Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
This is not in any way related to China (unless you count the UFO research center), but since Brad also seems to be vigilant on this front, I thought I'd mention my admiration for straight-talkin' Dennis Kucinich, who discussed aliens (and not the more politically relevant illegal kind) last night ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Barely a day passes without a story in the Western media about China’s environmental problems. From Beijing’s fume-clogged air, which was so bad last Friday that it forced the closure of a number of highways, to China’s toxic rivers and lakes, the overall picture is one of ecological meltdown. As ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Beijing Olympic tickets went on sale at 9am today, both online and at the Bank of China. My friend Rachel says that at her local Bank of China branch, the person with the number-one place in line had been waiting since 5am. It's looking like my only chances of making ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
I came to an interesting revelation the other day, while I was reading about the protests surrounding the big IMF, G7, World Bank meetings, with their references to top hats and big steaks, and hitting women in the faces with bricks lastish week. All good fun... but this led me ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Some exciting news on the currency front.
Meanwhile, the non-deliverable forwards market showed the yuan at fresh highs after media quoted an in-house report by the National Development and Reform Commission as suggesting China should consider a one-off 15-20 percent yuan revaluation.
As someone who has astoundingly high USD student loans, the ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
So China's first moon expedition is underway. The front pages of today's papers featured the Chang'e 1 rocket blasting off from southern Sichuan province. Now I'm not normally one to play party pooper and I did use to be a bit of a space enthusiast when I was a ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
All the Hus down in Hu-ville… no, wait. All the ministers down at the 17th National Congress of Communist Party of China, the tall and the small, did not give interesting answers to media questions – well, hardly at all.
This would include Li Changjiang, minister of the General ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Waiting patiently in line at my local supermarket in Beijing the other day – which is more than can be said for some of my fellow shoppers – I saw a glimpse of the future of Chinese retail, and it was plastic. Every single shopper in my queue paid using ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
So while researching this illusive CITIC-Bear Stearns deal a number of analysts said they hadn't really taken the time to look into it... since you know, CITIC DENIED THE WHOLE THING... and you know, since the analysts didn't take the time to look into it what could they say to ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
As most people who work in a Chinese office will have noticed, it is fairly common to see a Chinese co-worker put their head down on their desk for a quick, impromptu nap. The first time I commented on this, a western friend of mine who worked at Caijing told ...
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