China and the World « Week In China - Part 31

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China and the World

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Chinese businesses are heading home from overseas
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

The ‘China Rising’ literary genre sells a lot of business books, especially in airports. You will be familiar with many of the themes – that the global axis is tilting inexorably to the east, that Mandarin is our future commercial lingua ...

Rocket launch reignites debate over China’s relations with North Korea
Apr 9, 2009 (WiC 10)

China recognised Korea as a tributary state as far back as 1392, and the two countries’ relationship through history has been characterised by some as that of elder brother to younger sibling. Old habits die hard. So some are asking why, in ...

Why African traders have made a beeline for China
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

Despite news that it will soon be possible to use mobile phones in-flight, it is still almost second nature for most passengers to shut down their handsets in the departure lounge. But how about having to switch off 250 of them? This is about ...

Trade relationships flower in the Saudi desert
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Ferdinand von Richthofen, an uncle of the illustrious Red Baron (the First World War fighter pilot), has his own claim to fame. In 1877 he introduced the Seidenstrasse or Silk Road to the modern lexicon. In doing so he inadvertently consolidated ...

Making some sense of China’s response to foreign criticism
Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2)

A Cambridge University lecture hall might not seem the most obvious location for the witnessing of a “despicable act”. Nevertheless, Chinese state media formally acknowledged last week’s throwing of a shoe at visiting Premier Wen Jiabao as ...

Obama and the China trade deficit
Feb 6, 2009 (WiC 1)

Four is an unlucky number in China, so folklore might suggest that the 44th US president could be a doubly unfortunate one. With the early crackle of tension in the air surrounding Sino-US trade relations, Obama will be hoping not to tempt fate ...

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