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Amazing Buildings: Shanghai Style
2007-12-17 16:17:00
Following the post of a Youtube series highlighting some of Bejing’s architectural wonders, I went out and found a couple of clips on the World Financial Tower. China’s tallest building, this structure has taken more than a decade to build. the Asia crisis stopped it, there were multiple design changes, and a little hole at ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Amazing Buildings : Shanghai Style ", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/17/amazing-buildings-shangha i-style/" });
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Kipinger: The Top 10 Things Every Investor Should Know About U.S.-China Rel
2007-12-16 08:16:00
Joseph Quinlan has written a very interesting piece where he debunks a lot of the myths that Americans hear about the deficit, American FDI into China , and the RMB. According to Quinlan, these are the things everyone should know (Note: I have cut his article quite a bit to pull out keys to his argument and ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Kipinger: The Top 10 Things Every Investor Should Know About U.S.-China Relations", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/16/kipinger-the-top-10-thing s-every-investor-should-know-about-us-chi na-relations/" });
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China?s Chang?An Releases Hybrid Car
2007-12-15 18:08:00
the Shanghai Daily, and others, reported yesterday that the Chang’an group has put out the nation’s first hybrid car, and that it is to hit the streets next year. Not a surprise to me, I find China ’s drive for energy efficient products to be one that will show them to be true innovators and leaders in ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "China’s Chang’An Releases Hybrid Car", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/15/chinas-changan-releases-h ybrid-car/" });
More About: Investment , Hybrid car , Sustainable Development

Danone Throws in The Towel? I mean, Gives Wahaha One Last Chance
2007-12-14 20:55:00
When zong first threw the Trademark Arbitration in Hangzhou curveball I realized that we were in for an intereting process…. and then when Zong won in Hangzhou last week, I asked the question what the impact of the Hangzhou ruling would be on the rest of the lawsuits on my previous post OMG. Wahaha ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Danone Throws in The Towel… I mean, Gives Wahaha One Last Chance ", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/14/danone-throws-in-the-towe l-i-mean-gives-wahaha-one-last-chance/" });
More About: The Big Picture , Anon

Committee 100: American and Chinese Attitudes Toward Each Other
2007-12-14 20:47:00
Before taking off for holiday, I was passed the link to American and Chinese Attitudes Toward Each Other by Committee of 100.. and it is one of the best documents I have read all year. with 20 pages of Key Findings (PDF) (Full Report (PDF) is just under 90 pages), there is a lot ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Committee 100: American and Chinese Attitudes Toward Each Other", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/14/committee-100-american-an d-chinese-attitudes-toward-each-other/" });
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Product Toxicity and China: Insights for Investors
2007-12-12 18:49:00
Focusing on the difficulties of transparency within the supply chain, Melissa Brown of Association for Responsible and Sustainable Investment in Asia (ASRiA) sat down for an interview covering a lot of the angles surrounding the integrity of supply chains in China . I highly suggest taking your lunch break to watch the 15 minute clip, and then ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Product Toxicity and China: Insights for Investors ", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/12/product-toxicity-and-chin a-insights-for-investors/" });
More About: Trade , Quality Control

There Is a Sucker Born Every Minute
2007-12-12 02:36:00
That is a famous quote by PT Barnum, and perhaps it is a phrase that best sums up how a foreigner can find himself paying 675USD for coffee on Nanjing Road. and while I largely try to stay away from stories that do not follow a business line, or more importantly deal with old men and ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "There Is a Sucker Born Every Minute ", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/11/there-is-a-sucker-born-ev ery-minute/" });
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OMG. Wahaha Won Round #1 of Hangzhou Arbitration
2007-12-11 09:17:00
Danone says Wahaha trademark ruling illegal I just picked this up from the Shanghai Daily, and while I am not surprised….I am stunned.Like I said in a couple of posts before, it is clear that someone dropped the ball in getting this trademark transfered, and it is only now that they are fully realizing the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "OMG. Wahaha Won Round #1 of Hangzhou Arbitration", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/11/omg-wahaha-won-round-1-of -hangzhou-arbitration/" });
More About: Regulation , Investment , The Big Picture

Clampdown Driven by an Unmentionable Fear
2007-12-11 05:14:00
I am not sure what you thought when you read this title, but for me it was either another round of NGO closures were coming, or consumers were turning away from Made in China during the Christmas season. As it turns out though, this article written by ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Clam pdown Driven by an Unmentionable Fear ", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/10/clampdown-driven-by-an-un mentionable-fear/" });
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China Logistics: Its On The Road, Not In The Air
2007-12-11 02:43:00
For anyone in the logistics industry, the title will not come as a shock.  It is something I have writeen on a few times, and is the basis of a few reports that I have written, but more than anything there are a few things that are common knowledge in China ’s logistics industry: 1) With the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "China Logistics : Its On The Road , Not In The Air", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/10/china-logistics-its-on-th e-road-not-in-the-air/" });
More About: On The Road , Trucking

Fuel Crisis 101, Why RMB Revaluation is Good, Why Trucks Are Bad, and Metal
2007-12-10 09:36:00
The Game-Playing Behind China?s Fuel Crisis I wrote a post entitled China is running out of Gas… Literally a while ago, and this week I found an excellent piece of analysis on the crisis. Written by Yingling Liu at the Worldwatch Institute, this pieces lays out what is happening behind the scenes, and what ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fuel Crisis 101, Why RMB Revaluation is Good , Why Trucks Are Bad, and Metal Rock China", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/10/fuel-crisis-101-why-rmb-r evaluation-is-good-and-metal-rock-china/" });

Wanna Know More About Xian?s Logistics Challenges?
2007-12-09 09:38:00
Read more World Bank Project briefs. It really is interesting where one finds up to date information about industries in China , but while performing some research on second tier cities in China, I cam across an interesting project proposal from the WB called Xi?an Sustainable Urban Transport Project. Peaking my interest, I downloaded it (here) and found ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Wanna Know More About Xian ’s Logistics Challenges?", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/09/wanna-know-more-about-xia ns-logistics-challendges/" });
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China 2008: What If, What Else, and What Are The Odds
2007-12-08 16:28:00
During 2007, China changed a lot. There were new regulations, a strengthening RMB, consumers starting voicing their opinion, the Hu Wen Administration implemented numerous new LARGE regulations that affected everyone doing business in China… and I am pulling them together to see what is next. Spawned from my curiosity and inability to stop thinking in worst ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "China 2008: What If, What Else, and What Are The Odds", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index .php/2007/12/08/china-2008-what-if-what-e lse-and-what-are-the-odds/" });
More About: Regulation , Investment , Trade , Manufacturing

Ambassador Alan Holmer on China, the SED, and US-China Relations
2007-12-06 15:31:00
Just uploaded a few hours ago, Global Atlanta has just posted an excellent two part Youtube conversation between their reporter Trevor Williams and Alan Holmer on the current state of U.S. China relations, the role of SED (Strategic Economic Dialogue), and some of the issues they are addressing. What surprised me a bit was the fact ...
More About: Trade , Relations , Export

Warner Brothers Closes Nanjing West Road Store
2007-12-06 10:38:00
In yet another retail fatality, I am sorry to announce that the WB store is officially gone. Cut down to half the size a year or so ago, this store has been rumored to be on the brink for a while now… and it was just that time. Unfortunately, the WB store is not the ...
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Seed Article: Go West, Young Scientist
2007-12-05 18:53:00
A big optimist on the potential of West ern China , I was recently interviewed for an article in this months SEED Magazine entitled Go West Young Scientist . The author has done a great job of looking at some of the other opportunities (outside of my traditional scope) and hope you will enjoy it.
More About: Investment , Article

Are You Long or Short on WalMart? - Part 2
2007-12-05 10:38:00
As a follow up to my post in November Are You Long or Short on WalMart?, MSNBC is now reporting 35 percent of toys contain lead. According to this report, the Center for Health, Environment and Justice and groups in 9 states performed Tests on more than 1,200 children?s products, most of them still on store shelves, ...
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Oh Christmas Tree.. Oh christmas Tree.. Oh?? What?s A Christmas Tree
2007-12-05 06:24:00
Just stumbled onto an article in the USA Today Home Depot at home in China for holidays (via Blogging Stocks) . To say the least, Home Depot had a difficult time getting into the market.  they had several failed merger attempts, several management turnovers, and in the end paid a tidy sum to take up ...
More About: Christmas , Tree , Christmas tree

iTalki Launches Their New Site
2007-12-04 17:37:00
Last year, I wrote a post entitled Websites: Online Tools for Chinese Language for readers who were in need of resources in learning Mandarin. Well, I am happy to announce that my good friends over at italki have literally just released their update, and it looks fantastic! One of the best platforms I have seen to date ...
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The China Way, Solar?s Future Potential, Pointing Fingers, and Expensing Lu
2007-12-04 09:37:00
“The” way vs “a” way (Japan v China dept) and James Fallows Turns On His Television Set James Fallows putes together an  interesting of how things are done in Japan vs. China. In seeing the China picture, I just wonder if consuming jet fuel on a regular business qould qualify oneself for workers comp… and ...
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Chengdu?s Newz: A Lot of Investments, Some of Them ?Green?
2007-12-04 06:21:00
?No. 35 Hongxing Road?, most potential investment zone for creation It was learned on November 15 that during the Beijing International Cultural Creative Industry Exposition held days ago, Chengdu?s ?No.35 Hongxing Road? Cultural Creation Industrial Zone had been selected among numerous candidate zones and granted solely the great reward of ?2007 China?s most potential investment zone ...
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Five Provinces Get New Leaders
2007-12-03 09:33:00
Several years ago, while working with my old firm, I was working on a project with the Xuhui government. As part of this project and others, I met on Several occasions Mayor Sun Chao - who at the time was one of the most progressive politicians in China . Our first meeting was perhaps ...
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Yangtze River Bank Caves In
2007-12-02 23:22:00
Just saw this come off my Reuters RSS Stretch of China’s Yangtze river caves in, where it looks like a few hundred meters of the shore decided to decouple itself and move a few warehouses into the water. Cranes too. Xinhua cited a local official as saying the collapse could have been caused by a ...
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Every Two Containers in the Pacific, One is From China
2007-12-02 23:01:00
They say a picture says a thousand words, but this article just says one. WOW. and if that wasn’t enough, aparently they are also manufacturing 90% of the containers as well. According to Xu Zuyuan, vice-minister of communications “The contribution of the container industry to the global economy is no less than that of the Internet in modern times” To ...
More About: China , Pacific , Logistics

Misguided Pressure Tactics in China
2007-12-02 08:04:00
During my 4.5 years in Shanghai, I have spent a lot of time on real estate. I have never been an agent, but I have assisted clients find retail, residential commercial, and industrial space to rent or buy. I have worked with Funds, with global 100, and with SMEs… and if there is one thing ...
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China Agrees to Remove Subsidies
2007-12-01 20:43:00
In what appears to be a victory for the US side, the NY Times is reporting that China has agreed to remove a dozen subsidies on WTO disputed products. In reading the article though, and then reading Susan Schwab’s notes in PDF here, it appears to me that the USTR is looking at this on a ...
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Jim Jubak on China?s Future if the US Economy Sinks
2007-11-29 12:34:00
Here is an excellent clip of Jim Jubak on some macroeconomic things to consider. you may remember that I covered a piece of his on logistics last year, and like that piece, he has some things that I agree and disagree with. Currently working on a few posts to address some of the underlying issues ...
More About: Economy , China , Future , Trade , Sinks

Top of City Relocated Citizens Hit Paydirt
2007-11-28 18:43:00
To make way for all of the new shiny buildings in Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities, it more often than not will involve the relocation of existing residents. There are dozens of stories in the press about citizens getting the short end of the stick in land grabs, and there have been a few famous ...
More About: Real Estate , Investment , City , The Big Picture , Loca

China?s Ports to Play Fair.. with Each Other
2007-11-27 20:42:00
In any developing economy, there is a feeling that one must take advantage of any opportunity. for China ’s part money has flowed into nearly ever sector of the economy from domestic and foreign investors.. From a manufacturing perspective, the same mentality also exists. Manufacturers will cut to the bone to get business, and there ...
More About: Shanghai , Play , Fair , Logistics

China?s Economy is Running Out of Gas: Update
2007-11-27 09:48:00
Last month, lines at the pumps started to form as a gas shortage and fuel tax hit the market. It was a topic I covered in the post China ?s Economy is Running Out of Gas? Literally, and I have seen a number of newspaper and TV based reports on the problem since. as part of his ...
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