No big business news again this past week, but several interesting stories and anecdotes. Thanks to James M, Suzanne F and Sinocism for a couple links.
- Urbanites flee China’s smog for blue skies from The New York Times (pm2.5 measurements have been 300+ off and on in Beijing for the past month)
- China has a plan to stem the rise of antibiotic resistance, and it’s working from Quartz (way too early to say this based off one or two data points)
- Interview with Evan Osnos: The Pursuit of Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China from The Keck Journal
- Why Chinese Cities Are Smaller Than They Appear from The Atlantic
- China’s National Rejuvenation Now 65.3% Complete, Index Says from The Wall Street Journal (completely arbitrary metrics, weights and coefficients)
- Alibaba Acquires Chinese Mobile App Analytics Service from China Tech News
- Methods to Make It Easier for Farmers to Sell Land from The Wall Street Journal (how about permanent property rights?)
- A New Internet World, A Neo-Authoritarian Model of Internet Governance from The University of Nottingham
- China a Prize in Pacquiao Fight from The Wall Street Journal (Pacquiao ended up winning in 12 rounds)
- Remember the Wenzhou Pilot Zone? It’s Showing Mixed Results from Caixin
- China’s Coming Baby Boomlet Will Deliver a Boost from The Wall Street Journal (what about opportunity costs, the seen and unseen of spending on infant materials now versus spending on something else later?)
- Reforming China’s state-owned firms from The Economist
- China reforms create bigger stage for online business performance from Reuters
- Rivals Aim to Break German Hold on China Luxury-Car Market from The Wall Street Journal
- Art Outshines Jewelry at Fall Auctions from The Wall Street Journal
- China loosens military control over airspace from South China Morning Post (excellent move, especially since this current order really stifles air routes and causes lots of delays)
- What Will It Cost to Cover China? from The New Yorker (lots of softballs…)
- China’s Coolpad Targets Global Smartphone Market from The Wall Street Journal
- China could have 1 million lung cancer patients by 2025, experts warn from South China Morning Post (roughly ~330 million smokers today)
- Tencent to launch international version of free 10TB storage service. New photo-sharing app coming soon to US from Pando Daily (where will data center be located?)
- FTZ’s ‘Negative List’ Policy to Be Modified from Caijing
- China cake millionaire at home in his six castles from AFP (white elephant, face projects)
- It’s OK if your kid isn’t fluent in Chinese yet—that’s the bottom line of Larry Summers’ new research from Quartz
- Less English, More Chinese for Gaokao College Entrance Exams from China Smack
- River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hesseler (chinese friend recommended this)