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May31	China's Most Handsome Dudes - # 3 Gu Tian Le Bill Belew May 31, 2006 Know More: All about China, Business in China, China, Chinese Products, Doing Business in China 2.0, Chinese Products I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most handsome dudes in China are. What this means to me is that these are the guys we are likely to see next on the big screen in the magazines and such here in the US as America tries to capitalize on everything Chinese AND get the average Chinese to look/read/watch. Is that what I am doing here? Hmmm.... Here is number 3. This is Gu Tian Le. Gu has a brother named choaky and a sister named Pa. Trust me, if you knew Japanese you would laugh. Okay...I know Japanese and Chinese don't mix, but I have a Chinese wife and two kids who were born in Japan, so I can't help it. He goes by the English name Louis. And his Cantonese name is Koo Tin Lok. That gives away the fact that he is from southern China - Guangdong. Louis is the oldest of the bunch in the top 5 at still a young 35 years old...36 in October of this year, right after my wife turns (OUCH!!) Okay...I won't write that part. Which one of these pics is your favorite? Posted at 5:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May31	China Passes the UK Bill Belew May 31, 2006 China's economy has expanded on average 10.1% for the past 15 years and has now passed up the UK as the world's fourth largest economy. China is the world's largest consumer of 1. Iron 2. Wheat 3. Cement 4. Cell phones 5.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May30	China's Most Handsome Dudes - # 4 Wu Yan Zu Bill Belew May 30, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most ahandsome dudes in China are. What this means to me is that these are the dudes we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May29	China's Most Handsome Dudes # 5 - Chen Kun Bill Belew May 29, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most handsome dudes in China are. What this means to me is that these are the guys we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Moscow Mayor is Anti-Gay Bill Belew May 29, 2006 "As long as I am mayor; we will not permit these (gay) parades," Moscow Mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, was quoted as saying. The Mayor acknowledged that some 'progressive' countries might allow such parades, but he qualified his remark of 'progressive.' Activists... Continue Reading Posted at 2:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May28	China's Government is Involved in the Trade Imbalance Bill Belew May 28, 2006 This question is interesting - Does China's government help cause the US-China trade imbalance? Both the opinion leaders and the general public agree that the Chinese government is meddling somehow. General public (57%) and Opinion Leaders (78%). Big difference, eh?... Continue Reading Posted at 4:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Handsome Dudes - 6-10 - Who's Next to be Marketed in the US? Bill Belew May 28, 2006 I found a list that purporst to know who the 10 most handsome men in China are. What this means to me is that these fellows are the ones we are likely to see next on the big screen, in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford - Golden Goose - Part 2 Bill Belew May 28, 2006 I wrote a while back about Stanford feeling the pinch in an article titled feeling the pinch because they could not recruit as many quality students from China and India. Well, now there seems to be a cure on the horizon.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toyota Overtakes GM in China Bill Belew May 28, 2006 Toyota will overtake GM as the number one car maker in the world sometime this year. Toyota is building factories; GM is closing them down....Toyota...Toyota...Toyota... I am sure GM is tired of the word. Well, they are about to grow... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Never Sleeps Bill Belew May 28, 2006 Microsoft never sleeps, I reckon. Question: Where is Microsoft NOT involved in a law suit. Regulators in South Korea have rejected MS' appeal of an antitrust ruling and now MS must fight back. "No way!" says MS with regard to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sam Colella, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchill Club in Silicon Valley (part 3) Bill Belew May 28, 2006 What's hot and what's not in investing? This question was posed to three VCs. Their personal info is below. Geoff Yang gave his opinion with regard to what's hot in general - 1. China Deals 2. Clean Technology & 3. Open... Continue Reading Posted at 12:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May26	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 1 - Lin Chi Ling Bill Belew May 26, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NEC and Microsoft Prove We Can All Just Get Along Bill Belew May 26, 2006 I learned how to use a computer in Japanese. I knew the tool bar titles in Japanese BEFORE I learned them in English. My first PC was made by www.nec.com. And what I remember most vividly is that it couldn't... Continue Reading Posted at 3:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japan Heads to Hawaii-Ken Bill Belew May 26, 2006 Ken (pronounced like the boy's name) is Japanese for prefecture which is roughly equivalant to the US word for state. When I lived in Japan, I lived in Niigata-ken, or Niigata Prefecture. Japanese like to travel overseas. Well, actually they... Continue Reading Posted at 2:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sam Colella, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchill Club in Silicon Valley (part 2) Bill Belew May 26, 2006 What's hot and what's not in investing? This question was posed to three VCs. Their personal info is below. Sam Colella gave his opinion with regard to what's hot in the Health Care Industry - 1. Personalized medicine - customized drugs... Continue Reading Posted at 1:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Intel + India = Intia? Bill Belew May 26, 2006 Intel Capital has invested in five companies in India. Intel, right up the street from my buddy's house where we will have dinner tonite...makes it sound kind of personal, eh?...has a $250 million India fund. Now that fund has been... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May25	Heritage Foundation Report Shakes up Senate Bill Belew May 25, 2006 The Heritage Foundation reports "assuming the maximum, pulling out every stop for every loop hole, possiblity, and making every assumption - some unrealistic - about how many family members will be brought in" that as many as 103 million people... Continue Reading Posted at 4:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sam Colella, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchill Club in Silicon Valley Bill Belew May 25, 2006 What's hot and what's not in investing? This question was posed to three VCs. Their personal info is below. Ram gave his opinion with regard to the High Tech Industry - 1. Social networking 2. Vertical search 3. Video search... Continue Reading Posted at 3:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wal-Mart Becomes E-Mart Bill Belew May 25, 2006 I think it is interesting that Wal-Mart couldn't make it in South Korea. Shinsegae bought Wal-Mart out and changed the name to E-Mart. They decided to save money by only changing half the signs on the outside of the store... Continue Reading Posted at 2:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Economic Growth and the Environment Bill Belew May 25, 2006 Some treehugging dirty kisser asked this question: Does China's economic/industrial growth hurt the global environment? The answer is clear .... Two thirds of the opinion leaders think China's growth is having a negative affect on the global environment. Just over... Continue Reading Posted at 1:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 2 - Michelle Reis Bill Belew May 25, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May24	Japan's Economy Keeps Growing Bill Belew May 24, 2006 Japan's economy grew for the fifth straight quarter - at an annual rate of 1.9%. Continued consumer spending + solid company investment + booming exports = Solid and balanced growth. Last year the economy grew 3% - Japan's fiscal year... Continue Reading Posted at 4:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wal-Mart Gets Bought Out by Korean Shinsagae Bill Belew May 24, 2006 Wal-Mart has been purchased by South Korean Shinsagae . Wal-Mart is South Korea that is. Wal-Mart said the will "focus their efforts where they can have the greatest impact on their growth strategy." What that means is, they can make more... Continue Reading Posted at 3:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Trade With China - Good or Bad? Bill Belew May 24, 2006 Does trade with China benefit or hurt the US economy? The general public and opinion leaders were polled. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of trade. Nearly 3/4s of the general public feels trade with China is good for the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Three Gorges Dam - Part 3 Bill Belew May 24, 2006 China is almost finished with the Three Gorges Dam, it's biggest construction project since the Great Wall. The Dam, btw, is visible from every satellite in space. The dam is a mile and half long, creates a reservoir 370 miles up the... Continue Reading Posted at 1:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 3 - Shirley Jiang Bill Belew May 24, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May23	Sam Collela, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchhill Club Bill Belew May 23, 2006 Sam Colella is Co-founder and Managing Director of Versant Ventures. He has more than 20 years of successful operating experience in the high tech industry and more than 20 years of investing experience in the healthcare sector. Ram Shriram is... Continue Reading Posted at 3:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Wants to Team Up with China Mobile (Hong Kong) Bill Belew May 23, 2006 Google has found a new way to do business in China. Google is in talks with China Mobile in Hong Kong to team up with them to offer Internet search services in China via mobile phoneo months. In the near... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Union Members Weigh in on Low-Cost Chinese Products Bill Belew May 23, 2006 Union members and members of their households were asked what they thought about low-cost Chinese goods. The general public (63%) think that low-cost goods benefit Americans. It stands to reason that union households might have a different perspective on this... Continue Reading Posted at 3:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Three Gorges Dam - Part 2 Bill Belew May 23, 2006 China is almost finished with the Three Gorges Dam, it's biggest construction project since the Great Wall. The Dam, btw, is visible from every satellite in space. The dam is a mile and half long, creates a reservoir 370 miles up the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Used Prius Value Goes Up! Bill Belew May 23, 2006 There must be a reason why I keep harping on this? Imagine buying a used car for $26K and then turning around and selling it for almost $30K. That's what you can do if you can get your hands on... Continue Reading Posted at 1:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 4 - Cecila Huang Bill Belew May 23, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May22	Low Cost Goods Benefit American Consumers Bill Belew May 22, 2006 The General Public and opinion leaders weighed in with different views on whether cheap Chinese goods are a benefit or not for American consumers. In the end, both agree that low-cost products are a benefit but they disagreed considerably on... Continue Reading Posted at 5:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Honda Decides on the US Midwest Bill Belew May 22, 2006 Honda Motors has decided to build a new factory in the heartland of the US. There is already one such factory right up the street from where I grew up, Cincinnati, OH. They plan to produce a small hybrid gasoline-electric car... Continue Reading Posted at 4:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 5 - Zhang Ziyi Bill Belew May 22, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Three Gorges Dam - A New Great Wall in China Bill Belew May 22, 2006 China is almost finished with the Three Gorges Dam, it's biggest construction project since the Great Wall. The Dam, btw, is visible from every satellite in space. The dam is a mile and half long and creates a reservoir 370 miles up... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Teams Up with KDDI in Japan Bill Belew May 22, 2006 Google has found a new way to do business in Japan. Google will team up with Japan's International Telephone Co. KDDI to offer Internet search services in Japan via mobile phone starting in about two months. In Japan, where smaller... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Camry Hybrid Takes Place of Prius Bill Belew May 22, 2006 People can't wait for a Prius. I mean they really can't wait. What I want to say is they have stopped waiting. The Camry hybrid is available now. A new Prius can be acquired in time for the 2012 Olympic... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May21	Japan Doesn't Always Make Sense - Think Barry Bonds Bill Belew May 21, 2006 I love Japan but it does NOT always make sense. Here is an example...Japan still feels sorry for Barry Bonds. Nobody feels sorry for Barry Bonds. But Japan does. Outward appearance is EXTREMELY important in Japan. My office manager once... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - 6-10 Who's Next to be Marketed in the US? Bill Belew May 21, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Honda Can Build Factories, Too Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Toyota is not the only Japanese company that can build factories in North America. Honda plans to open up a new plant in North America by 2009. Sales are up for Honda but supply lags and the North American region accounts... Continue Reading Posted at 2:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Gamer NetEase Reports Profits are Up 91% Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Recently I wrote that there were three classes of Internet Users in China. I read a report today that gives fuel for the reason of why the male internet cafe bums have their own group. NetEase, China's second largest online-game provider, reported... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China is Perceived as an Economic Threat Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Opinion leaders and the general public were asked if they thought China posed an economic threat to the US. Now keep in mind that the US is might powerful when it comes to economic strength. Still nearly 70% of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Richard Davidson (East) meets Dalai Lama (West) Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Dr. Richard Davidson is a researcher at the University of Wisconsin. He is also one of Time top 100 this year. So, what's he doing in Panasianbiz? Well, it seems Davidson, is doing some serious study in mind-body medicine. The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May19	Creative Technology in Singapore Courts Apple Bill Belew May 19, 2006 Creative Technology in Singapore has decided to court APPLE Computers. That is they have decided to take them to court. Apparently, someone at Creative Technology thinks Apple is violating its patent on a navigation system and method for organizing and accessing... Continue Reading Posted at 5:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toyota Prius Gets 100+MPG Bill Belew May 19, 2006 There is now a version of Toyota's Prius that can get more than 100mpg. Some dude in California figured out how to put a bigger and longer lasting battery pack into his Prius, and then plug it in at night... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Baidu Grows and Grows Bill Belew May 19, 2006 BAIDU keeps growing. No surprise there. As more and more Chinese go online, more and more search for more and more. Baidu is China's number one search engine. It earned almost as much in the first quarter of this year... Continue Reading Posted at 3:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Recruiter 51jobs Triples Income Bill Belew May 19, 2006 51jobs is a Chinese recruiting and human resource services company. In the first quarter of this year their income tripled tio $3.3 million. With all the money figures starting with B's and sometimes T's that may not seem like a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Nicolas Ghesquiere - Japan Makes a Difference Bill Belew May 19, 2006 I don't know beans about fashion. Please don't tell my wife - she worked as a fashion designer in China for nearly 10 years. Please don't tell my boss, either. I teach at a fashion and graphic design school. I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is China a Military Threat? Bill Belew May 19, 2006 This is another question I found very intriguing. Should China be perceived as a military threat? Nearly 80% of the opinion leaders thought of China as a potential or serious military threat. Whoa! That's a lot. Compare that to 2/3s... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May18	Indian Doctors Go on Strike Bill Belew May 18, 2006 I understand the caste system and the history and all that in India. Maybe I didn't realize just how strong it is. in the name affirmative action, the Indian government has decided to up the ante on what percentage of... Continue Reading Posted at 5:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toyota CEO, Katsuaki Watanabe says Toyota Had Record Profits Bill Belew May 18, 2006 Toyota posted record profits last year - $12.1 Billion. Compare that to GM which lost $10.6 Billion and Toyota is far far ahead. Toyota is planning to spend $14.1 Billion on new factories and production lines this year with an... Continue Reading Posted at 4:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is China a Dependable Ally in the War on Terror? Bill Belew May 18, 2006 This question was interesting to me - Do you (General public and Opinion Leaders) think China is a dependable ally in the War on Terror? The answer was a resounding NO! Nearly 2 out of 3 opinion leaders think China... Continue Reading Posted at 3:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Secretary John Snow Says Bush Will Not Push China or Revaluating the Yuan Bill Belew May 18, 2006 It was announced that President Bush would not push China on revaluating the yuan. Here! Here! It wouldn't do any good anyway. American goods will be cheaper to buy IF somebody wants to buy them. But, what does America have... Continue Reading Posted at 2:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Wayne Gould Shoots My Credibility - Sudoku Bill Belew May 18, 2006 Here's another dude who found his name on the list of Time's Top 100 people in the world. And, all I can think of is '""Huh!?" For a game? No, way! I admit, I spent twenty years in Japan and I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Else Can be Blamed on China? Bill Belew May 18, 2006 So, what else can be blamed on China? Fortune magazine reported that Americans recycled 346lbs of paper per person (still not as much as some people weigh in the US) last year. That amounts to more than half (52%) of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May17	More Millionaires than China and Russia Put Together Bill Belew May 17, 2006 In a previous blog I wrote that China has Millionaires out the Gazoo - about 300,000 altogether. Russia also has a few millionaires to brag about...some 88,000 total. If Russia had the same population as China it would claim almost... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where China, Japan, Russia and Korea Rank on the Ally List - Opinon Leaders Bill Belew May 17, 2006 Opinion Leaders were asked to rank countries in terms of best to worst allies of the US. Contrary to the general public where only three countries were considered allies of the US by more than half, seven countries were considered... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Yuan - 7.9982 = $1 Bill Belew May 17, 2006 For the first time ever, the Chinese yuan went under 8 yuan to the dollar. Though it was neglibile in its change - less than 1/10th of one percent....the psychological significance is great. The yuan moved into unchartered territory and... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Ziyi Zhang - No Way She Wrote That Tribute to Ang Lee Bill Belew May 17, 2006 One thing I do know is how much I don't know. But I do know some things - and the ability or lack thereof of a foreigner to speak or write English is one of them.\ I taught English as... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chen Jin - China's National Embarrassment? Bill Belew May 17, 2006 Chen Jin was a national hero in China. After going to America and receiving a PhD from University of Texas-Austin (they were pretty proud of him, too), Chen returned to China and oversaw a lab of 100 researchers. In 2003... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May16	Foreign Law Firms Face Crackdown in China - Shanghai Bill Belew May 16, 2006 I might not be smart enough to figure this all out but it seems to me that China is taking aim at lawyers from foreign countries who are practicing in their country (China) -and in this case Shanghai. Less I steer anyone... Continue Reading Posted at 8:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where China, Japan, Russia and Korea Rank on the US Ally List - General Public Bill Belew May 16, 2006 The General Public was asked to rank countries in terms of best to worst allies of the US. Only three countries were considered allies of the US by more than half of the General public. The top Ally should be... Continue Reading Posted at 5:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hideki Matsui of the Yankees Apologizes.... Bill Belew May 16, 2006 I love Japanese baseball players in the States. The reason is simple - they come to play. And play they do...Ichiro really kicks butt. But (with one 't') Hideki Matsui of the Yankees showed some real character and a gave... Continue Reading Posted at 4:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chopstick Rules - in Japan Bill Belew May 16, 2006 Japan has rules - lots of them. And they like it that way. It puts a cramp on flexibility sometimes, make that usually, but is also makes things quite predictable, and with that comes confidence in knowing things will be... Continue Reading Posted at 3:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Squeaky Clean Toyota Fights Sexual Harassment Suit Bill Belew May 16, 2006 Remember the women who sued Toyota for $190 Million. So far, all she has got was her boss fired. President and CEO of Toyota North America, Hideaki Otaka has voluntarily left earlier...about 2 weeks. He was going to leave in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Korean Magic Feet? - RAIN Bill Belew May 16, 2006 I wonder how many readers Time got from Korea by putting this guy's feet in the top 100. I don't like Time anyway, and when I see things like this, I like them even less. So, why read it? Well,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NTT Japan Sees Drop in Profits Bill Belew May 16, 2006 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone saw profits drop in Japan last year. They didn't quite break 500 billon yen = $4.5 billion. Poor babies... The problem appears to be the fixed line service sector of their business. Mobile service prices are... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May15	Samsung Strikes Back Bill Belew May 15, 2006 Yesterday I wrote about how Samsung is taking a beating because of its too small SamsungQ1. Today Samsung says its profits are growing. Samsung expects its profits in memory chips, LCDs and mobile phone handsets to be strong the rest... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Helping India's Poor One at a Time - Vikram Akula Bill Belew May 15, 2006 I like this guy and I don't even know him. Vikram Akula has made SKS India one of the fastest growing microlenders anywhere. SKS has loaned $52 million to 221,000 clients in the past 8 years. Do the math, this... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MI 3 - Maggie Q and Shanghai Bill Belew May 15, 2006 I went to Shanghai last night. The last time I was there someone offered to find me a Shanghai girl. When I repeatedly turned him down, he followed up with "How about a Shanghai boy?" Anyway... My wife and I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Best Buy Buys into Chinese Five Star Appliance Bill Belew May 15, 2006 Best Buy is America's largest consumer electronics retailer. Five Star Appliance is China's number four appliance and electronics retailer with 136 stores in eight provinces. Five Star is also $180 million richer and ready to grow. This is the amount... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China - How Good a Friend to the US is it? Bill Belew May 15, 2006 Opinion leaders and the general public were surveyed recently. One of the things both groups were asked to do was "Rate China as an Ally." Opinion leaders (nearly 60%) thought more highly of China than did the general public (less than... Continue Reading Posted at 12:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese are Eating Chinese Forests (part 2) Bill Belew May 15, 2006 China exports more to Japan than anywhere else in the world. And China is Japan's third largest market. Japan's trade with China grew for the seventh straight year - nearly 13% last year. But.....they don't like each other.Still they do business. Until now, China... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May14	Blackberry Heads To China Bill Belew May 14, 2006 Blackberry is heading to China. Blackberry will team up with China Mobile Communications to launch its service throughout China. The first step for Blackberry will be to focus on people who bring their devices overseas and then start selling a Chinese... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

May31	China's Most Handsome Dudes - # 3 Gu Tian Le Bill Belew May 31, 2006 Know More: All about China, Business in China, China, Chinese Products, Doing Business in China 2.0, Chinese Products I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most handsome dudes in China are. What this means to me is that these are the guys we are likely to see next on the big screen in the magazines and such here in the US as America tries to capitalize on everything Chinese AND get the average Chinese to look/read/watch. Is that what I am doing here? Hmmm.... Here is number 3. This is Gu Tian Le. Gu has a brother named choaky and a sister named Pa. Trust me, if you knew Japanese you would laugh. Okay...I know Japanese and Chinese don't mix, but I have a Chinese wife and two kids who were born in Japan, so I can't help it. He goes by the English name Louis. And his Cantonese name is Koo Tin Lok. That gives away the fact that he is from southern China - Guangdong. Louis is the oldest of the bunch in the top 5 at still a young 35 years old...36 in October of this year, right after my wife turns (OUCH!!) Okay...I won't write that part. Which one of these pics is your favorite? Posted at 5:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May31	China Passes the UK Bill Belew May 31, 2006 China's economy has expanded on average 10.1% for the past 15 years and has now passed up the UK as the world's fourth largest economy. China is the world's largest consumer of 1. Iron 2. Wheat 3. Cement 4. Cell phones 5.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May30	China's Most Handsome Dudes - # 4 Wu Yan Zu Bill Belew May 30, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most ahandsome dudes in China are. What this means to me is that these are the dudes we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May29	China's Most Handsome Dudes # 5 - Chen Kun Bill Belew May 29, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most handsome dudes in China are. What this means to me is that these are the guys we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Moscow Mayor is Anti-Gay Bill Belew May 29, 2006 "As long as I am mayor; we will not permit these (gay) parades," Moscow Mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, was quoted as saying. The Mayor acknowledged that some 'progressive' countries might allow such parades, but he qualified his remark of 'progressive.' Activists... Continue Reading Posted at 2:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May28	China's Government is Involved in the Trade Imbalance Bill Belew May 28, 2006 This question is interesting - Does China's government help cause the US-China trade imbalance? Both the opinion leaders and the general public agree that the Chinese government is meddling somehow. General public (57%) and Opinion Leaders (78%). Big difference, eh?... Continue Reading Posted at 4:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Handsome Dudes - 6-10 - Who's Next to be Marketed in the US? Bill Belew May 28, 2006 I found a list that purporst to know who the 10 most handsome men in China are. What this means to me is that these fellows are the ones we are likely to see next on the big screen, in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford - Golden Goose - Part 2 Bill Belew May 28, 2006 I wrote a while back about Stanford feeling the pinch in an article titled feeling the pinch because they could not recruit as many quality students from China and India. Well, now there seems to be a cure on the horizon.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toyota Overtakes GM in China Bill Belew May 28, 2006 Toyota will overtake GM as the number one car maker in the world sometime this year. Toyota is building factories; GM is closing them down....Toyota...Toyota...Toyota... I am sure GM is tired of the word. Well, they are about to grow... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Never Sleeps Bill Belew May 28, 2006 Microsoft never sleeps, I reckon. Question: Where is Microsoft NOT involved in a law suit. Regulators in South Korea have rejected MS' appeal of an antitrust ruling and now MS must fight back. "No way!" says MS with regard to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sam Colella, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchill Club in Silicon Valley (part 3) Bill Belew May 28, 2006 What's hot and what's not in investing? This question was posed to three VCs. Their personal info is below. Geoff Yang gave his opinion with regard to what's hot in general - 1. China Deals 2. Clean Technology & 3. Open... Continue Reading Posted at 12:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May26	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 1 - Lin Chi Ling Bill Belew May 26, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NEC and Microsoft Prove We Can All Just Get Along Bill Belew May 26, 2006 I learned how to use a computer in Japanese. I knew the tool bar titles in Japanese BEFORE I learned them in English. My first PC was made by www.nec.com. And what I remember most vividly is that it couldn't... Continue Reading Posted at 3:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japan Heads to Hawaii-Ken Bill Belew May 26, 2006 Ken (pronounced like the boy's name) is Japanese for prefecture which is roughly equivalant to the US word for state. When I lived in Japan, I lived in Niigata-ken, or Niigata Prefecture. Japanese like to travel overseas. Well, actually they... Continue Reading Posted at 2:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sam Colella, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchill Club in Silicon Valley (part 2) Bill Belew May 26, 2006 What's hot and what's not in investing? This question was posed to three VCs. Their personal info is below. Sam Colella gave his opinion with regard to what's hot in the Health Care Industry - 1. Personalized medicine - customized drugs... Continue Reading Posted at 1:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Intel + India = Intia? Bill Belew May 26, 2006 Intel Capital has invested in five companies in India. Intel, right up the street from my buddy's house where we will have dinner tonite...makes it sound kind of personal, eh?...has a $250 million India fund. Now that fund has been... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May25	Heritage Foundation Report Shakes up Senate Bill Belew May 25, 2006 The Heritage Foundation reports "assuming the maximum, pulling out every stop for every loop hole, possiblity, and making every assumption - some unrealistic - about how many family members will be brought in" that as many as 103 million people... Continue Reading Posted at 4:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sam Colella, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchill Club in Silicon Valley Bill Belew May 25, 2006 What's hot and what's not in investing? This question was posed to three VCs. Their personal info is below. Ram gave his opinion with regard to the High Tech Industry - 1. Social networking 2. Vertical search 3. Video search... Continue Reading Posted at 3:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wal-Mart Becomes E-Mart Bill Belew May 25, 2006 I think it is interesting that Wal-Mart couldn't make it in South Korea. Shinsegae bought Wal-Mart out and changed the name to E-Mart. They decided to save money by only changing half the signs on the outside of the store... Continue Reading Posted at 2:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Economic Growth and the Environment Bill Belew May 25, 2006 Some treehugging dirty kisser asked this question: Does China's economic/industrial growth hurt the global environment? The answer is clear .... Two thirds of the opinion leaders think China's growth is having a negative affect on the global environment. Just over... Continue Reading Posted at 1:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 2 - Michelle Reis Bill Belew May 25, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May24	Japan's Economy Keeps Growing Bill Belew May 24, 2006 Japan's economy grew for the fifth straight quarter - at an annual rate of 1.9%. Continued consumer spending + solid company investment + booming exports = Solid and balanced growth. Last year the economy grew 3% - Japan's fiscal year... Continue Reading Posted at 4:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wal-Mart Gets Bought Out by Korean Shinsagae Bill Belew May 24, 2006 Wal-Mart has been purchased by South Korean Shinsagae . Wal-Mart is South Korea that is. Wal-Mart said the will "focus their efforts where they can have the greatest impact on their growth strategy." What that means is, they can make more... Continue Reading Posted at 3:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Trade With China - Good or Bad? Bill Belew May 24, 2006 Does trade with China benefit or hurt the US economy? The general public and opinion leaders were polled. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of trade. Nearly 3/4s of the general public feels trade with China is good for the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Three Gorges Dam - Part 3 Bill Belew May 24, 2006 China is almost finished with the Three Gorges Dam, it's biggest construction project since the Great Wall. The Dam, btw, is visible from every satellite in space. The dam is a mile and half long, creates a reservoir 370 miles up the... Continue Reading Posted at 1:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 3 - Shirley Jiang Bill Belew May 24, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May23	Sam Collela, Ram Shriram and Geoff Yang Speak at Churchhill Club Bill Belew May 23, 2006 Sam Colella is Co-founder and Managing Director of Versant Ventures. He has more than 20 years of successful operating experience in the high tech industry and more than 20 years of investing experience in the healthcare sector. Ram Shriram is... Continue Reading Posted at 3:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Wants to Team Up with China Mobile (Hong Kong) Bill Belew May 23, 2006 Google has found a new way to do business in China. Google is in talks with China Mobile in Hong Kong to team up with them to offer Internet search services in China via mobile phoneo months. In the near... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Union Members Weigh in on Low-Cost Chinese Products Bill Belew May 23, 2006 Union members and members of their households were asked what they thought about low-cost Chinese goods. The general public (63%) think that low-cost goods benefit Americans. It stands to reason that union households might have a different perspective on this... Continue Reading Posted at 3:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Three Gorges Dam - Part 2 Bill Belew May 23, 2006 China is almost finished with the Three Gorges Dam, it's biggest construction project since the Great Wall. The Dam, btw, is visible from every satellite in space. The dam is a mile and half long, creates a reservoir 370 miles up the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Used Prius Value Goes Up! Bill Belew May 23, 2006 There must be a reason why I keep harping on this? Imagine buying a used car for $26K and then turning around and selling it for almost $30K. That's what you can do if you can get your hands on... Continue Reading Posted at 1:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 4 - Cecila Huang Bill Belew May 23, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May22	Low Cost Goods Benefit American Consumers Bill Belew May 22, 2006 The General Public and opinion leaders weighed in with different views on whether cheap Chinese goods are a benefit or not for American consumers. In the end, both agree that low-cost products are a benefit but they disagreed considerably on... Continue Reading Posted at 5:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Honda Decides on the US Midwest Bill Belew May 22, 2006 Honda Motors has decided to build a new factory in the heartland of the US. There is already one such factory right up the street from where I grew up, Cincinnati, OH. They plan to produce a small hybrid gasoline-electric car... Continue Reading Posted at 4:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - # 5 - Zhang Ziyi Bill Belew May 22, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Three Gorges Dam - A New Great Wall in China Bill Belew May 22, 2006 China is almost finished with the Three Gorges Dam, it's biggest construction project since the Great Wall. The Dam, btw, is visible from every satellite in space. The dam is a mile and half long and creates a reservoir 370 miles up... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Teams Up with KDDI in Japan Bill Belew May 22, 2006 Google has found a new way to do business in Japan. Google will team up with Japan's International Telephone Co. KDDI to offer Internet search services in Japan via mobile phone starting in about two months. In Japan, where smaller... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Camry Hybrid Takes Place of Prius Bill Belew May 22, 2006 People can't wait for a Prius. I mean they really can't wait. What I want to say is they have stopped waiting. The Camry hybrid is available now. A new Prius can be acquired in time for the 2012 Olympic... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May21	Japan Doesn't Always Make Sense - Think Barry Bonds Bill Belew May 21, 2006 I love Japan but it does NOT always make sense. Here is an example...Japan still feels sorry for Barry Bonds. Nobody feels sorry for Barry Bonds. But Japan does. Outward appearance is EXTREMELY important in Japan. My office manager once... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Beautiful Girls - 6-10 Who's Next to be Marketed in the US? Bill Belew May 21, 2006 I found a list that purports to know who the 10 most beautiful girls in China are. What this means to me is that these are the girls we are likely to see next on the big screen in the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Honda Can Build Factories, Too Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Toyota is not the only Japanese company that can build factories in North America. Honda plans to open up a new plant in North America by 2009. Sales are up for Honda but supply lags and the North American region accounts... Continue Reading Posted at 2:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Gamer NetEase Reports Profits are Up 91% Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Recently I wrote that there were three classes of Internet Users in China. I read a report today that gives fuel for the reason of why the male internet cafe bums have their own group. NetEase, China's second largest online-game provider, reported... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China is Perceived as an Economic Threat Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Opinion leaders and the general public were asked if they thought China posed an economic threat to the US. Now keep in mind that the US is might powerful when it comes to economic strength. Still nearly 70% of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Richard Davidson (East) meets Dalai Lama (West) Bill Belew May 21, 2006 Dr. Richard Davidson is a researcher at the University of Wisconsin. He is also one of Time top 100 this year. So, what's he doing in Panasianbiz? Well, it seems Davidson, is doing some serious study in mind-body medicine. The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May19	Creative Technology in Singapore Courts Apple Bill Belew May 19, 2006 Creative Technology in Singapore has decided to court APPLE Computers. That is they have decided to take them to court. Apparently, someone at Creative Technology thinks Apple is violating its patent on a navigation system and method for organizing and accessing... Continue Reading Posted at 5:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toyota Prius Gets 100+MPG Bill Belew May 19, 2006 There is now a version of Toyota's Prius that can get more than 100mpg. Some dude in California figured out how to put a bigger and longer lasting battery pack into his Prius, and then plug it in at night... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Baidu Grows and Grows Bill Belew May 19, 2006 BAIDU keeps growing. No surprise there. As more and more Chinese go online, more and more search for more and more. Baidu is China's number one search engine. It earned almost as much in the first quarter of this year... Continue Reading Posted at 3:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Recruiter 51jobs Triples Income Bill Belew May 19, 2006 51jobs is a Chinese recruiting and human resource services company. In the first quarter of this year their income tripled tio $3.3 million. With all the money figures starting with B's and sometimes T's that may not seem like a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Nicolas Ghesquiere - Japan Makes a Difference Bill Belew May 19, 2006 I don't know beans about fashion. Please don't tell my wife - she worked as a fashion designer in China for nearly 10 years. Please don't tell my boss, either. I teach at a fashion and graphic design school. I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is China a Military Threat? Bill Belew May 19, 2006 This is another question I found very intriguing. Should China be perceived as a military threat? Nearly 80% of the opinion leaders thought of China as a potential or serious military threat. Whoa! That's a lot. Compare that to 2/3s... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May18	Indian Doctors Go on Strike Bill Belew May 18, 2006 I understand the caste system and the history and all that in India. Maybe I didn't realize just how strong it is. in the name affirmative action, the Indian government has decided to up the ante on what percentage of... Continue Reading Posted at 5:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toyota CEO, Katsuaki Watanabe says Toyota Had Record Profits Bill Belew May 18, 2006 Toyota posted record profits last year - $12.1 Billion. Compare that to GM which lost $10.6 Billion and Toyota is far far ahead. Toyota is planning to spend $14.1 Billion on new factories and production lines this year with an... Continue Reading Posted at 4:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is China a Dependable Ally in the War on Terror? Bill Belew May 18, 2006 This question was interesting to me - Do you (General public and Opinion Leaders) think China is a dependable ally in the War on Terror? The answer was a resounding NO! Nearly 2 out of 3 opinion leaders think China... Continue Reading Posted at 3:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Secretary John Snow Says Bush Will Not Push China or Revaluating the Yuan Bill Belew May 18, 2006 It was announced that President Bush would not push China on revaluating the yuan. Here! Here! It wouldn't do any good anyway. American goods will be cheaper to buy IF somebody wants to buy them. But, what does America have... Continue Reading Posted at 2:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Wayne Gould Shoots My Credibility - Sudoku Bill Belew May 18, 2006 Here's another dude who found his name on the list of Time's Top 100 people in the world. And, all I can think of is '""Huh!?" For a game? No, way! I admit, I spent twenty years in Japan and I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Else Can be Blamed on China? Bill Belew May 18, 2006 So, what else can be blamed on China? Fortune magazine reported that Americans recycled 346lbs of paper per person (still not as much as some people weigh in the US) last year. That amounts to more than half (52%) of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May17	More Millionaires than China and Russia Put Together Bill Belew May 17, 2006 In a previous blog I wrote that China has Millionaires out the Gazoo - about 300,000 altogether. Russia also has a few millionaires to brag about...some 88,000 total. If Russia had the same population as China it would claim almost... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where China, Japan, Russia and Korea Rank on the Ally List - Opinon Leaders Bill Belew May 17, 2006 Opinion Leaders were asked to rank countries in terms of best to worst allies of the US. Contrary to the general public where only three countries were considered allies of the US by more than half, seven countries were considered... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Yuan - 7.9982 = $1 Bill Belew May 17, 2006 For the first time ever, the Chinese yuan went under 8 yuan to the dollar. Though it was neglibile in its change - less than 1/10th of one percent....the psychological significance is great. The yuan moved into unchartered territory and... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Ziyi Zhang - No Way She Wrote That Tribute to Ang Lee Bill Belew May 17, 2006 One thing I do know is how much I don't know. But I do know some things - and the ability or lack thereof of a foreigner to speak or write English is one of them.\ I taught English as... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chen Jin - China's National Embarrassment? Bill Belew May 17, 2006 Chen Jin was a national hero in China. After going to America and receiving a PhD from University of Texas-Austin (they were pretty proud of him, too), Chen returned to China and oversaw a lab of 100 researchers. In 2003... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May16	Foreign Law Firms Face Crackdown in China - Shanghai Bill Belew May 16, 2006 I might not be smart enough to figure this all out but it seems to me that China is taking aim at lawyers from foreign countries who are practicing in their country (China) -and in this case Shanghai. Less I steer anyone... Continue Reading Posted at 8:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where China, Japan, Russia and Korea Rank on the US Ally List - General Public Bill Belew May 16, 2006 The General Public was asked to rank countries in terms of best to worst allies of the US. Only three countries were considered allies of the US by more than half of the General public. The top Ally should be... Continue Reading Posted at 5:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hideki Matsui of the Yankees Apologizes.... Bill Belew May 16, 2006 I love Japanese baseball players in the States. The reason is simple - they come to play. And play they do...Ichiro really kicks butt. But (with one 't') Hideki Matsui of the Yankees showed some real character and a gave... Continue Reading Posted at 4:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chopstick Rules - in Japan Bill Belew May 16, 2006 Japan has rules - lots of them. And they like it that way. It puts a cramp on flexibility sometimes, make that usually, but is also makes things quite predictable, and with that comes confidence in knowing things will be... Continue Reading Posted at 3:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Squeaky Clean Toyota Fights Sexual Harassment Suit Bill Belew May 16, 2006 Remember the women who sued Toyota for $190 Million. So far, all she has got was her boss fired. President and CEO of Toyota North America, Hideaki Otaka has voluntarily left earlier...about 2 weeks. He was going to leave in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Korean Magic Feet? - RAIN Bill Belew May 16, 2006 I wonder how many readers Time got from Korea by putting this guy's feet in the top 100. I don't like Time anyway, and when I see things like this, I like them even less. So, why read it? Well,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NTT Japan Sees Drop in Profits Bill Belew May 16, 2006 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone saw profits drop in Japan last year. They didn't quite break 500 billon yen = $4.5 billion. Poor babies... The problem appears to be the fixed line service sector of their business. Mobile service prices are... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May15	Samsung Strikes Back Bill Belew May 15, 2006 Yesterday I wrote about how Samsung is taking a beating because of its too small SamsungQ1. Today Samsung says its profits are growing. Samsung expects its profits in memory chips, LCDs and mobile phone handsets to be strong the rest... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Top 100 - Helping India's Poor One at a Time - Vikram Akula Bill Belew May 15, 2006 I like this guy and I don't even know him. Vikram Akula has made SKS India one of the fastest growing microlenders anywhere. SKS has loaned $52 million to 221,000 clients in the past 8 years. Do the math, this... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MI 3 - Maggie Q and Shanghai Bill Belew May 15, 2006 I went to Shanghai last night. The last time I was there someone offered to find me a Shanghai girl. When I repeatedly turned him down, he followed up with "How about a Shanghai boy?" Anyway... My wife and I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Best Buy Buys into Chinese Five Star Appliance Bill Belew May 15, 2006 Best Buy is America's largest consumer electronics retailer. Five Star Appliance is China's number four appliance and electronics retailer with 136 stores in eight provinces. Five Star is also $180 million richer and ready to grow. This is the amount... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China - How Good a Friend to the US is it? Bill Belew May 15, 2006 Opinion leaders and the general public were surveyed recently. One of the things both groups were asked to do was "Rate China as an Ally." Opinion leaders (nearly 60%) thought more highly of China than did the general public (less than... Continue Reading Posted at 12:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese are Eating Chinese Forests (part 2) Bill Belew May 15, 2006 China exports more to Japan than anywhere else in the world. And China is Japan's third largest market. Japan's trade with China grew for the seventh straight year - nearly 13% last year. But.....they don't like each other.Still they do business. Until now, China... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May14	Blackberry Heads To China Bill Belew May 14, 2006 Blackberry is heading to China. Blackberry will team up with China Mobile Communications to launch its service throughout China. The first step for Blackberry will be to focus on people who bring their devices overseas and then start selling a Chinese... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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