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U.S. Republicans Reject Free Trade — China Takes a Hit
Over the last few years, the American ardor for China has cooled. Even I need a sweater. In speaking with Americans, the topic often turns to China. My partner in conversation, whoever it may be — home improvement contractor, local attorney, bank teller, teacher — is now, as a rule, adamant that China is not [...]
CPI edges down, inflation pressure remains
(Xinhua) 2007-10-18 19:11 China’s consumer price index, a major barometer for inflation, eased slightly to 6.2 percent in September after surging up to an 11-year monthly high of 6.5 percent in August, Zhu Zhixin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said on Thursday. The delegate to the ongoing 17th National Congress [...]
Minerals sector opening up further
By Wu Jiao (China Daily) Updated: 2007-10-20 09:48 China is gathering pace in opening its mineral sector to foreign investment, a top official said on Friday. “Some pilot minerals have been recently designated for opening up and we are in the process of conducting surveys and evaluating their potential,” said Wang Min, vice-minister of land [...]
CEA Challenges Lou Dobbs to a Duel
Why Lou Dobbs Scares Me More Than Chinese Toothpaste was a post I wrote early on in the days of “Made In China”. My position was that while there were certainly problems in the supply chain, Lou Dobbs (and other like him) were actually far worse because of their predatory reporting. Far from being balanced, [...]
Securities joint ventures to be approved
(Source: China Daily) Oct. 18 – China will soon resume accepting applications for Sino-foreign securities joint ventures, a leading regulator said Wednesday. “We have always welcomed and encouraged the establishment of Sino-foreign joint-venture securities firms,” Tu Guangshao, vice-chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), said on the sidelines of the 17th National Congress of [...]
Why Vietnam is Not the Next China. Logistics
There has been a lot of talk lately about where people will go should the China bubble burst, where to go when suppliers in China cannot be trusted, and more importantly where to go when congress slaps punitive tariffs on China… Well.. it isn’t Vietnam. And here is why. When this conversation occurs, it is [...]
Youtube Blocked.. Ahhhh Crap!!!
I really cannot tell you how much this irritates me. for those of you inside the GFW, I suggest using the Foxy Proxy plugin for Firefox. It got me through the Flikr, typepad, and blogger blockages… and it will get me through this one. For more, stayed tune to Shanghaiist. They will surely stay on [...]
China Plans CCP Branch in Space
The more prescient members at the National Party Congress are evidently thinking far outside the box. Outside the planet, it appears… China’s space communists would “carry out the regular activities of a Communist Party of China branch in space in the way we do on Earth,” Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut to fly into [...]
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