communication

Xinhua: Investigation in Progress

justrecently — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:31:00 -0600

Local official: Belgian journalists, villagers scuffle in China’s AIDS zone
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ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — An investigation is in progress into an incident in which three Belgian journalists scuffled with villagers in central China’s AIDS zone on Nov. 27, a provincial government spokesman said on Tuesday. [.....]

Vitaly A. Rubin (1976): Thoughts do not Die

justrecently — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:25:00 -0600

In February 1972, Dr Vitaly A. Rubin, a Senior Research Fellow in Chinese Studies at Moscow’s Institute of Oriental Studies, applied for an exit visa to emigrate to Israel. Rubin was Jewish, educated in the orthodox tradition of his people. Following his visa application, he was pressured into resigning his position at the Institute, his [...]

A Scientific Interview with Hermit the Taoist Dragonfly

justrecently — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:21:00 -0600

JR: Hermit the Taoist Dragonfly is the authoritative expert on issues like Buddhism, Falun Gong, India, imperialism, the righteousness of the Chinese Communist Party, science, Taiwan, Taoism, Tibet, and the calamitous way Western media steer otherwise happy, nice and peaceful people into terrorist madness. Thank you very much for bestowing this opportunity for an interview [...]

Dramatically Increase your Quality and Communication Level with Chinese Factories - Develop a product QC Checklist

China Business Success Stories — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:12:00 -0600

Developing a QC Checklist will have an immediate and dramatic effect on your product quality and the understanding level of your Chinese suppliers. The QC Checklist is basically a written guide for your product’s: contents, packaging, color, barcodes, appearance, possible defects, functions, and special requirements. Such a checklist is generally developed with the assistance of [...]
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Divided Unity

China Business Success Stories — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:26:00 -0600

When talking about meetings in the Netherlands people tend to think about a continuous flow of opinions and the exchange of thoughts about specific subjects. People have meetings to ventilate their own viewpoint, to inform one another about processes or to endorse each other with comments and suggestions.
The Chinese meeting culture operates somewhat…
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Unharmonious Days at the Voice of Germany’s… Update

justrecently — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:16:00 -0600

The following is a translation of an open letter by 49 - or 65 - China scientists *), publicists and politicians in Germany. They refer to an initial open letter written by Chinese dissidents, by German authors et al which is the topic in my post of November 14.
Then follows a link to and a quote from a [...]

Unharmonious Days at the Voice of Germany’s Chinese Service

justrecently — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:26:00 -0600

Chinese dissidents living in Germany wrote an open letter to Germany’s federal parliament, the Bundestag, on September 13. They complained about Germany’s international radio station Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany) and its China coverage.
Their criticism targeted the station’s Chinese service and its then deputy department manager Zhang Danhong. Signed by a number of people from [...]

Foreign Ministry declassifies 1961 - 1965 Records

justrecently — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:42:00 -0600

70% of the foreign ministry’s records dating from 1961 to 1965 have been unclassified and made accessible to the public. That is the biggest share of any set of files having been declassified to date. Chinese nationals and foreigners can access the files at the foreign ministry once they provide a letter of introduction from their [...]

Minimize the maximum price

China Business Success Stories — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:56:00 -0600

Most organizations have more suppliers than buyers. When purchasing a computer, printing brochures, hosting a website, booking a flight, in short, when bringing aids into action for daily management, you are the client.
Negotiating is one of China’s national sports and it is almost surprising that it was not an official part of the 2008 Olympics. [...]
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Update - Zeng Jinyan: May the Almighty Buddha give me Faith

justrecently — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:09:00 -0600

C.A. Yeung wrote another - and probably more accurate - translation of Zeng Jinyan’s blog entry of November 4. It is certainly more comprehensive than mine and includes the status of the letter exchange between Ms Zeng and Mr Hu. It is a good experience for me, still learning the Chinese language, to compare the differences [...]