Midnight in Peking – review
2012-04-22
Paul French’s bestseller “Midnight in Peking” was already much praised, and got now also a raving review in the Wall Street Journal.
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Paul French’ “Midnight in Peking” to become TV drama
2012-04-16
The successful book “Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China’ by the author Paul French will be turned into a TV drama, according to Forbes.Read More →
My rediscovered love for poetry – Zhang Lijia
2012-03-23
Poetry had slowly disappeared from her live, writes author Zhang Lijia on her weblog, until she rediscovered her love to poetry on a recent gathering at the Bookworm in Beijing.Read More →
Baidu: 2011 best employer for students – Kaiser Kuo
2012-03-14
Internet search engine Baidu is now the most-wanted employer for graduates from Beijing’s top universities, writes their director communication Kaiser Kuo on their weblog Baidu Beat. Job search engine Zhaopin listed the internet company as the 2011 Best Employer.Read More →
The secret messages of ‘a dog’s life’ – Zhang Lijia
2012-02-22
Author Zhang Lijia attended a very popular play in Beijing “Life Attitude of Two Dogs”, and wonders on her weblog if she was really able to get the hidden meaning of the interactive play, if there was any.Read More →
Surviving the next China bubble – Arthur Kroeber
2012-02-17
The story China’s economy is a bubble that is about to burst, exists as long as the country’s economy started to boom. Economic analyst Arthur Kroeber explains in NPR why we do not need to worry right now and why signs of bubbles are part of the game.Read More →
Bo Xilai: still an open wound – Victor Shih
2012-02-15
The political trouble surrounding political big-shot Bo Xi-lai has still not been solved, tells political and financial analyst Victor Shih in Business Week. More than a week after he sent 100 police men to surround the US consulate in Chengdu to fetch Wang Lijun, Beijing still has to act.Read More →
Vandalism in Beijing – Paul French
2012-02-05
A fuming Paul French reports on his website about the upcoming destruction of the Beijing house of Liang Sicheng, a famous architect. Paul French: I cannot bring myself to write too much about the destruction at Chinese New Year of Liang Sicheng’s house. Liang (below) was an incredible architect famously offeredRead More →
Are China’s authorities starting to listen to revolting workers? – Zhang Lijia
2012-01-16
Apple, and its supplier Foxconn, are in the middle of revolts by workers, who are standing up for their rights. Former factory worker Zhang Lijia supports their actions, and hope China’s government will continue to support those workers, she writes in The Guardian.Read More →
Luxury spending moves to smaller cities – Shaun Rein
2011-12-11
Spending on luxury products moves in China to the third-tier cities, notes business analyst Shaun Rein in an interview with AFP. Unlike the rich from Shanghai and Beijing, inhabitants of third-tier cities can travel less internationally.Read More →
British media do not treat China fairly – Zhang Lijia
2011-12-01
Author Zhang Lijia participated in a debate by the British Chamber of Commerce in Beijing on how British media portrait China and argued that they do not paint a fair picture but look of a negative angle or the quirky approach, not in giving a fair picture.Read More →
Women holding up half of the sky? – Zhang Lijia
2011-11-10
Author Zhang Lijia attended a meeting on the position of women in China at the US embassy in Beijing. At her weblog, she reports about her contribution. Are they holding up half of the sky, as Chairman Mao said?Read More →