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China’s definition of “state secret” is broad and ambiguous. The handling of information in China has caused problems for foreign nationals. A naturalized U.S. geologist Xue Feng was imprisoned in China for more than seven years for the charges on releasing China’s state secret about the locations of certain oil wells in China. As opposed… Continue reading China’s sensitivities about “state secret” →

To alleviate sufferings of patients due to poor rural medical services, China administrative authority said it will almost double the number of doctors by 2020. Insufficient and low-quality health care resources result from badly organized hospital system. Because a scarcity of doctors causes the problem, Beijing aims to have two general doctors per thousand people… Continue reading China plans to double the doctor numbers to alleviate the load of patients →

  Trilateral summit between the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea is tentatively agreed upon on March 21st by the countries’ foreign ministers. Territorial spats between China and Japan, and South Korea and Japan have not been resolved but the talks in Seoul evinced that grievances must not be left to overshadow essential economic… Continue reading China, Japan and South Korea-the first meeting in three years →

China’s leadership is preparing massive mergers for State-Owned Enterprises to eliminate inefficiency and grow national competitiveness. They announced that there will be specific guideline for restructure of over one hundred thousand State-Owned Enterprises in a few months. Energy, resource and telecommunication industries which are strategically important sectors are main targets of restructure. These enterprises will… Continue reading China’s leadership planning mergers for State-Owned Enterprises →

In previous blog, the increasing number of Chinese students going abroad especially to US for better quality education was mentioned. On the contrary, there has been a substantial drop in enrollment of American students in programs in China. A leading study abroad group reports that interest in China has been decreasing since 2013 along with… Continue reading U.S. students losing interest in China →

Foreign companies operating in China seem to cope with the country’s low growth goal. Even though companies dependent on the government’s investment on fixed-assets such as building and infrastructure would be more affected by ones that are reliant on personal consumption, firms have already taken account of ‘new normal’ which has been forecasted for some… Continue reading How Foreign Companies Manage with China’s Low Growth Goals →

Traveling abroad has become a common trend for Chinese younger generation and the impact of their purchasing power to visiting countries is immense. It is understandable that people would prefer to purchase goods in specific countries wherein they were invented or pioneered. However, Chinese tourists gobble up everyday items and even Chinese-manufactured goods. This phenomenon reflects… Continue reading Chinese consumers traveling abroad for household items →

Giving “Hongbao”, a red envelope with cash, is one of Chinese Lunar New year Tradition among family members and friends. Tencent, a developer of leading social meadia app in China, launched a holiday special add-on service via its messaging app WeChat allowing its users to exchange electronic hongbao with its payment system. The element of… Continue reading Chinese New Year Tradition Goes Mobile →

Since the early 1980s, China has consistently been the most rapidly growing economy on earth, keeping an average annual growth rate of 10%. Its unprecedentedly rapid growth makes China as a country with unrivaled economy. However, along with recent dire forecasts on Chinese economy, it has been proposed that economic growth and potential of India… Continue reading The Next China →