Writers who really know China
Posted in China business book reviews, Culture on Feb 3rd, 2009
Well, everyone, it’s the year of the Ox — fittingly, in these economic times, a year of getting back to basics, simplifying, and making progress through hard work and sweat. Perhaps then, days such as these, there is nothing more comforting than literature that not only understands us, but uplifts us with the resilience of [...]
Posted in China business book reviews on Dec 16th, 2008
I’m a huge fan of Pearl Buck. From the moment I opened the “House of Earth” trilogy — which includes “The Good Earth”, “Sons” and “A House Divided” — I was hooked, and devoured every word passionately. But yet, there was always one part of the book I found heartbreaking, perhaps for personal reasons. In [...]
Posted in Chinese media on Nov 23rd, 2008
It’s no secret that the appointment of Timothy Geithner by Barack Obama has aroused excitement on Wall Street. But China is quite ecstatic in its own right about the incoming Secretary of Treasury. The reason? Geithner’s ties to China. In fact, some news organizations in China have been calling him a ä¸å›½é€š or “old China [...]
Posted in Culture on Nov 8th, 2008
Phoenix News (aka 凤凰å«è§†ï¼‰is run by Rupert Murdoch, the guy behind Fox News. So maybe it should come as no surprise that, in the aftermath of the election, it decides to drag on a couple of pundits from California, professors both representing the overseas Chinese population, to spread a little more hatred and division on [...]
Posted in China marketing on Nov 5th, 2008
So, Obama is the next president of the US. But what’s the take on Obama in China? How does China view Obama’s presidency, after eight years of the Bush administration where Chinese exports were embraced? Of course, there is some concern on the trade side. A number of websites, including Hexun and Sina, cite a [...]
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