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UK speakers’ scam
Today we got a kind invitation from Reverend Michael Silver , presiding Minister of the Emanuel Evangelical Church,London, United Kingdom, to provide a speaker. It proved to be a scam.Read More →
How to keep Chen Guangcheng relevant – Zhang Lijia
What is Chen Guangcheng’s future, wonders author Zhang Lijia, as she recalls her earlier meetings with the blind lawyer and his diligent way to make a difference in China. How can Chen stay China’s bright and honest son, she asks in The Diplomat.Read More →
Government cannot deny pollution – Shaun Rein
The US embassy in Beijing and US consulate in Shanghai tweet regularly their measurements of the pollution in those cities. No allowed, said a representative of the environmental authorities in China this week. Denying the problem is not going to help, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in Marketplace.Read More →
June 4th and later – Zhang Lijia
Celebrity author Zhang Lijia of “”Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China” recalled yesterday at her weblog the dramatic events of June 4, 1989, and looks ahead at the future of China in the years to come.Read More →
France top-destination for luxury travelers – Rupert Hoogewerf
France is the top destination of luxury traveler, followed by the US and Australia. The Maldives, Switzerland and Dubai are the fastest growing, tells Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the rich list in the Shanghai Daily.Read More →
Why Hyundai’s strategy might fail – Shaun Rein
Korea’s car maker Hyundai tries to sell its relatively larger car in China upscale market. But asking more money for a tiny car might be a tricky strategy for the producer of small cars, tells business analyst Shaun Rein Bloomberg.Read More →
Zhang Lijia on political reform in China – Hangout-on-air
On Thursday 31 May the Beijing-based author Zhang Lijia will answer questions on political reform in China in an upcoming Hangout-on-air. Are we seeing merely window-dressing, or are there real options for change. Basis will be her opt-in in the New York Times, where she sounds rather pessimistic.Read More →
Can China withdraw the state from the economy? – Victor Shih
China needs to shift its economy from state investments to domestic consumption to survive. But can China withdraw that kind of power from state institutions, wonders political and financial analyst Victor Shih in the Financial Times.Read More →
Better get used to higher prices – Shaun Rein
Cheap labor has made the country into a source of deflation for global consumers, but as Chinese wages go up, consumers in Wall-Mart and elsewhere better prepare for higher prices, tells the author of The End of Cheap China Shaun Rein an in interview with the BBC radio.Read More →
What Chinese want – The Atlantic Review
Why the Chinese will not become like the Americans, explains China advertising expert Tom Doctoroff in his latest book “What Chinese Want: Culture, Communism and China’s Modern Consumer”. The Atlantic summerizes one of his key viewpoints.Read More →
In China young billionaires earn their money, few inherit – Rupert Hoogewerf
Young billionaires worldwide tend to inherit their capital, but not in China. In China very few of the rich inherit their wealth, tells Rupert Hoogewerf of Hurun of the China Rich List in the Shanghai Daily.Read More →
Gaining personal freedom in a caged country – Zhang Lijia
During her last-week speech at TedxMongkok in Hong Kong author Zhang Lijia described the differences in personal freedom from the time she worked in the rocket-factory in Nanjing and how in Beijing. A growing freedom in a cage, summarized on her weblog.Read More →