China

From The Ashes: Observations From Six Weeks Back In China

After seven years in China, then the last six years living in blue-skied California, I’ve been back in China now for six weeks, and I thought I’d share some observations I’ve made (and of course I’m basing all on my

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From The Ashes: Observations From Six Weeks Back In China

After seven years in China, then the last six years living in blue-skied California, I’ve been back in China now for six weeks, and I thought I’d share some observations I’ve made (and of course I’m basing all on my

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Internet Opportunities Knocking Across the Pacific for New MBAs?

I had the pleasure of being part of a panel on the business aspects of the Internet industry in China on Friday during the Wilber K. Woo Greater China Business Conference at UCLA Anderson. I was a last minute sub

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Internet Opportunities Knocking Across the Pacific for New MBAs?

I had the pleasure of being part of a panel on the business aspects of the Internet industry in China on Friday during the Wilber K. Woo Greater China Business Conference at UCLA Anderson. I was a last minute sub

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Google Decides to Throw a Haymaker at China

Google today announced that they will take off the filters from Google.cn in a “what the hell? we might as well go out swinging with head held high” blog post. Whether you think it’s brilliant, courageous and/or desperate (I think

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Google Decides to Throw a Haymaker at China

Google today announced that they will take off the filters from Google.cn in a “what the hell? we might as well go out swinging with head held high” blog post. Whether you think it’s brilliant, courageous and/or desperate (I think

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Was This China’s Decade?

Over the last few weeks, some people have been saying that 2000-2009 was China’s decade, including Fareed Zakaria. China’s acendency was also named the most read news story of the decade. Having spent the majority of this decade in China,

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Was This China’s Decade?

Over the last few weeks, some people have been saying that 2000-2009 was China’s decade, including Fareed Zakaria. China’s acendency was also named the most read news story of the decade. Having spent the majority of this decade in China,

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Expect China’s Citizenry to Embrace Obama

This is Part 2 of my pre-visit thoughts on President Obama’s visit to China next week. In Part 1 I focused on issues, but here I want to talk about why I think that Obama will get a very warm

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Expect China’s Citizenry to Embrace Obama

This is Part 2 of my pre-visit thoughts on President Obama’s visit to China next week. In Part 1 I focused on issues, but here I want to talk about why I think that Obama will get a very warm

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Obama in China, What to Expect – Part 1

  President Barack Obama will make his first trip to China as president on November 16-18, first in Shanghai and then in Beijing. He is the first president to make the trip in his first year in office, and follows

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Obama in China, What to Expect – Part 1

  President Barack Obama will make his first trip to China as president on November 16-18, first in Shanghai and then in Beijing. He is the first president to make the trip in his first year in office, and follows

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China Mobile – Half a Billion Users and Counting

China Mobile announced their third quarter results yesterday, as well as one little, small tidbit of a milestone – they just passed half a billion subscribers. However, even with 508 million users and plans to have 3G networks set up

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China Mobile – Half a Billion Users and Counting

China Mobile announced their third quarter results yesterday, as well as one little, small tidbit of a milestone – they just passed half a billion subscribers. However, even with 508 million users and plans to have 3G networks set up

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China’s GAPP to foreign investors: You Don’t Have Game

China’s GAPP (General Administration of Press and Publication) announced yesterday that foreign investment in China’s online gaming industry won’t be allowed (I presume from this point on and not retroactive). In this case, foreign investment includes foreign entrepreneurs, as the

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China’s GAPP to foreign investors: You Don’t Have Game

China’s GAPP (General Administration of Press and Publication) announced yesterday that foreign investment in China’s online gaming industry won’t be allowed (I presume from this point on and not retroactive). In this case, foreign investment includes foreign entrepreneurs, as the

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