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Home’s Where Heart Is
Growing up, I always hear Home is where you hang your hat, but today the China Daily has put together an article on expats in the 2nd tier cities called Home’s where heart is Written by Viva Goldner, is a very interesting read and I find that many of the quotes she has pooled together [...]
People and Power: Moving China
While All Roads is the medium I typically focus on pure business (and more recently some poltical issue), and Crossroads is the medium I typically use to highlight and discuss social issues, this youtube is an exception. People and Power: Moving China is an excellent film showing a bit of the underbelly of Shanghai. for [...]
Trade Surplus Hits US$27 Billion in October
Record trade figures no longer surprise. They are right up their with the stock market and property prices! The latest figures show China’s trade surplus reached a record US$27 billion in October. Malaysia Star reports: “China’s trade surplus rose to a record US$27.05bil in October, adding fuel to US complaints yuan is undervalued as Treasury [...]
Redefining FDI
Last year there was a lot of debate within China about the role of foreign investors in China (there were even suggestions that some foreign investors were �malicious� and were a danger to China�s long-term development). Now, after tax incentives for foreign investors have already been addressed, and as protectionist tendencies have been seen lurking, [...]
The Nouveau Riche Niche
The Harmonious Society is a worthy aim indeed, but it is (or was) also glorious to be rich. We already know something about what the merely wealthy like to buy, but Forbes gives some insight into who those at the top of the pile in China are today. “All 40 members of the Forbes Asia [...]
UPS Nails Down Staples in China
Without a doubt, 2007 has been one of the most active in the logistics in China. this is primarily a result of WTO restrictions passing their final milestone on Dec 1, 2006.. but it is also a result of the business in China improving on a macro level. For me, while I found working in [...]
Event: WTM-ChinaContact Forum on China’s Travel Industry
WTM-ChinaContact forum on China’s travel industry takes place on 14th November from 10:00-17:30 in South Gallery room 21/22, World Travel Market (ExCel, London). As China gets ready for its initiation onto the world events stage with the 2008 Olympics next August, ‘China – the Future of Travel’ forum looks at how the growing Chinese interest [...]
Yuan gains vs greenback after US interest rate cut
By Dong Zhixin (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2007-11-01 13:05 China’s currency rose to a new record against the greenback on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve cut the key interest rate the previous day. Before Thursday’s trading started, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set the yuan central parity rate at 7.4552 relative to the US dollar. [...]
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