Archive for October, 2006

Chinese Blogger Population = One-third Technorati Total

The last time I checked Technorati reported about 55 million registered blogs. Some of them, of course, are written by Chinese.
The Internet Society of China reported that by August of this year the C…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 8th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Hong Kong Film Star Carina Lau Sued by Cosmetic User

The Japanese maker of SK-II products was fined by 200,000 yuan ($25,000) for false advertising. It didn’t do the face skin tightening it was supposed to and in some cases caused a rash.
However,…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 8th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Chinese Warner Bros.

Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei created the Huayi Brothers Media Group in 1994 after Wang Zhongjun came back from the US with a university diploma and $100,000 he made as a part-time cartoonist and ph…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 8th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China, chinese | No Comments

Chinese Eastern Airlines Forced to Expand Seating for Fat Passengers

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 8th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China, chinese | No Comments

Chinese-Americans See Arrival of Chinese Immigrants as Good for the US – General Public Disagrees

A poll was conducted of 354 Chinese Americans who were chosen at random nationwide by from a surname list.
They were asked a series of questions about their attitudes toward China and their views on C…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 6th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Chinese-Americans, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Japan’s 21 Apologies To China

This posting by Muninn Japan’s 21 Apologies to China builds an excellent case as to why Japan does NOT need to apologize any more for its wartime behavior. Japan need no longer beat itself up. W…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 6th, 2006 in All about Japan, Business in China, China, Japan, Japan business | No Comments

Survey Says – “Can’t/Won’t Buy a House in Beijing”

At a recent house show in Beijing, 1000 visitors were given a survey to which 961 responded. Shouldn’t that response alone be some kind of record?
Some of the results are:
1. 86.4% said housing …

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 6th, 2006 in Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

6000 Year Old House Dug Up in Shaanxi, China

Everything is older, been there longer, first done, discovered or invented in China. Now China can lay claim to having found the oldest houses – 6,000 year old, 200 square meter above-ground hou…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 6th, 2006 in All about China, China | No Comments

China Busy Entertaining Big Wigs – ROK President Heading to PRC

Japan’s new PM, Abe Shinzo, will visit China on Oct. 8th and 9th. Just as quickly as they can get the tables cleared and the new chopsticks out President Roh Moo-hyun of Korea (ROK) will pay a w…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 6th, 2006 in All about Korea, Business in China, China, Japan, Japan business | No Comments

Maggie Cheung Avoids Flicks that Capitalize on Her Star Power

Maggie Cheung says she plans to avoid appearing in movies that only capitalize on her star power. She has appeared in "In the Mood for Love," "2046," and "Hero," as well …

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 6th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments