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Board Games – a Growing Trend in China
China’s white collar workers and college students have found a new way to spend after-work and leisure time with friends by playing board games. Board game clubs, cafes, and bars are opening throughout...
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Shark in a River: How Taobao Beat eBay in China
Years ago, while eBay’s EachNet still reigned supreme in China’s online auction circuit, Alibaba’s Jack Ma, founder of then newcomer Taobao, had this to say: “eBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I am...
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Bloody Delicacy: The Shark Fin Industry in Japan and China
Shark’s fin is one delicacy that simply refuses to die, global outrage notwithstanding. In July 2010, British freelance photographer Alex Hofford spent two days documenting the unabashed attack against...
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Food Safety Issue Again; This time: Trans Fat
The past few decades have been very good to China. Economic progress since the late 1970s has brought prosperity at breakneck speed to China’s doorsteps. Although the improvement remains uneven...
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The Chinese High Speed Train: a Double Edged Sword?
On December 3rd, 2010, a Chinese train reached the speed of 486 kilometers per hour (302 mph) during its test run for the wait-listed line connecting Beijing and Shanghai, the two biggest metropolitan...
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From Legend to Lenovo
In our old post, we discussed how companies of China are changing their brand name in effort for their global expansion. Today, let’s talk more about the legendary Lenovo story. As most of us already...
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Micro-blogging War in China
It is already a cliché now to argue that Twitter has become one of the landmark changes brought by Internet-based communications. With more and more companies in the United States using or planning to...
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Shanghai Disney Resort – Competition and Concerns in China
The Shanghai Disney Resort, the 24.5 billion RMB (3.8 billion USD) investment to bring Mickey Mouse and its entertainment world to China, will become one of the key projects for the city of Shanghai,...
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Open Sesame: Alibaba and the Alipay Controversy
In the ensuing controversy over Alipay – China’s largest third-party payment system – is the problem a result of internal conflict, or a result of complicated regulations in China’s budding capitalist...
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“Balanced” Faces, Blood Type, and Zodiac Signs: China’s Weirdest Job...
When it comes to weird job requirements, China definitely takes the cake. In the midst of a booming economy, job seekers are discovering that their diplomas from China’s most prestigious universities...
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