Beijing – Paul French
2012-02-05
A fuming Paul French reports on his website about the upcoming destruction of the Beijing house of Liang Sicheng, a famous architect. Paul French: I cannot bring myself to write too much about the destruction at Chinese New Year of Liang Sicheng’s house. Liang (below) was an incredible architect famously offeredRead More →
Democracy does suit the Chinese – Zhang Lijia
2012-02-03
Author Zhang Lijia visited Taiwan for the first time and was pleasantly surprised. One conclusion: democracy is not against the character of the Chinese, as leaders on the mainland sometimes suggest, she explains on her weblog.Read More →
Locusts and running dogs in Hong Kong – Zhang Lijia
2012-02-02
Celebrity author Zhang Lijia dives on her weblog into the argument between Chinese from Hong Kong and those on the mainland, who have been denouncing each other, calling the mainlanders ‘locusts’, while professor Kong Qingsheng from Peking University called the Hongkongnese ‘running dogs’.Read More →