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Hyatt Can’t Build Their Own Hotels… but Shimao Can
Quickly following up on the impact of the recent foreign investment regulations in China, I found th article Shimao to build up 20 China hotels in the Shanghai Daily. Xu Rongmao, Chairman of Shimao, apparently commented at the opening of the Hyatt on the Bund (Shanghai) that: “As planned, we will open more hotels in [...]
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 [...]
How Much Has China Grown? Really…
Anyone who has lived in China at any point in the last 10 years will attest to the growth of China’s east coast cities. For many who watched China’s rise, one of the most amazing measures was GDP growth, and the fact that China has been able to sustain double digit growth for so many [...]
Demands for Currency Revaluation Ad Infinitum
Once again the helpless cry in the Western wilderness. Won’t China allow the Yuan to “strengthen at a faster rate?” No, indeed. How is doing so in China’s interest? The movers and shakers of the so-called great economic powers, who have, it is said, the power over the purses that pay for imported product — [...]
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 jitters, anti-China sentiment rouse US voters
I have been told by a couple of people that I might have been a little harsh on Kerri Houston in my recent post, and in my defense, I would say it is because I fear that the ongoing protectionism in the US is going to severely damage relations. I wil agree that changes to [...]
Chengdu vs. Chongqing: Logistics Hub(s) of the Southwest
While working on some research for a report, I interviewed a member of the Chengdu foreign investment bureau to better understand why foreign firms in general were choosing Chengdu, what the obstacles were, and what the future looked like.. Of the 20 or so questions we went over, one of my favorites was in response [...]
Paulson: China, Yuan Out-of-Step With markets..
In yet another attempt to put pressure on China to revalue the RMB, Secretary Paulson is out on his stump.. and I am beginning to wonder if perhaps he is off his rocker as I hardly see how rising interest rates in the U.S. (see below) is going to improve the situation in the States…. [...]
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