Women Are So Money

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Interesting commentary from a Bloomberg News columnist about China's female shortage. It mentions a Goldman report that says that promoting the education, health, & general development of women in developing countries could actually help their economies. Our finance editor Bradley Gardner called my attention to the Goldman report last month while we were putting together ...

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There is growth outside of China

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Being a business journalist in China and living in a city which is growing all around me, it is easy sometimes to forget that the Middle Kingdom is not the world's only economic growth story at the moment.  With the US and Europe currently in an extremely pessimistic state of mind in terms of their ...

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Negotiate like a Chinese

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Here's a link to an amusing and China-relevant (amusing in its China-relevance, really) blog post titled How to Negotiate Like an Indian. Here's an excerpt below (the excerpt is followed in the post by a list of tips.) In India, every transaction — EVERY transaction — is negotiated. Merchandise, cab fare, ...

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