2013

The air this past month in China and in particular, the Yangtze River Delta area (which includes Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi

That’s a lot of cars sold last month and those Android numbers are huge (though misleading too).  The air pollution

No big business news again this past week, but several interesting stories and anecdotes.  Thanks to James M, Suzanne F

Bitcoin was the hot topic this past week, hitting an all-time high at around 7,000 RMB two days ago which

Apparently animation companies receive lots of preferential treatment and subsidies which had unintended consequences, from HuXiu: In 2011, China produced

No big business stories (since nothing changed during the Plenum) but the one-child policy is officially being reformed and several

The story about LEGO below is very interesting, I briefly mention them in my book but their growth has even

3rd Plenum has ended but no specific reforms have been publicized yet.  Par for the course.  And Single’s Day (11-11)

Probably the most important story for most foreigners out here is the coming stagnation of the EFL industry, see the

The WSJ article below about EFL education is very sobering to anyone wanting to get involved in that area as

I’m surprised that there have not been any overseas initiatives to work with local match-makers to help the 30-40 million

I am in the process of packing and moving so not many comments right now, a few interesting stories.  By

A wide variety of news over the past week, I think the biggest business opportunity listed below is with elderly

Several interesting stories, including a nugget about upcoming college entrance requirements and the removal of English as a requirement (see