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6 Minute ABS on a 3 USD DVD
2 years back a foreginer names Randy Gutherie was made headlings when he was arrested for his part in the company 2 Dollar DVDs. It was an operation run from his apartment in Shanghai… and he was making bank! We’ll, just 2 years later, it appears that Paramount and Warner Brothers are now going to [...]
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 [...]
China To Restructure May Golden Week. NOOOOO!
The chum has been in the water for a couple of years, and we all new that like the VAT rebate… our 3 weeks of holidays were soon coming to an end. According to the Shanghai Daily report Draft: Drop May golden week the May Day holiday will get the ax from a full week [...]
Mont Blanc Splashes Some Cash In Shanghai
Nanjing West Road retail property is buy far some of the hottest around, and for years the CITIC Starbucks was an icon as it had probably the best spot in town for people watching. But a couple months ago that all changed as Starbucks closed their doors on that property and moved downstairs. for the [...]
China’s Economy is Running Out of Gas Literally
Last week, the China Auto Times printed a story (China Daily Story here) that China was considering a 100% gas tax that would raise the price of petro from 2.50USD a gallon to 5USD a gallon (I am sure you can understand why that story was buried). It was a story I had planned on [...]
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 [...]
China The Biggest: Company
The latest chapter in our “China The Biggest” series reports on what is now the biggest company in the world by market capitalisation – PetroChina. The FT reports: “PetroChina shares nearly tripled as trading started in Shanghai Monday of the oil company which raised $8.9bn in mainland China’s largest initial public offering this year. The [...]
Diamonds for the Chinese Masses
Baseball for the Chinese masses? The State Department sending Cal Ripken to Shanghai? Yes, yes, I know something of the hallowed traditions of Japanese baseball and more recently the Taiwanese leagues. Those were begun on sandlots by boys imitating the American soldiers stationed on military bases, and they grew organically. In the case of China, [...]
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