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Why China uses North Korean workers – Shaun Rein
The news China is using large amounts of North Korean workers sounds at first counterintuitive. Why is the world’s most populated country importing labor. Business analyst Shaun Rein explains it to NPR’s Marketplace.Read More →
Dalai Lama “a poorly advised political strategist’ – Howard French
The 77th birthday of the Dalai Lama has been celebrated low-key, but has triggered off also some critical analysis, like here in FirstPost. It quotes long-time China correspondent Howard French, arguing the Dalai Lama should have changed its strategy a decade ago.
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Saving habits change with the generations – Shaun Rein
Chinese have been the most thrifty savers, because they felt they needed a financial buffer to compensate for poor social security, poor health care and high insecurity.That might change only with the generation, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in the Washington Post.Read More →
New rules on mobiles force market into maturity – Ben Cavender
China’s MIIT, the ministry of industry and information technology, prepares new legislation on apps for mobiles, aimed at protecting the end users. The new regulations will force this new industry into maturity rather than censor it, tells industry analyst Ben Cavender in ZDNet. Read More →
Dead Britons in China – Paul French
Neil Heywood, former friend of sacked Chinese leader Bo Xilai, and possibly killed by Bo’s wife Gu Kailai, is not the first Briton to lose his life in China, writes author Paul French in The Telegraph. In his book Midnight in Peking he tried to solve at least one, the murder of Pamela Werner in 1937.Read More →
Australia follows US, France as top destination rich – Rupert Hoogewerf
Australia scores high among China’s rich, not only as travel destination, but also as place to live, notes China Rich List founder Rupert Hoogewerf in The Sydney Morning Herald, after the release of a new report.Read More →
Road free for Apple’s iPad after legal settlement – Shaun Rein
Apple settled for US$ 60 million legal IP claims from a Chinese firm against the usage of the name iPad. A fraction of the US$ 400 million the company asked, but took away a legal roadblock for the US company in China, says business analyst Shaun Rein in Fin24.Read More →
Consumers continue to spend on home decoration – Shaun Rein
China’s consumers continue to spend, despite a small dip in growth, also for decorating their homes, argues business analyst Shaun Rein, and goes against JWT executive Tom Doctoroff, who says Chinese consumers go for cheaper products. Shaun Rein dismantles three consumers myths in Business Week.Read More →
China’s dragon ladies – Paul French
Gu Kailai, the wife of disposed leader Bo Xilai, was the last woman in a Chinese tradition of so-called dragon ladies. Historian and author Paul French puts her in that tradition together with empress Cixi, Jiang Qing and many others in Foreign Policy. Read More →
Top-5 most-read stories June 2012
Compared to the exciting times in China in May, June has been more back to basics in terms of news. Or is it a sign summer holidays are nearing? China does not honor the concept of a summer holiday, but traditionally we do see a drop in traffic during the summer, allowing us to have a break too.Read More →
How I became an American in China – Kaiser Kuo
The US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999 started to change the life of rock musician Kaiser Kuo, then part of the famous band Tang-dynasty. In “Americans in China” he explains how he became an American in Beijing, and spokesperson of the country’s search engine Baidu.Read More →
What can China or the West do in South Sudan? – Howard French
How can the West or China support South Sudan? That question has become urgent, now the country is heading for another crisis and in The Atlantic, former Africa and China correspondent Howard French looks at what China or the West can do.Read More →