Other Briefings
Tianjin Cements Its Position as Beijing’s Port City
Aug. 21 – In our third look at Olympic cities, we focus on Tianjin, Beijing’s next door neighbor, and a powerful city in its own right. Second only to Beijing and Shanghai, Tianjin is deserving of its own provincial status; the local government here reports to the central government, not a provincial one. The […]
Blue Skies and White Sails: Olympic Events Drawing Investor Attention to Qingdao
Aug. 19 – Qingdao, the ex-German treaty port, is now in the heart of its own Olympics events as it hosts the yachting races and speed trials for the Beijing Summer Games. Hampered somewhat by the seasonal lack of wind—some days racing has had to be canceled, and events left potentially open to just […]
Beijing’s Olympic GDP Surge
BEIJING, Aug. 7 – Beijing’s gross domestic product is expected to break the RMB1 trillion mark this year thanks to its hosting of the Olympic Games, said the deputy director of the city’s development and reform commission. Wang Haiping, deputy director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission said that the Games had kept Beijing’s […]
TEDA Takes Advantage of Improved Links to Beijing
TIANJIN, Aug. 5 – Under Tianjin’s current campaign for development, plans are underway to launch accelerated industry enhancement, improve scientific and technological innovation, and enhance the local living standard and overall domestic economy. As a key player, the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area (TEDA) is reforming the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA), located on […]
Battling Persistent Haze, Beijing Commences Cloud Seeding
BEIJING, July 29 – The dull boom of shells being fired in the layers of smog hanging the city echoed through streets around midnight last night as Chinese meteorologists attempted to improve the air over Beijing. A battery of artillery fired shells into the air for about 30 minutes, giving rise to occasional lightning. The […]
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 […]
