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Friend Tricia Wang is spending a year in China doing fascinating research on poor migrants and their use of technology. She recently shared an excellent write up regarding her experience undercover as a migrant on the Beijing subway. I've lived in China for several years, most of which
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Last fall, the New York Times published an article describing the rising importance of Mandarin in Chinatown. This seemed to offend travel writer Daisann McLane, an avid student of Cantonese. She insists that Cantonese is flourishing and cites her time with certain infamous Hong Kong politicians in New York'
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You should be worried when the CEO of Beijing's largest real estate company Zhang Xin has this to say: My view is that the real estate business has a lot of asset bubbles, but even with asset bubbles it doesn't mean that we are getting out
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Quick post as I wait for my 12 inch 1/2 chicken curry 1/2 pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut to be delivered here in Guangzhou: I was reminded tonight, yet again, by Papa John's nationwide delivery hotline why Pizza Hut does so much better in the China
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I woke up today to the headline that Google is threatening to leave the China market in response to what it says were a series of attacks aimed at the Gmail accounts of human rights activists. First, I must admit that I am a big fan and heavy user of
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For those of you that don't know, Facebook and Twitter have been blocked here in the People's Republic of China for the past several months. While most would say that this offers a lessons regarding censorship, an equally important lesson is what it teaches us about
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Chinese media is reporting that China Unicom and Apple have signed a 3 year deal to sell the iPhone in mainland China. Reports are that Unicom will purchase iPhones from Apple for 3,000 Chinese Yuan each and guarantee sales of 1 to 2 million units per year and revenue
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My friend Karen and her business partner Andy have been hard at work introducing the concept of gourmet frozen yogurt to the Guangzhou consumer. Their brainchild, Yogurt Workshop, recently opened its first two stores in Guangzhou. Yogurt Workshop offers 4 flavors of frozen yogurt, Original, Green Tea, Guava and Mango.
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There is a lot of confusion about invoices in China. If you ask for an invoice from a vendor in most of the world and you will get a piece of paper issued by the vendor that lists the items or services you are buying, total amount due and terms.
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Why does a Landscape-managed deployment of Ubuntu cost US$250 per seat per year? For my 7-seat deployment in our new China-based subsidiary, that would cost us US$1,750/year. Compare to the Microsoft Partner Program's Actionpack Subscription at HK$2,792 (~US$350)