Tag Archives: China

Chinese economy surpasses Japan

China is now the world’s second largest economy after it surpassed Japan, according to numbers released Monday (today).  Experts are estimating that it will surpass the U.S. by 2030. Two thoughts: 1. The article says, Economists say that China’s economy … Continue reading

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Rent a White Guy

Man, the price of Whiteness is skyrocketing through the roof these days! According to CNN, companies in China are seeking to boost their appeal by hiring White actors to masquerade as executives. Zatkin was paid 2,000 yuan (about $300) to … Continue reading

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China Strikes

No, “China Strikes” is not the subheading of the new Red Dawn remake.  I’m talking about the recent labor demonstrations in China that just fizzled out this morning when Honda responded by advertising open positions and getting scabs to break … Continue reading

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Institutional Power and Censorship

The NY Times had an interesting article a few days ago: How Chinese Censorship Affects Writers in the West.  It talks about how China’s influence is growing so large that writers, even those in the West, are censoring themselves out … Continue reading

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24 Million Bride Shortage

I’ve seen this CNN story around the blogosphere, but I first caught wind of it at the Anti-Social Ladder.  Read it here: China Faces 24 M Bride Shortage by 2020. I’ve written about this before.  It’s the same issue–the one-child … Continue reading

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Chinese Language School

Thanks, AlphaAsian, for posting this video.  The video is about how education in the Chinese language is critical for Americans to learn about the world.  20% of the world lives in China, and as the experts say, it’s the most … Continue reading

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Google Threatens to Pull Out of China

I’m a day late on this one, but I wanted to weigh in.  After a cyberattack that looks like it was intended to hack the gmail accounts of Chinese dissidents, Google has threatened to pull its operations from China.  See … Continue reading

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China Becomes #1 Car Market and #1 Export Nation

China in 2009 overtook the United States as the world’s biggest car market (thanks, King!).  It’s huge.  Never in history has any country surpassed the American car market.  This is great news for China, horrible news for the environment, and … Continue reading

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China Luring Scientists Back Home

Saw this interesting article in the NY Times: Fighting Trend, China is Luring Scientists Home.  Many Chinese scientists, rather than staying in the U.S. to do their research, are heading back home to China.  The dude in the picture above … Continue reading

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China's Green Power

Apparently China is way ahead of the United States in implementing green power.  Many of the changes taking place now in our federal government have already been enacted in China, and China is poised to be the #1 market in … Continue reading

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