Category Archives: China

Employee, Consumer, and Investor

As an employee, you work for a company and receive pay. As a consumer, you spend money and receive goods and services. If you have savings, you invest and hope for a good return. How you play these roles pretty … Continue reading

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Sun's Best Kept Secret (is out)

Throughout my tenure at the security post, I never quite figured out why is Trusted Solaris so esoteric. This lesser known operating system can give your enterprise a competitive edge and it is absolutely available to everyone in the world. … Continue reading

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China Business Summit

World Economic Forum (WEF) came to China again. This year, it established a permanent office here in Beijing. The summit took over two floors in China World Hotel and lasted 2 days. Like all good conferences, those events not on … Continue reading

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Cultural Revolution's Effect on China Talent Pool

Senior talents, those with 10+ years of relevant experience, are so hard to find in China. Cultural Revolution From 1966 to 1976, China suffered the famed cultural revolution. The ferocious intensity on thought control stopped the country from anything else. … Continue reading

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The bursting of the China bubble

Or not. China is to slow down. She must. The inability to do so will bring dire consequences, including a Great Depression like social disaster that topples governments. USA GDP for 2005 is about 12.36 trillions dollars, more than 5 … Continue reading

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China Driver's License

What a man wouldn't do to earn the right to gloat? Yes, I passed on the first try. A China driver's license now bears my name. What's the big deal? Millions have license to drive. Even my 16-year is about … Continue reading

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Trees in TianAnMen Sq.

Around the famed TianAnMen square, Beijing government is replacing the trees — all 160 of them. Yep. Trees. The old trees never grew well, said the city officials. Few died and many are sick or weak. This does not look … Continue reading

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QQ: a Car Story

Chery (奇瑞), a car manufacturer in China, introduced this tiny gem in 2002. The key reason for its wild success is the whopping 40,000 price — no, not in US dollars, China Yuan (or RMB). That's US$5k. For this price, … Continue reading

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