Have a really bad cold and temporarily lost my voice. Below are a list of mostly business-related links from the past two weeks (nearly all about China). Thanks to Mark Dreyer and Vincent S for a few of them. The number in (brackets) is the book chapter that more detailed information about the topic can be found.
- In China, how to end it like Beckham from Financial Times (Ch 8)
- How to 3-D Print the Skeleton of a Living Animal from Wired (Ch 7)
- List of all cryptocoins from bitcoin talk — is BTC a fad or here to stay?
- Chinese mobiles phones to get Beidou access from Xinhua (Ch 12)
- Baidu Working on Google Glass-Like ‘Baidu Eye’ from Tech In Asia (Ch 12 & 13)
- Defending China’s Imitators as ‘Bandit’ Innovators from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 9 & 13)
- Chinese Deluge U.S. Master’s Programs from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 9)
- Chinese students in US seek prized work visa from China Daily (Ch 9 & 19) silly not to give all these skilled students green cards upon graduation
- Turning American: Pitfalls of U.S. High Schools for Chinese Students from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 9)
- An Auctioneer Showdown Looms in Asia from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 11)
- Tombstones go digital from China Daily (Ch 6 & 12)
- China Spurs Rebound in Airline-Traffic Growth from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 17)
- Why China doesn’t need more airports from The Guardian (Ch 17) what about the massive subsidies and $350 bil debt from the high speed rail program? what is the CO2 output of all that subsidized activity?
- Alibaba Signs MOU With Credit Card Company from China Tech News (Ch 12) UnionPay probably not too happy with this
- Woman orders ladder online, receives gold worth 600,000 yuan from Shanghaiist (Ch 12) the chinese version isn’t specific about what website she used, caveat emptor.
- China’s Internet: A giant cage from The Economist (Ch 20) large, detailed special report about the GFW
- A Portrait of China’s Post-Mao Generation from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 11)
- ‘Fists of Gold’ Boxing Match Fires Up China from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 8) via @DreyerChina on twitter