When overseas Chinese returning to the mainland were asked where they wanted to live…80% said Beijing. More than 50% said Beijing or nothing.
Just 20% opted for Shanghai.
Other choice cities included Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu and …

Daihatsu Motor Co will stop making cars in Vietnam by the end of this year because of poor car sales.
It's not that Daihatsu, a minicar specialist can't make good fuel efficient cars (I had a  …

From TiECon 2007
What can keep China (10+%) and India (9+%) from the sustained economic growth they are experiencing?
This was the question that was posed to the panel after the opening welcome address.
Each country has …

I am listening to the opening speech….of TiECon 2007.
In the opening banter one of the two moderators mentioned there are 940 some billionaires in the world.
60% of them started from zero!
Whoa…from zero to a …

I don't know a whole lot about Korea actors and actresses…okay, make that I don't know anything about them unless you count the fact that Chinese women like to watch Korean dramas…which is also a …

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It’s scary. My wife and I talk about this every day … moving to China.

I can take my work with me wherever I go but she would need to find a new job.
She is …

The Ministry of Information Industry is predicting that the number of mobile phone users in China will reach 520 million by the end of this year.
Fixed-line users are dropping because the price of handsets and …

The 2008 Olympic emblem "Dancing Beijing" was morphed into 'male' and 'female' symbols commonly placed on public toilet doors.
The four animal mascots and Olympic flame had their heads replaced with Japanese cartoon heroes, Chinese super …

Hong Kong has picked up on an idea that is already gaining popularity in Japan and Europe.
Green coffins made up of corrugated cardboard are the new temporary homes of the dead…after their bodies have expired …

Some Filipino Steve Irwin type got caught trying to smuggle 3 crocodiles into the Philippines from Cambodia.
Philippine’s Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau had alerted the airport that the smuggler may indeed be trying to smuggle …