Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
I’m just sitting in the library killing some time, and I picked up the latest issue of The China Business Review. The focus is on human resources, and there was one article that caught my particular attention, Noncompete Agreements: Clarity amid Uncertainty by K. Lesli Ligorner (available from the link […]

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
Great acceptance speech preceded by a week full of inspiring speeches from Nancy Pelosi, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden. Unfortunately, the 4 references to China were negative. Here they are in order of most transparently about China to most opaquely about China, and oddly […]

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Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog
As oil prices show no signs of declining and transportation of goods becomes costlier, Asia is looking ahead. The region is strategically strengthening trade ties with its neighbors in order to improve the Asian economy. Boosting trade and tourism ties, the bloc of South East Asian countries also plans on raising funds […]

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Numbers: (200,210)

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
Interesting Comment & Analysis today by the Financial Times’ Beijing bureau chief, Geoff Dyer, Russia could push China closer to the west. Yeah, that’s right, an article about whether China will opt to cozy into the sphere of influence of the West or the Sovi…, uh, Russia. I focused on […]

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Its the Asian century for sure, but how much of Asia is actually impacting the world? Does Asia have the strength to stop America from sinking into a recession? According to a Xinhua News Agency story, Asia’s super charged growth is preventing America from drowning in depression.
“We are […]

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Violence has erupted in almost every part of Asia, overthrowing the old order and squashing out the opposition. Countries ranging from Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and North Korea are all up in arms, fighting for justice and equality, at a time when inflation in the region has reached astronomical heights.
In […]

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
Okay, okay, this is way too late, but I gotta tell you about it.
A couple of days after the Opening Ceremony I was talking to my mom (and here), and what she said to me made me realize that just the Opening Ceremony made the Olympics a huge success for […]

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
This intro will be short and I promise not to go too George Washington on ya.
This morning I ran across a Wired blog post on the personalities we adopt when we play video games. I’m kind of the opposite of the author of the post, and I was inspired to […]

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Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog
Foreign ministers of 20 Member countries of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) met in AlmaAta, Kazakhstan on Monday to strengthen pan Asian cooperation on security issues plaguing the region. The CICA includes Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Iran, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Tajikistan, […]

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
The Olympics are over, and not a moment too soon. School starts tomorrow and I must stop staying awake all night watching obscure sports.
Chinese Litigation: This Is The Way (Uh Huh) We Like It at China Law Blog
Is China No Longer Competitive? at All Roads Lead to China
Plus, related commentary […]

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Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog
Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit South Korea, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on a three nation tour starting today to boost bilateral ties, strengthen its borders and gain prominence in Central Asia, a region being viewed by everyone interested in energy security.
The Chinese leader who will meet ROK President Lee Myung-bak, house speaker […]

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By 2020 every car sold will be some sort of hybrid vehicle, according to a study by the IBM Institute for Business Value. www.greencarcongress.com
For investors, that could mean opportunities to make money in dozens, if not hundreds, of companies that will supply these new technologies, especially batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Until Monday.

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Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog
As heavy downpours continue to flood South Asia, the waters have killed 147 people, swamped villages and caused landslides. Most of the deaths were due to house collapses triggered by incessant rains in India, Bangladesh and the Philippines. As more rain is forecast in the next 48 hours, officials have already begun […]

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We all know that we live in a global world and are familiar with the saying - when the U.S sneezes the whole world catches a cold - incidentally this still hold true.
Lets focus on Asia, and the impact on the regions economies due to the deceleration in the United States. According […]

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
In China and the World Financial markets 18701-1939: Modern Lessons from Historical Globalization by William Goetzmann, Audrey Ukhov and Ning Zhu, the authors use a historical narrative of China’s financial markets to show how China can improve its modern financial markets (h/t to The Economist, and good luck finding the […]

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In a move thats uncharacteristically Pakistan, President Parvez Musharraf resigned as head of state, bowing to massive domestic and international public pressure against him. While the move probably marks Pakistan’s first chance for a stable political future since 1977, it is also a measure of the Bush administration’s broken foreign policy.
“If I […]

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
Dan Harris at China Law Blog asks some tough questions about China’s lack of a talented point guard:
Is it further evidence of the shortcomings of a planned economy? Does China pull out the great athletes for other sports, leaving only tall people for basketball?
Is it further evidence of a lack […]

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Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog
China and India recently concluded one of the largest yet most closely guarded energy deals in Asia. Last Monday, officials of Shanghai Electric, one of China’s largest mechanical and electrical equipment manufacturing enterprises signed a more than US$1 billion deal with Reliance Infrastructure, India’s largest power utility enterprise, Shanghai Electrics; Zhu Denian, […]

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Submitted by China Economy Watch Blog
China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since 2005 in the second quarter, prompting the yuan’s biggest drop in seven weeks on speculation the government will slow its advance to protect exporters. Gross domestic product rose 10.1 percent from a year earlier, down from 10.6 percent in the first quarter, […]

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Submitted by China Economy Watch Blog
China’s retail sales expanded at the fastest pace in at least nine years in July as incomes and prices climbed in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Sales rose 23.3 percent to 862.9 billion yuan ($126 billion) after gaining 23 percent in June, the statistics bureau said today.

As we can see, […]

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China’s industrial production grew at the slowest pace since February 2007 on weaker export orders and factory shutdowns to clear the air for the Olympic Games. Production rose 14.7 percent in July from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said today, after gaining 16 percent in June.

Weakness in economies around […]

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Submitted by China Economy Watch Blog
China’s factory and property spending growth accelerated in July, fueled by rebuilding after the Sichuan earthquake in May and snowstorms in January and February. Urban fixed-asset investment rose 27.3 percent to 7.22 trillion yuan ($1 trillion) year on year in July, according to the latest data from the Chinese statistics […]

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Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog
Little documented, Asia’s insurance sector has been growing rapidly ever since the region began opening up their markets to foreign players. The recent spate of terrorist attacks in Asia has further prompted many Asian countries to adopt insurance against terrorism.
Globalization is the key source which is bringing about an ‘irreversible transformation’ in […]

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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
A few weeks ago Dan Harris at CLB had a post on the best way to go about developing your “guanxi network,” F-ck China Culture Lessons. Give Me Anthony Bourdain With No Reservations. I totally agree with Dan’s premise that “bon vivantness” is the best way to cross cultural divides. […]

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