Zhou Tiehai show will be held at Shanghai Moca tonight around 7pm*** *** *** ***Russians, Chinese and British Diamond Dealer Fueling Art Market*** *** *** ***Via Danwei.org:Why shanghai’s ticketmaster went bust*** *** *** ***Shanghai’s...

China's Foreign Exchange Reserve has grown exponentially in the last decade from less than 500 Billion USD to more than 2 Trillion USD. At the same time, however, most of the FX Reserve is in the form of USD. Due to the fact that USD's value has been destabilized in the recent years, it is natural for China government to think of diversifying the reserve. Gold as the ultimate form of value, should be a preferred asset class for diversification. The gold portion in China's FX Reserve has been decreasing steadily from 2% to 1% by 2008.
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I know some countries will not allow entry to people whose passports are within six months of expiring. I know this because it once happened to me, but I cannot remember whether it was Korea or China, or maybe some place else. It was no big deal at the time because I learned of the six month rule before I left the United States and I was able to renew my passport in plenty of time.
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Every so often a US start-up company will contact me with a plan to manufacture in China that involves the Chinese manufacturer producing at a reduced rate until the product can really get off the ground. My response to those plans is always the same:
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I hate it when I have to get all philosophical, but since China Tax Insights has thrown down the gauntlet, I feel I must. What is an international lawyer and what exactly do international lawyers do and what exactly should international lawyers do. Please bear with me here as I swear this post is going to be very relevant to more than just navel gazers and lawyers.

Here goes.
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Every year since CHENGDOO citylife was launched in 2007, we've asked our readers to nominate their favorite places in Chengdu as a way of recognizing the businesses that provide their customers with superior products and services. After all, these are the people and places that enrich our lives in Chengdu, bringing us enjoyment, entertainment, and simple pleasures like warm meals, hot tea, and music to dance to.
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Photos: Ray AllyBottled water sales have dropped in the US due to the recession and consumer concerns about environmental issues of using plastic bottles. This has led manufacturers to look to Asia for growth, where demand for safe hygienic water is rising. The latest brand to enter China is Glacéau’s Vitaminwater, a fruity vitamin enriched [...]
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Ten days ago i passed the 3rd year in Asia. When visiting friends and relatives often people ask: why Asia?We could probably point out in the world map what country interest us and why. We would probably find out certain macro affinity with certain parts of the world.I tried to do it and I see [...]

Can not live without Louis Vuitton, Book, iPod, chewing gum and debit card lah……nor can I live without dessert…and convenience stores, hehe (a new seven-eleven shop has just opened up opposite my apartment, yay!)
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More reading material: a sample translation of the first chapter of Sheng Keyi's Northern Girls.

From the promotional materials we took to Frankfurt 2009:
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Here's factory in the Chinese city of Dongguan that makes laptop chargers, or power supplies as they are sometimes known.

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I was wondering for a while if I should write this post. Should Taiwanese issues be my issues? They are, as a matter of fact. America is involved in “cross-strait” affairs, and any country allied with America is therefore involved to an uncertain extent. I’m also feeling involved because our governments limit our diplomatic and [...]

Ever since the China Media Group's uber-unpopular decision to pull out uber-popular Avatar from 2D screens for Confucius, there have been
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Submitted by GaoZheming on February 8, 2010 - 17:49

This absurd little floater is actually a year old, born when a Facebook status "Happy 牛 Year!" tickled my four-year-old gooberish sense of humor and inspired a poem even worse than this one. Somehow, it all came groaning back to me two nights ago, and strange motivation turned it into more than a poem--a contest!

The Entry: One poem of any reasonable length.

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Now that we have the Yan'an Lu and Renmin Lu and like six other tunnels connecting Puxi and Pudong, it's hard to remember the time when there was only one underground linkage across the Huangpu. But now the Dapu Lu tunnel, which first opened in 1971, has finished its seven-month renovation run and is expected to be fully utilizable by Wednesday. A second tube right next to the existing part will open at the same time. Hopefully this will make traffic a little more bearable around rush hour.
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Edward Lehman, Managing Director of top three Chinese law firm, Lehman, Lee & Xu has been invited to speak at the Asia Pacific 2010 Conference, to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 28, an...

Sometimes, life doesn’t keep the people you love the most by your side. As John left on September 19 for Shanghai, I still spent every workday in the office with Frank, my ex-Chinese boyfriend,...

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This coming Chinese New Year is the year of the tiger. It’s about being bold and adventurous, and taking risks.So, I’d like to be a little bold and offer you a gift of my own: a...

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Before I met Ray Plummer, who manages the Beijing International Ice Hockey League, he sent me a one-line e-mail in response to coming to one of their games: “Drink lots of beer when watching.”

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-I heard many people wonder this past week whether Luga’s Villa would — as advertised — have NFL cheerleaders at its Super Bowl party. Not just cheerleaders, mind you, but 100-percent real live genuine authentic NFL ones issued with ISO-9000 approved pompoms. It did.The interesting thing is the cheerleaders wore little and were attractive but [...]

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