China’s Wanda to Create Movie Fund to Attract Hollywood Productions
on October 8, 2014
Wanda's billionaire chairman, Wang Jianlin, said the planned fund would work with the private sector to recreate Hollywood in China.
Chinese Communist Party as the Mafia Boss
on October 8, 2014
The next surprise for the protesters came as assaults from members of the mafia, posing as ordinary citizens. We now have enough evidence that the Anti-Occupy Central crowd, emblazoned with blue ribbons, can count on the government’s support, if not direct organization and command.
‘We Do Not Want to Be Persuaded’
A Dispatch from Hong Kong
on October 8, 2014
Over the past week, it has been hard to make sense of the threats and ultimatums the Hong Kong protesters have faced. On Sunday, the South China Morning Post splashed on its front page that Hong Kong had “hours to avoid tragedy.” University deans sent out urgent appeals imploring the students to leave straight away, for their safety.
China Detains Poet Wang Zang and 7 Others Ahead of Hong Kong Event
on October 8, 2014
On Sept. 30, Wang Zang had posted on Twitter a picture of himself raising his middle finger and holding an umbrella, a symbol of solidarity adopted by the protesters demanding open nominations for Hong Kong's chief executive.
China’s Soft-Power Fail
on October 8, 2014
This was not the reception that the Chinese government had in mind in 2004 when it inaugurated the Confucius Institute program as a means of improving its image abroad and projecting “soft power.”
China Media Criticize North Korea’s Nuclear Program
on October 8, 2014
Suspicious of North Korea’s “flip flop attitude” and its motives, an article in the Beijing News reminds that one should observe North Korea’s actions instead of its words as Pyongyang's foreign policy is “usually inconsistent”.
Picture Mixed Over Anti-Foreigner Bias of Chinese Regulator
on October 8, 2014
The alleged anti-foreigner bias of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which enforces pricing provisions of the 2008 Anti Monopoly Law, has become an increasingly common complaint among multinational executives working in the country.
China’s Economy Just Overtook The U.S. In One Key Measure
on October 8, 2014
Here's another way of looking at it -- China's share of the global economy is now slightly bigger than America's, at 16.5 percent to 16.3 percent.
Japan, US Revising Defense Plans With Eye on China
on October 8, 2014
The revision, the first since 1997, comes at a time of heightened Japan-China tensions over islands claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, as well as continuing concern about North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons development.
The Kitchen Network
on October 8, 2014
“Customers are here already!” the restaurant’s owner, a wiry Chinese man in his fifties, barked. He dropped a heavy container onto the metal counter with a crash. “How can you possibly be moving this slowly?”