Below are a list of mostly business-related links from the past two weeks (mostly about China). Thanks to Kevin C and Sinocism for most of them. The first half are from blocked sources, I can recommend a few VPNs if you need (that I do not have any financial stake in). The number in (brackets) is the book chapter that more detailed information about the topic can be found.
- The Price of Marriage in China from The New York Times (Ch 4) buyers market
- A Chinese Hearing Implant Takes Aim at Cochlear from Businessweek (Ch 6 & 19)
- Hong Kong Businesses Vanish as Rents Soar: Real Estate from Bloomberg (Ch 4)
- On China’s State-Sponsored Amnesia from The New York Times (Ch 1 & 9)
- Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Premature Deaths in China from The New York Times (Ch 18 & 19)
- Macau Revenue Rises to Record as Casinos Expand from Bloomberg (Ch 6 & 11)
- Nestle to Spend $16 Million on China Coffee Center from Bloomberg (Ch 3 & 16)
- Chinese Censors Slow the Net—and U.S. Businesses from Businessweek (Ch 20)
- Nursery tales: Ningxia region in China to produce up to 5 million vines per year from Grape Wall of China (Ch 3 & 11)
- Visitors from China Take Top Spot in Growing Seattle Tourism from contextChina (Ch 4 & 11)
- Shadow Deposits in the United States and China from Peterson Institute for International Economics (Ch 5 and WMP)
- Gov’t Austerity Slows Orders at Upscale Restaurant Chains from Caixin (Ch 3 & 11)
- Lenovo to design own chips from EE Times (Ch 13)
- Auctioneer Showdown Looms in Asia from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 11)
- Future of organs? Synthetic tissue built with 3-D printer from Los Angeles Times (Ch 7)
- Poultry cull ordered at Shanghai market from Shanghai Daily (Ch 3) i stopped eating all poultry just in case
- Move Aside Germany. China’s Tourist Are Now The Top Spenders from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 4 & 11)
- Xunta is an Elegant, Intelligent Chinese Dating Site for Gay Men from Tech In Asia (Ch 4 & 12)
- Silicon Valley Fights Restrictions on Chinese Tech from The Wall Street Journal (Ch 12 & 13)
- China’s Olympic champion Zou wins professional debut from Reuters (Ch 8)
- California Governor Jerry Brown looks to sell China on his state from Reuters (Ch 3 & 11)