Monthly Archives: December 2008

The Alibaba E-Commerce Empire

“I want to influence others, not let others influence me.” – Jack Ma Take a good look at the face in this picture. If there is one Chinese Internet company CEO that you need recognize it is Jack Ma, founder … Continue reading

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China’s Exports Decline for First Time in 7 Years

Bloomberg.com/December 10, 2008 China’s exports fell for the first time in seven years, more evidence that recessions in the U.S., Europe and Japan are driving the world’s fourth-largest economy into a slump. Exports declined 2.2

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What happened to Beijing’s hutongs?

The image above (brought to us by Michael) shows what once was a traditional hutong community that has been demolished in preparation for future urban builiding projects. Beijing used to be full of hutong communities before the construction boom

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Quick Observation: Virtual Currency Leads To Real World Ad Revenue For This Chinese Web Company

帮忙找骗我4000块钱的女的(120000MP) (Help me find the woman who cheated me out of 4000RMB (120000MP reward) Over the course of my research for last week’s post on renrou sousuo I came

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Cultural preferences for entertainment make China’s beer market #1

SMASH! Beer seeps through the fabric and in an instant my pants and socks are soaked. I look to my right and a red-faced balding Chinese man with a double chin begins to apologize as though he had just committed … Continue reading

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Paulson’s China Trip Leaves Big Issues Unresolved

The New York Times/December 5, 2008 BEIJING — There was an agreement to make it easier for foreign banks to trade bonds in China. There were memorandums on energy conservation. And there was the creation of a formal partnership to … Continue reading

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Key Observations From The Blogosphere

Inside Observers Silicon Hutong, “Speak, Baidu, Speak.” Unless Baidu can demonstrate to advertisers that it is improving its search product faster than Google is, that it continues to deliver better and more meaningful search results, and that

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Is China Experiencing Dollar Outflows?

Seeking Alpha/December 3,2003/Michael Pettis The government was actively buying stocks Wednesday and as a result, not surprisingly, the market surged on hopes that they are serious about putting an end to the bear market. After declining Tuesday b

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Fleshing Out The Truth: Chinese netizens unite to deliver their own form of justice

“Yesterday after work I went online and took part in renrou sousuo. The girl’s boyfriend cheated on her while she was away on vacation in Hong Kong, so she posted all of his personal information on her blog. He deserves … Continue reading

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