Other Briefings
China Knocks Rust off Northeast
By Jennifer Wu June 12 – Multi-colored snow art and illuminated ice sculptures greeted visitors from near and far at the Harbin Ice Festival. Held in the capital of Heilongjiang province, the annual festivities bring together everyone from ice sculpture artists and experts to fans and tourists alike. The snow and ice that draws so […]
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 […]
Northern China suffers through worst drought in decades
April 2 – The worst drought northern China has seen in decades is expected to continue this month the country’s weather administration said on Tuesday. The administration forecast little rain in the coming days and stated that water should be set aside for drinking and farming. Much of the northeast, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjing, […]
China commodities exports to slow as domestic economy warms, imports to increase
China developing quietly as worlds largest commodities trading center Mar. 25 – Amidst the on-going rhetoric about China’s trade imbalances, a little understood, but significant revolution is underway – the massive emergence of China as the worlds largest commodities trading center. Global commodities markets have seen prices of goods such as basic fuels, grains and […]
