A few images from today’s “conversation” between Peter Hessler (currently on tour to promote his newest book, Country Driving) and Ken Pomeranz at the University of California, Irvine, with almost 100 in attendance. A podcast of their discussion will be available at China Beat in the coming weeks.
Kenneth Pomeranz and Peter Hessler
A reminder to our readers in Southern California that Peter Hessler will be in conversation with Ken Pomeranz at UC Irvine tomorrow, and the event is free and open to the public.
A schedule of the remainder of Hessler’s Country Driving book tour is available here; if you’re unable to see him speak in person, check [...]
IPR: RT @DanHarris: RT @Chinalyst: Yes Virginia, There Is IP Protection In China. http://cli.gs/ug0em 7:37 PM Feb 14th
Comment: And, while on the subject of IP, it is worth mentioning that protection of it is largely driven by local needs, not foreign pressure. Just look at the growth in Chinese patent applications…IP. Up. RT @GCBRANDS: [...]
While China may not (just yet) have become the second largest economy in the world, there is plenty of action to report. Here we provide an update on recent news, including links from our ChinaBlogTweets Twitter stream.
Last year’s lending boom helped China to a rapid recovery, but now the brakes are being applied in order [...]
China Business Services has been a fan on Xinran and her Mothers’ Bridge of Love (MBL) charity for some time, and one of our directors, Jeremy Gordon, is a Trustee.
With the launch of Xinran’s new book, “Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother” (which includes an appeal on behalf of MBL), there has been an [...]
According to the Nanfang Daily, you shouldn’t expect a government subsidy when you buy a hybrid or electric vehicle in China in the near future. Although the State Council announced last December that it would select five cities to test subsidies for the private purchase of “new energy vehicles,” issues surrounding the form and amount [...]
The Shanghai Composite Index (SCI, 000001.SS) recovered from mid-week lows to finish 1.3% up from its Monday opening. China COSCO (601919.SS) finished similarly level for the week, despite announcing that it was increasing its transatlantic shipping rates. Huaneng Power (600011.SS) was equally unexciting with a sliver of a weekly increase [...]
When I was in college, I would need to take a bus across a number of Midwestern states to get home for many of the breaks. I hated it with such a passion that upon graduation, I promised myself I would never again take a bus for more than an hour again and I [...]
Perhaps one of the more interesting, and at times comical and frustrating, dynamics about working in China is that sometimes you just know that the word “China” can create an emotional response that some cannot overcome. It is a dynamic that China does bring upon itself sometimes, but it is also a response that some [...]
so, as my first post of substance for the Year of the Tiger, I thought I would make it a bubble post. Will China’s economy survive the Year of the Tiger in tack, or will it implode. It is a question that has been debated in many forums, and there are a wide range of [...]