Category Archives: Business and the Economy

Businesswoman Wu Ying gets 2-year reprieve on death penalty

Posted on 2012-05-22 by Allison Carol Goldman

The China Youth Daily is a commercial daily run by the Communist Youth League. The front page today features a story on Wu Ying, the 31-year-old Zhejiang-based entrepreneur who was sentenced to death in 2009 for illegal fundraising, and cheating investors out … Continue reading →

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David Cameron meets Dalai Lama, hurts feelings of the Chinese people

Posted on 2012-05-16 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Beijing Morning Post is a commercial daily under the Beijing Daily Press Group, controlled by municipal authorities. Today’s front page features the following assortment of headlines: “China strongly condemns the British Prime Minister’s meeting the Dalai Lama”, “Subsidized housing that is being … Continue reading →

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Salaries in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

Posted on 2012-02-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A recruitment firm called J.M. Gemini has published the results of a salary survey based on compensation at the firm’s client companies in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.   Below is a selection of salaries in the survey; all numbers refer … Continue reading →

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