Category: F13

I’ve read a lot about urbanization and migration and most of the material is mainly focused on farmers not wanting to leave their land because it isn’t fair and because they don’t know how to do anything else but farm. But what about other attachments they might have to not wanting to leave their farm?… Continue reading Memories to dust →

This picture was supposed to be a model for town built for how China would “move from being a land of farms to a land of cities.” It was shown at the Shanghai World Expo, where visitors learned how the farmers would be treated fairly in a way that would not cost him anything. However,… Continue reading Urbanization gone so wrong →

November 11 is a special day for all of the single men in China. The day goes by several names: Bare Branch Day, Singles Day, the Double Eleventh, and an e-commerce festival. In America, it would be the equivalent to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, however there is a touch of sadness involved because of… Continue reading Singles Day →

Looks like China is holding a pretty strong grudge. The Philippines are going through a massive effort of cleaning up after the Typhoon destroyed the nation. Many other nations are pouring support into the country to give aid to the cause. However, China offered $100,000 in cash to the Philippines, a modest amount of help… Continue reading Holding Grudges can be Inappropriate →

The Chinese people have become the biggest travel spenders in the world. Hotels across many nations are noticing. Leaders of hotels and restaurants are trying to attract the “big spenders” by learning about Chinese customs that would entice more attention from the Chinese travelers. The Chinese economy is an interesting mix of things, one including… Continue reading Travel domination →

In an effort to cutback on pollution and fight rising natural gas prices, China is stepping up efforts at deep-water natural gas extraction. China, which imports much of its energy will benefit highly from the Liwan-3 gas field in the South China Sea. The field, which is about 200 miles southeast of Hong Kong is… Continue reading Major New Deep-Water Drilling Project →

Recently, American investment banks have fallen under scrutiny for their hiring practices in China. Specifically, the hiring related to applicants with close familiar ties to Chinese governmental officials with particular political influence. The SEC’s industry-wide investigation revolves around US bribery laws, which prohibit the exchange of favors for beneficial treatment. Prior reports from a former… Continue reading Turns Out The SEC Does Not Feel The Same About Guanxi →

Pollution in China is always an interesting topic to cover. People are always concerned with the amount of pollution in the cities and the effects that it has over the population’s health. However, a conference in Beijing decided to take a different approach: they decided to look at smoking as the culprit. The number of… Continue reading Smoking in China: Pollution →

General Motors Co. (GM) is replacing its president after a year. GM sells the most vehicles in China than in any other country. I thought this looked like an interesting article because of the book we read about General Motors in China. We learned about the partnerships that are needed between foreign companies and Chinese… Continue reading GM in China →

China is going to begin discussing an increased investment with the European Union. This agreement would increase the openness and coordination between the nations as well as increase the investment, which has been holding the trade growth rate back. Prime minister Li said that trade has increased between the two sides, but there is room… Continue reading China to play by the rules →

Urbanization has been China’s push for a decade. However, the factor sector in China grew at a slower pace in November than usual. Export orders were shrinking, which could greatly affect the Chinese economy by causing it to slow overall. This is still an optimistic view for the economy because they Purchasing Managers’ Index remained… Continue reading Factory Growth Slows in China →

The ongoing conflict regarding the territory dispute between China and Japan is provoking heightened military action, particularly with regards to Japan. China’s air-defense identification zone became effective November 23rd. The country stated that it would take “defensive emergency measures” if unreported or unidentified aircraft enter the area. So naturally, the US sent unarmed B52 bombers… Continue reading China’s Air-Defense Identification Zone Provokes Further Militarization →

Growth in demand for luxury goods in China is expected to slow markedly this year to 2.5%; last year growth was at 20%. This level of growth will be even lower than that for the Americas. Hip ultra luxury brands are suffering from overexposure in China and sales are slowing. The slowdown is in part… Continue reading →

Here’re the slides that I used in class on Friday; I also put the link on the schedule: China Issues: Lessons from Japan?. For the final week of class I decided it is better to hear about your research, and to review what we’ve done rather than rush through new material. So see below; this… Continue reading Friday (pre-Tday) class and Week XII →

China is building its fifth research station on the Antarctic continent at Terra Nova Bay in the resource-rich Ross Sea. Over the last twenty years, China has increased annual spending in the Antarctic  to $55m from $20m. The most recent Chinese expedition, which left Shanghai with a 256 member team including construction workers is the… Continue reading China in the Antarctic →