Archive for the ‘China’ Category

Toxic Songhua River – Harbin, China

I walked on that toxic river.
Okay, I am a little slow on the news. I heard about this 50 mile benzene and nirobenzene toxic slick in the Songhua River just last week and then for some…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 18th, 2006 in China | No Comments

Dr. Bojiang Yang – Brookings Institution

Dr. Bojiang Yang recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations in North East Asia.
Of the five speakers, Dr. Yang was the most difficult to follow. It had much to do with not…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in All about Korea, China, Japan, Russia | No Comments

China Takes Copyright Piracy Seriously?

To improve business prospects in China, it seems some in China are beginning to take copyright piracy seriously. At least that is what we are supposed to think.
Leading up to President Hu’s visi…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in Business in China, China | No Comments

Shanghai Jiaotong School of Management – Buddha Studies Business

It happens in the US. It happens in Japan. Why shouldn’t it happen in China, too?
When business is good, so is giving.
In fact, business, I mean giving is so good in China, that money coming in …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in China | No Comments

Bojiang Yang – Brookings Institution

Bojiang Yang of the Brookings Institution is one of China’s leading experts on Japan.
He is currently Professor and Director of the Institute for Japanese Studies and for the Division …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in China, Japan | No Comments

Dr. James T. H. Tang – Brookings Institution

Dr. James T. H. Tang recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about a paradox in China’s bull run in energy consumption and its effect on business.
He made several points of …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 16th, 2006 in China | No Comments

China Is Making Concessions on US Trade Concerns

China is beginning to make concessions, at least they say they will, on US trade concerns. Whether they follow through or not remains to be seen.
Besides spending more than $16 billion this week and n…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 16th, 2006 in China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

James T. H. Tang – Brookings Institution

Dr. James T. H. Tang of the Brookings Institution is also Dean of Social Sciences at the Univeristy of Hong Kong.
Dr. Tang has worked as Assistant Chief Economist at the Hong Kong Trade Developme…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 16th, 2006 in China | No Comments

Prius – Made In China

Prius is NOT made in China, of course. But if Hang Zhao has his way, a PRIUS like vehicle will be made in China and soon.
Hang Zhao heads up China’s Automobile Technology & Research Center.

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 14th, 2006 in China | No Comments

Japan Offers China 360 TV Programs

Mainichi News reported that Japan has offered to air 360 Japanese TV programs in China and that China will seriously consider it.
What a great step to promote understanding between these two countrie…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 14th, 2006 in China, Japan | No Comments