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by Maltesen via Flickr Environmental lawyer Charlie McElwee tries to makes sense out of China's emission targets for 2020 ahead of the Copenhagen summit, and is not happy, he writes in his weblog. A carbon specific goal that will drive carbon emission measurement capacity building, so far so good; the bad news is the notable margin isn’t nearly notable enough. As stated above, given China’s

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Image via Wikipedia For China's ruling class, climate change is seen as an imminent threat that should be dealt with very fast, professor Andrew Leung told SolveClimate.com ahead of the coming climate conference in Kopenhagen. It tough 2020 emission targets should be seen from that perspective: a severe security risk. “In the West, when we refer to climate change, it is in the context of a

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by Fantake via Flickr Despite its predicted 8 percent economic growth, China is still facing a crucial time, tells Arthurs Kroeber the Australian Inquisitr.  “The Global Financial Crisis has accelerated the impetus for change, with different regions within China responding in different ways, Mr Kroeber said. “Sustained recovery now depends on the strength of property and infrastructure investment

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Howard French by Fantake via Flickr The prestigious Columbia Journalism Review has been publishing a two part interview with Howard French, former foreign correspondent for the New York Times in both Tokyo and Shanghai on how the US media got it wrong when they reported Barack Obama's recent trip to Asia and especially China as a horse-race. The observations have more to do with the news culture

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The China Speakers Bureau has published its November newsletter and you can read it here. Some of the subjects we cover: economic alarm bells keep on ringing despite high economic growth in 2009. And Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via Flickr how, despite a new European minister of foreign affairs, the US still keeps on dominating the global debate on China. And our number one most-sought speaker: Kaiser

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'Wrong' by jmtimages via Flickr Leading economists like Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and even US president Barack Obama pushed China to revalue its currency, the Renminbi. Shaun Rein explains in Forbes why strengthening the Chinese currency even more - it went already up 20 percent - is not going to help the United States, or anybody else.

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Barbie via Wikipedia The famous doll Barbie was received with many cheers as its groundbreaking store opened in Shanghai earlier this year. But Barbie has been missing its target as it seems to appeal more to the Americans than to the Shanghainese, a problem that sounds very familiar for more foreign brands that try to enter the China market. Retail guru Paul French tells toy giant Mattel might

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The questions sounds logical for a China Speakers Bureau: do you have Chinese speakers from China? The simple answer is yes. But for those who are familiar with China and its opinion leaders might know that our 'yes' is not unconditional. Earlier this year we got a request from a shipping company who wanted an English speaking Chinese Olympic sporter for a motivational speech. In this kind of

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Still no.1 via Wikipedia When you are reading these words, two historical events might be over. First, and you might have noticed that one, is the first visit of US president Barack Obama to China. The second one, many of you might not have noticed, but Europe might have its first minister of foreign affairs. While Europe getting its first president and formal representative in the rest of the

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Image by Fantake via Flickr Compared to the rich in the developed nations, China's well-to-do are relatively young, tells Rupert Hoogewerf, composer of the Hurun rich list, the New York Times. Typically, a Chinese individual worth $150 million or more is about 50 years old — about 15 years younger than someone in that category in Britain or the United States, Mr. Hoogewerf said. The average age

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by Fantake via Flickr As the trip by US president Obama to China comes near, our Shaun Rein continues in Forbes to debunk common myths the outside world might have about China. Earlier he took on three business myths, today focuses on the Chinese genes that prescribe a high saving rate and the one-child policy. A large majority of the Chinese not only support the policies of their government, but

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China-hand Paul French sounds a bit amazed as his discovers that efforts to cut back China's tradition of corruption in public tenders actually seems to work out. In the Ethical Corporation: More than one foreign company has found themselves (let’s be charitable here) unwittingly involved in a dodgy deal. But perhaps no more. China’s ministry of supervision has introduced a new system of

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Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr Political scientist Victor Shih is only halfway through a project finding out how huge China's financial rescue package has actually been, but he is already worried. Not that China's collapse is imminent, but the country has invested a far larger percentage of its GDP into saving the economy, compared to other countries. In his weblog: it would be mistaken to

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Sam Flemming by Fantake via Flickr Chinese domain names have been written untill recently in Latin letters, but although officially now Chinese and other non-Latin characters are possible in url's, there is not real eagerness to use that possibility, despite governmental encouragement, says Sam Flemming in PC World. Domains in Chinese script could appeal mainly to users who are elderly or live in

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Shanghai via Wikipedia Without government action, China is heading for a housing bubble by the second half of 2010, tells Arthur Kroeber Radio Australia. Many people see investment in housing property as their retirement fund. Arthur Kroeber: Housing is really the focus because there really isn't an effective pension system in China so individuals think of investments in property as their best

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Image by Fantake via Flickr Media expert Jeremy Goldkorn saw his website Danwei blocked, but the seasoned business man did not panic, although he lost 30 percent of his traffic overnight, he tells the CIB Magazine. And, although recognized as a successful entrepreneur,  it does not mean he is making big bucks: Despite these numbers, the website still loses money every month (Goldkorn describes

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Image via Wikipedia Apple's partner China Unicom sold since its 30 October debut only 5,000 iPhones, while some market analysts predicted a sale of millions. Shaun Rein explains in Forbes how Apple and China Unicom had it all wrong and how they can save the iPhone by changing strategies fast. When the official iPhone launched, its cracked edition was already very popular and had actually been

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Paul French by Fantake via Flickr Retail expert Paul French comes in Forbes with a few reasons why in the epic battle between French giant Danone and its now former China partner Wahaha, the CEO of Wahaha Zong Qinghou comes out as the winner.  Just as in the case of many more foreign companies in China, their Chinese counterparts (competitors, partners or the fatal combination of both) seem to be

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William Overholt by Fantake via Flickr Has US manufacturing moved to China, asks Bloomberg a group of experts. No, manufacturing is alive and kicking in the US, says also William Overholt. Manufacturers are doing more with less people, but... Still, the idea that job losses mean U.S. manufacturing has hollowed out is a “myth,” said William Overholt, a senior research fellow at Harvard University

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Image by Fantake via Flickr A great speech by Kaiser Kuo earlier this month at the University of Nebraska, addressing the Sino-US relations and how the internet plays an growing role. Few people outside China have an idea how the largest group of internet users, the Chinese, are using their newly-found freedom. You can find the link here. The speech, Shouting Across the Chasm: Chinese and

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Shaun Rein takes the stage again in Forbes, debunking three myths about (business in) China that are no longer true and perhaps never have been. 1. China's economy is export-led 2. China has a limitless supply of cheap labor. 3, Connections are everything One the second point he argues that retaining talent has become more important than ever (and then we do not talk about the thousands of

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William Bao Bean by Fantake via Flickr William Bao Bean, partner at the Softbank China-India Holdings, gives a thorough overview on how the travel industry in China is developing online. With the Beijing Olympics over and the Shanghai Worldexpo coming, infrastructure in hotels and other tourist facilities have increased dramatically, although profits have plunged. The strongest digital companies,

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Shenzhen via Wikipedia In Shenzhen today ChiNext, the Nasdaq-style stock exchange, was launched to provide smaller and middle size companies with capital. An excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs, Hurun publisher Rupert Hoogewerf tells Reuters.  'The biggest challenge for (China's) entrepreneurs ... was how to raise their first capital,' said Rupert Hoogewerf, publisher of the Hurun Rich List.

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Forget China's older generation via Wikipedia Shaun Rein is giving foreign retailers a crash course on who to target among the Chinese consumers and what the dangers are, in Forbes. They should forget about the Chinese equivalent of the baby boomers, the older generation will not start spending even when health care and pension systems are in place. Shaun Rein: The typical Chinese retiree has

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Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr China's bean counters have been reporting enthusiastic economic growth of even 8.9 percent in the third quarter, but our own analyst Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics is not yet convinced,he tellls DNA. "The quality of the growth stinks." The government looks set to meet and perhaps exceed its 8% growth target for the full year, but "we find it hard to share in

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