Category Archives: Business and Finance

Wa Ha Ha Ha Ha, Danone’s been done in

Wa Ha Ha (娃哈哈) is a huge Chinese food and beverage company with a name that sounds like a comic book villain’s laugh.

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Mia Farrow’s “Genocide Olympics”

Mia Farrow dispenses goodwill The New York Times is crediting UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow with Beijing’s recent reversal in its stance on Darfur. Previously opposed to U.N. sanctions against the Sudan — and generally refusing to involve itself in … Continue reading

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China Businesscast: ChinesePod

Ken and Jenny (pictured right) deliver the Chinese language to your iTunes In this episode I interview Ken of ChinesePod, the language podcast that set the standard for language learning podcasts. Ken explains how one builds a business around a … Continue reading

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U.S. vs China at the WTO: “We’re too old!”

Squabbling in the WTO about state-run or state-approved companies cornering the market for distribution of foreign media misses the market.

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CNboo spam

Spam about CNBoo, China You TV (a shameless Youtube knock-off) and their spamming stock emails.

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Kosher factories in China

From the Chicago Tribune: China firms clamor to go kosher Businesses covet certification that lets them tap $150 billion market By Evan Osnos BEIJING — Rabbi Shimon Freundlich picked up the phone in Beijing, and a Chinese factory boss launched … Continue reading

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The Economic Observer: Sino-French joint venture stealing Yellow River water?

This is from a recent Time magazine article: A thirst for growth … France is the land of public service par excellence, where a whiff of sacrilege still adheres to the very notion of privatizing basic infrastructure. Trains, hospitals, universities … Continue reading

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A new look for The Economic Observer

The website of The Economic Observer (经济观察报) gets an updated. Yu Hua interview featured.

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Viacom vs Youtube: good for the small guys?

While your correspondent believes that traditional media companies should find constructive ways of meet the realities of new media rather than suing Youtube for copyright infringement issues as Viacom has just done, the case may have a beneficial trickle down … Continue reading

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China Businesscast: mobile web and marketing with Naviblog

Mobile marketing firm Naviblog With about 140 million PC Internet users and 450 million mobile subscribers, people are questioning whether or not the mobile device will surpass the PC as the primary means for accessing the Web in China. Naviblog … Continue reading

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