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Why I like Karen Ma’s debut novel – Zhang Lijia
Many China-related novels in English are not really a great contribution to literature, but fellow author Zhang Lijia had to finish Karen Ma’s debut novel Excess Baggage
in one day, she explains on her weblog.Read More →
China’s UAV’s can change power balance – Wendell Minnick
China displayed for the first time its first unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), the Pterodactyl UAV, at the Paris Air Show last week. Defense analyst Wendell Minnick explains in Defense News how China’s new toys can change the power balance by circumventing current embargoes and other regulations.Read More →
Searching for China’s fast food chains – Paul French
Foreign fast food chains like McDonalds and KFC are wildly popular in China, but domestic chains failed to have a similar success. Retail analyst Paul French explores in Foreign Policy why his favorite Real Kung Fu restaurant has only a few hundred outlets, while foreign competition has many thousands.Read More →
Chen Guangcheng: NYU still a turning point – Zhang Lijia
Despite the nasty twist the blind activist Chen Guangcheng’s stay at NYU got, his flight from China to the US was still a turning point, writes author and his long-term friend Zhang Lijia from Beijing in medium.com.Read More →
China’s real threat: no reform – Arthur Kroeber
Despite adverse winds, China’s economy is not really into deep trouble, writes economist Arthur Kroeber in ChinaFile. The only real threat is when the new government lacks the stomach to push ahead with needed reforms.Read More →
Tracking more than a decade of wealth – Rupert Hoogewerf
The number of dollar millionaires in China has been booming over the past decade, together with its economic development. Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf has been tracking that wealth, he tells the China Daily, and the millionaires have become more cooperative over the years, he discovered.Read More →
A relaxed urbanization at Yichang – Paul French
Fast urbanization often leads to stressful lives, of people living on the edge. But it can be different, author Paul French discovered at he visited Yichang, Hubei province. A relaxed urbanization in a city of 6.5 million, described in the China Economic Review. Read More →
Can America catch up with China in Africa? – Howard French
Africa is doing better than ever, and China seems to play a major role, compared to America. China and Africa veteran, the US journalist Howard French went back to Africa, traveled to continent, to find out whether America can catch up with China. His report in AllAfrica.Read More →
Former US Army officer warns of too rosy picture of China – Wendell Minnick
Defense analyst Wendell Minnick got hold of an advanced copy of the upcoming book by former US Army officer Larry Wortzel, who also served as assistant Army attache at the Beijing embassy during the Tiananmen crisis in 1989. “Wortzel argues that the “PLA is turning into a modern armed force with its own unique operational doctrine.” he writes in Defense News.Read More →
Meeting of Asian military: many words, no deaths – Wendell Minnick
Just before Xi Jinping and Barack Obama sat down for their California summit, the region’s military representatives sat down in Singapore for the 12th Shangri-la Dialogues. Our defense analyst Wendell Minnick saw a classic Shakespeare act deploying, although with less drama than in the past, he writes in Defense News.Read More →
Why Australia is dropping as a favorite tourist destination – Rupert Hoogewerf
Australia has been dropping on the list of favorite destinations for Chinese tourists, reports the Brisbane Times. China Rich list composer Rupert Hoogewerf explains why other destinations like the France, Singapore, Italy, the UK, the US and Switzerland are today doing better.Read More →
China’s companies look for a global status – Shaun Rein
Pork manufacturer Shuanghui’s purchase of Smithfield was the latest move of Chinese companies to enter a global economy, and they want to hedge a slower growth in their domestic markets, tells business analyst Shaun Rein AFP.Read More →