George Fisher submits:
Sino-Forest (TRE.TO – C$19.30, SNOFF.PK – $18.77) is China’s largest timber company and is uniquely positioned to benefit from continued improvement in China’s economic standard of living. SNOFF grows, harvests, and processes timber domestically and is a major importer of logs. SNOFF offers investors exposure to a Chinese resource that is in [...]
Shaun Rein of the China Market Research Group submits:
This Op-Ed originally appeared in USA Today.
Microsoft (MSFT) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer made clear in January that Microsoft would not follow Google (GOOG) out of China: "I don’t understand how that helps us, and I don’t understand how that helps China."
Ballmer was right: Remaining in China [...]
It was at Roth capital’s annual growth stock conference that I happened to sit beside Mr. Harry Cochran at a presentation and started to learn the story of SinoHub (AMEX:SIHI).
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Brian Dolan submits:
The Week Ahead updated March 26, 2010:
U.S. yields surge higher and the USD follows
Treasury auctions ominous for rates but constructive for USD/JPY
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Haibao’s tv show is about to start – on April 1 to be exact – so I figured I’d Youku it and see what came up. Well, what came up was this absolutely terrifying music video, which I’m guessing is the theme song for “Coming Haibao” (海宝来了), as Shanghai Daily calls it. Lyrics translated [...]
The trial for Rio Tinto employee Stern Hu and his three co-workers is now over and the verdict is out: Hu gets 10 years for accepting bribes and stealing commercial secrets. The other three were sentenced to between seven and 14 years in prison. Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith called it a tough sentence” and [...]
Over a year after he first disappeared outside his own home, human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gao Zhisheng has resurfaced near his hometown. Gao told the New York Times that he was no longer in police custody, but couldn’t give any details abut where he was the past 13 months. He also [...]
From April 1 to 10, Irish violinist Gregory Harrington will be coming to China to perform his blend of classical and contemporary music. Besides dates in Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian, Harrington will be passing through Shanghai for a recital with pianist William Lewis at the Oriental Art Center on April 3. [...]
It’s Scrabble week again! After the excitement of wordsmithing passes, there’s more to check out this week, including a Thai photoexhibit, a French fashion show, and drinking for a cause.
Monday: Bar Olympics
OZNZ starts off the week with a bevy of drunken challenges, from Wii games and darts to blackjack, ring toss, and of [...]
It’s the Monday after G-day and it seems like, despite lecturing the Internet search company from CCTV and its other mouthpieces, China has yet to block it. Phew. Which makes this fun little Internet tool still relevant – it compares searches between Baidu and Google. Apparently, a good 85% of search results are different! Who [...]