The troublesome period of China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) has been eradicated from the country’s official history, and many youngsters who not know what happened in that decade. Until recently an 80-year old man from Zhejiang had to face court for a murder in 1967. Time to deal with the ghosts of the Cultural Revolution, writes author Zhang Lijia in the South China Morning Post.Read More →
Amazon is trying to sell its books in China, but is not yet selling its hardware – for regulatory reasons. A mistake, says business analyst Shaun Rein in Bloomberg, because in China you cannot make money with content, only with hardware.Read More →
The upcoming Chinese New Year is the moment for gift giving, but how to look at the current governmental crackdown on too expensive gift. Retail analyst Paul French discusses in The Telegraph the likely effect of the drive against corruption.Read More →
Eight percent growth has seen by many economist as a red flag for China’s economy. When China grows less than eight percent, panic is near. But business analyst Shaun Rein explains in an opinion piece for the BBC why the country can remain stable with a lower growth.Read More →
Expensive watches and liquor are on the watch list, as China is going through an anti-corruption drive, tells Hurun Rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf Reuters. Less-expensive gifts are the trend.Read More →
Business analysts Shaun Rein comments at the BBC World Service at the launch of the world’s largest high-speed train connection between Beijing and Guangzhou: a symbol of the new policies focusing on improving consumption and urbanization.Read More →
Officially prostitution is banned in China, but is booming business at the same time. Author Zhang Lijia is preparing a book on prostitution in China and describes on her weblog how police violence, and their bribes, is part of daily life for the working girls.
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China might have the most sophisticated system to censor the internet, they can only till a certain degree mold the information internet users are getting, writes internet analyst Maria Korolov in Internet Evolution.Read More →
The famous singer Peng Liyuan was more popular than her husband,the upcoming president Xi Jinping. She could use that popularity as China’s first lady, but author Zhang Lijia estimates those chances are limited, as women are not welcome in China’s power houses, she tells The National. Read More →
Are you still planning to buy overpriced military JSF fighters and other equipment in the US? Perhaps you should have a look first in China, writes Military analyst Wendell Minnick, who attended the Zhuhai ninth biennial Airshow China, in Defense News.Read More →
The Uyghur, the minority in western China, have very little impact on the US agenda towards China, says former China correspondent and journalism professor Howard French on the website of UNPO.org.Read More →
Despite the big power transition show going on in Beijing, and much talk about needed reforms, author Zhang Lijia tells CNN she is not expected huge changes to take place very fast, although the internet is putting pressure on the decision making process.Read More →