Other Briefings
Beijing Opens Subway Lines in Preparation for Olympics
BEIJING, July 21 – Beijing opened three new subway lines on Saturday to facilitate better transportation during the upcoming Olympics. The opening of the new metro lines represents yet another effort to combat the notoriously polluted air of the capital before the Games start in August. The city has already enacted numerous efforts as to […]
IRS to Open Office in Beijing
BEIJING, July 6 – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is opening an office and place an attaché within the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The office, which will open “by the end of the 2008 fiscal tax year” according to Barry Shott, the deputy commissioner for the large and midsize business division, will focus on the […]
July/August Issue of China Briefing Out Now
July 1 – The July/August issue of China Briefing magazine is out now and available for download (click on the image – subscription required, however this is complimentary). In this issue, we take an in-depth look at Beijing, concentrating on the reemergence of the capital as the nation’s financial center. The development of Beijing’s Financial […]
A City Off Balance, Beijing Moves West of Tiananmen
BEIJING, June 12 – Beijing has seen massive development in the last 20 years. International five-star hotels, Oriental plaza, Wangfujing, the central business district, SoHo, the Shangri-La-owned China World Complex, and many others area of note, all have sprung up on the east side of the city. All of this development on the east side […]
Beijing Enters Lock-Down Mode as Olympics Nears
June 6 – Although many of the regulations concerning the registration of foreign visitors to China have been in place for decades, the actual enforcement of these often draconian measures now being employed has not been seen in China since the late 1980s. This, compounded by seemingly erratic treatment of business visa applications and coupled […]
Go Beijing PR campaign launched
BEIJING, April 17 – A group of enterprising editors have launched an all out PR campaign to drum up excitement and support for the coming Olympic Games in Beijing this August. After weeks the Olympic torch relay placing China and its international policies being placed squarely at the center of what has become in many […]
Young Presidents Organization – Beijing chapter event
Doing business in China – Who’s who of China-based entrepreneurs lined up to talk BEIJING, April 15 – The Young Presidents Organization, Beijing Chapter are holding a three day seminar at the Beijing Raffles Hotel from Sunday, April 20th – Tuesday April 22nd. Featuring some of China’s best known entrepreneurs and successful businessmen, the event […]
Review: Beijing Capital Airport’s Terminal Three
BEIJING, April 9 – Beijing Capital Airport’s new Terminal Three opened to passenger traffic on March 26. Designed by Sir Norman Foster’s architectural practice Foster & Partners, the Dutch airport planners NACO and engineered by Arup, the new terminal is expected to handle the massive increase in passengers expected for the 2008 Olympics and China’s […]
