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“killing the rooster to scare the monkey” over "ratholes"
So many animals in one article made this FT piece a “must blog post”. It will come as no surprise that there exist a large number of loopholes and shady dealing in the Chinese stockmarket. The financial sector will always be ahead of the giant lumbering government. This is also true for Western countries as [...]
Chongqing: A City on Steroids
Current TV has just released their newest installment City on Steroids, and it should not be missed. Shot in Chongqing, this segment is broken into three parts, Day 1 -Bang Bang Men (porters), rampant construction and individual home ownership (every young couples dream), Day 2 – life of a bang bang man, migrant appreciation day,a [...]
UPS Delivers the Terracotta Army
Just found the article Special Delivery: UPS Moving Ancient Terracotta Army, and had to write a quick post as I think this a great example of how some firms are able to get themselves into the middle of some interesting things. For those who have yet to visit Xi’an, these warriors are simply an amazing [...]
Booz Allen/AmCham Shanghai Study Finds Key To China Success
Press release just went out that Booz Allen & AmCham Shanghai have teamed up to study American businesses in China, and how they are doing. The first collaberation between the two (AMCHAM Shanghai previously conducted the survey on their own), the 12 page China Manufacturing Competitiveness 2007-2008 offers some very interesting data from their study [...]
Visa Warning for China Residents
Just saw the article in Shanghai Daily entitled Visa warning. Not linked to the F visa issue I posted a couple of weeks ago, it pertains to those foreigners who have alien resident status and forget to update their visas. Brought in a few years ago to replace the Z visa and resident permit, this [...]
Expats Are Named on Tax Blacklist of Shame
This Shanghai Daily title says it all Expats are named on tax blacklist of shame If you needed any more proof that it was time to get legit in China, here you go. Now, as I just cleared immigration 7 days ago and 24 hours ago, I am happy to know that I am not [...]
Citigroup to form investment banking JV
Citigroup has agreed to form an investment banking joint venture with a Chinese brokerage, the Wall Street Journal reported. The proposed partnership with Central China Securities Holdings, which would allow the US bank to collect fees from underwriting the sale of yuan-denominated shares and bonds on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, is currently awaiting [...]
Warm weather clothing
I’m off to Harbin this weekend, the freezing cold city north of Beijing where they hold an annual ice festival. In preparation for the weather in Harbin [oh Jesus I’ve just looked at the forecast, it’s going to be between -23 and -35 degrees celsius- why the hell did I agree to this?!] Emma had [...]
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