With jet fuel rising to new highs at $137 a barrel, Hong Kongs only budget airline had to close down after only 17 months in operations, according to Bloomberg. Despite being financially-challenged in...
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The title says it all. Not only is Thomas Beatie the buzz of the internet world, hes also respected by one of the most powerful celebrities in media, Oprah Winfrey. According to Yahoo, Beatie, a resid...
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Seems like the Chinese government wants to contain the spread of sexually transmitted diseases ahead of the Olympics, before diseases once again spread too far and wideto challengethe government for y...
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If youve visited Canada before, youll know that Toronto and Vancouver are filled with Chinese immigrants. Lots of them. Therefore its not exactly a surprise that a group of Chinese students decide to ...
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Just as Tata Motors purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover last Wednesday was about to become a moot topic, I read something that sparked my interest in the topic. According to this article by an expat in ...
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If you’re an American and enjoy living in your capitalist, laissez-faire economy, then I have a holiday choice for you: consider China. Why? There is more similarity between the average Chinese ...
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The "journey of harmony" has begun. China needs to spread its message of peace and cooperation by touring the Olympic torch in and around Lhasa. The flame is set for a 130-day tour within Ch...
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Today is the worldsfirstAutism AwarenessDay, proclaimed United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He called on every country to raise awareness of autism and respond to theneeds ofautistic childre...
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Seems like I have a lot of catching up to do. After going on an Easter trip (minimal exposure to CNN) and peering into an introductory course on drop shipping, I saw 100 people dead in Lhasa. Yes, the...
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Taiwans President-elect Ma Ying-jeou is a breath of fresh air, at least for China and the US. For what has been an eight year nightmare (and no, were not talking about the Bush Administration), Taiwan...
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Hopefully it wont be Blackstone all over again, thinks Gao Xiqing. With Visas IPO barely a week old, China Investment Corp. (CIC), the state-owned forex reserve investment arm of the Chinese central b...
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A recent comment on one of my entries caught my eye. Reader Ravi said the following: "lets all focus on stupid celebrity news [Edison Chen and Gillian Chung] and ignore the evils the chinese gove...
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According to the Shanghaiist, a few of the Olympics high caliber athletes are pulling out (and nothing to do with Tibet, thank God). What they blame now is the pollution, the smog problem that engulfs...
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Due to, well, the alarming rate at which everyone is concerned about Tibet (Western leaders and NGOs on human abuse, journalists on lack of information, Han Chinese on whether Tibet will gain independ...
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As reported by Xinhua, Chinas fourth largest carrier, Hainan Airlines, said yesterday that its net profit quadrupled last year. Net income reached 651 million yuan, up from 166 million yuan in 2006, r...
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Help! Martin Lee is quitting politics before 2017, when Hong Kong can "possibly" elect its own Chief Executive. A long-time advocate of democracy and, since the beginning of his political ca...
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All the analysts thought they had every scenario planned out, from rejections to counter offers, but perhaps no one expected this: China, of all places, is expected to have a regulatory role in Micros...
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Theres a Chinese takeout on the street where I live that serves General Tsos Chicken. In fact, all Chinese resaurants in this area serve some sort of General Tsos Chicken. Now I have to ask, what the ...
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According to Reuters, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group (SSG) to raise milk prices yesterday. SSGs subsidiary, Bright Dairy & Food Co., is the...
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Sooner or later, the rugby sevens will have to select a larger venue, according to the tournament organizers. And Hong Kong had better build a larger one, just for this event. The annual Hong Kong Rug...
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