Category Archives: Breaking News

FinanceAsia.com: Zongbo Media takes aim at new channels Excerpt: Sometimes you encounter an entrepreneur with a business model that is so wacky it puts all the earnest attempts by other business people you have met so far into the shade. … Continue reading →

China Daily: Strange disease kills 17 in southwest Sichuan Province Excerpt: Investigations are under way after a mysterious disease killed 17 farm workers and left at least 12 in a critical condition in hospital in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. “I … Continue reading →

Time magazine: Crude Fight: Wildcat drillers in China are battling Beijing after their oil wells were seized Excerpt: With his nylon socks and cigarette pinched between index finger and thumb, Liu looks like any other small-fry entrepreneur in China’s hinterland. … Continue reading →

The Financial Times: China’s Nanjing Automobile to buy Rover Excerpt: Nanjing Automobile, China’s oldest vehicle manufacturer, on Friday night bought MG Rover, the failed Birmingham carmaker, for a little more than £50m ($87m).. …The deal will frustrate rival bidder Shanghai … Continue reading →

ESWN blog: Newspaper Competition in Hong Kong “A selected translation from the front-cover story in the July 14, 2005 edition of Next magazine.”

An even-handed analysis of the RMB revaluation from the Financial Times, syndicated on Yahoo: Making sense of China’s choice Excerpt: The initial step, a 2 per cent revaluation against the dollar, is of primarily political importance. China is signalling that … Continue reading →

Yahoo: Beijing signs 4 other Chinese cities to help host 2008 Olympics Excerpt: Beijing Olympics organizers signed formal agreements with four other Chinese cities this week for their help in hosting soccer qualifiers during the 2008 Games, the committee in … Continue reading →

The International herald Tribune, reproduced on Howard French’s blog: Managing a ménage à trois Excerpt: The state visit to Washington this week by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India is of considerable bilateral and global significance. But there is a … Continue reading →

From The Scotsman: Golf industry struggles against counterfeiters Excerpt: As the world’s top golfers compete this weekend in the 134th Open Championship, the industry finds itself facing a growing challenge posed by a flood of cheap, Chinese-made counterfeit golf equipment. … Continue reading →

Xinhua: China to send pig sperms to outer space Exceprt: HONGQING, July 17 (Xinhuanet) — China plans to bring animal seeds to the outer space for the first time in its second manned mission, Shenzhou VI, which is scheduled for … Continue reading →