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Archive for March 2008

March 24th, 2008

China’s Top Three Service Complaints

With all the economic growth going on, who has time to answer the phone to address complaints?
Still, the Chinese consumer is complaining.
The top three:
1. Online computer games - "Hey! I lost my force field."
2. Telecom services - "Hello. Hello! HELLO!"
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March 23rd, 2008

Olympic Torch Lit by Sun Rays

The kindling of the flame for the Olympic torch symbolizes the purity of the Olympic flame.
On March 24th a concave mirro will be used to focus the rays of the sun to light the torch and a back-up fire in case the pure wind or rain gods decide to snuff the torch out along the […]

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March 22nd, 2008

1 in 20 Work as Bean Counter in Hong Kong

Some 5.4% of Hong Kong's work force or 200,000 people work in the financial sector says Cha-Ching - not his real name. It's Chan Ka-Keung, Hong Kong's secretary for financial services and the treasury of HKSAR>
The financial sector contributes 16% of HK's GDP. 5% of the people making up 16% of the work. Hmm, sounds […]

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March 21st, 2008

5 Giant Steps to Becoming the 3rd Largest Trading Nation in the World

China has taken huge steps in its economy. Duh!?
China is now the third largest trading nation in the world with $2.17 trillion in imports and exports. That's a 'T.'
1. In the past five years, China's economy grew 65.5% - 10.6% per year. China now has the world's fourth largest economy.
2. China's GDP reached $3.425 trillion […]

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March 20th, 2008

4 Increases in Trade in China Already in 2008

Trade in China is already up this year over last year. Up a lot.
In Shanghai, foreign trade rose 20.3% year on year in the first two months of this year.
Exports were up 17.2%.
Imports were up 26.3%.
China's trade surplus rose 7.6%.
Slow growth in exports was blamed on the Spring Festival holiday and the strongest winter blizzards […]

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March 19th, 2008

Japan Hinting at Staying Home from Beijing Games Because of Tibet Crackdown?

Are the Olympics going to stink of smell like politics?
China's crackdown in Tibet (by some reports, some 80 people have been killed)…is it going to affect the Olympics?
There are an awful lot of people in Hollywood, who most likely couldn't find Tibet on a map if it were the only country colored in red, […]

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March 18th, 2008

When to Let School Out a Month Early

It used to be that schools let out in the summer so that there could be help available on the farm. It's not that way anymore, of course. Summer is a time for parents to wish their kids were back in school because they don't know what to do with them.
University students in China will […]

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March 17th, 2008

3 Ways to Make the Rich Richer

China's 'empress of paper' has a plan so that she and others like her can get richer.
At one time she was ranked as China's richest woman. She wants her spot back.
What good is it being rich if you are not the richest, dang it?
Zhan Yin is the founder and board chairwoman of one of the […]

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March 16th, 2008

CPI Hits New High

Just when you thought prices couldn't go up any more - our local cheap gas station is now selling the cheap stuff for $3.49/gallon, it was $2.99 not long ago.
China had seen the highest rise in CPI (inflation) in more than a decade.
There will be another record coming out for February.
The consumer price […]

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March 15th, 2008

China 2 - Terrorists 0

China has taken on would-be terrorists twice, that we know of, and won.
Can't imagine the country telling us of battles lost, but still.
An attack on a plane in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was foiled.
"Some people were attempting to create an air disaster." The air police stopped them. Yea!
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