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The exodus has begun. Many will surely have noticed an improvement in traffic that cant be attributed to the new traffic implementations. Jianbing stalls and little street trinket stalls are becoming sparse. People are on the move.
So for those of us who will be here over spring festival, what [...]
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By: Steve Dickinson
In an earlier post, entitled, “Cambodia: China’s Newest Appendage,” I commented on the rumors of extensive investment by China into Cambodia. The rumor at that time was that the “Chinese” had agreed to make over $3.0 billion in investment in Cambodia’s energy and transport sectors. I mentioned [...]
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Though the World Bank’s Doing Business Report for 2011 has already been out for a few months, I just saw a really good analysis of it today. The analysis is in the Fiducia Management Consultants’ “Market Focus” Newsletter and it can be found here. Though I have never worked with [...]
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WSJ:
In a development that could further inflame Hollywood’s frustrations with unauthorized reproduction of its intellectual property in China, Chinese netizens are accusing CCTV of repurposing footage from the movie “Top Gun” for use in a news story about an air force training exercise.
Wall Street Journal again [...]
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Global Times, January 31, 2011
The Chinese edition of today’s Global Times declares that the West is trying to decide which direction Egypt is going!
The sub-headline is Some people want Mubarak to go; Some people are worried the Middle East will collapse.
World censorship blog aggregator Global Voices Online records the [...]
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Please Vote For Me is a documentary that could easily be used as ammunition in the great debate about the disparity between China’s economic and political spheres: as a case study that the “free markets lead to free people” argument will legitimately bear fruit in the future, or that [...]
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This post is otherwise known as your daily dose of cynicism.
An ancient Chinese fable from a compilation by K.L. Kiu, who also translated this (I’ve taken the liberty to correct the [sic]’s):
“The Art of Stealing”
The Guo family in the state of Qi was very rich while the Xiang family [...]
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The latest, and perhaps the last video, of Tony in this Tiger year, can be seen at Youtube and Youku.
The Wuxi Red Guards continue their winning ways.
How to placate the Tony Boy.
The K family went to Yu Pai Fu Hao Sunday evening. They make a plate of potatoes there [...]
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CNN Go covers the dying sputters of 696 here. I guess with all that is going on in Egypt and places, this really isn’t that dramatic a story, still “its a shame,” to quote myself. Akin to killing a cuddly little animal or something like…