A new world under one Heaven Asia Times | By Francesco Sisci | Part 1: | BEIJING - Globalization in the West started with the Greeks - with the Anabasis told by Xenophon, a disciple of Socrates. Then, 10,000 Greek mercenaries marched to Persia to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try to take the throne from Artaxerxes. This occurred b...
China sticks to its guns on emissions ahead of G8 meet Turkish Press | Steam drifts from a power plant in Beijing in late February. The country has said it is eager to discuss "long-term goals" on fighting climate change at the G8 summit but stuck to its position that rich nations must lead on reducing greenhouse gas emissions | (AFP/File) | China said Thursday it wa...
Steiff moves teddy bear production from China to Germany The Times | The world's most famous teddy bear is turning its back on China as Steiff moves to take production of its plush animals back to Germany. | Steiff is rejecting globalisation to keep the fur gleaming on the world's poshest bears. Fed up with poor wor...
Steiff's decision is barely believable The Times | For you, teddy, the globalisation is over. Steiff's decision to repatriate the manufacture of its teddy bears from China back to Germany is a small but striking reversal of the globalisation process. | In the space of a few years, China has achieve...
China Moves to Stem Influx of 'Hot Money' Wall Street Journal | BEIJING -- China is toughening the enforcement of its capital controls, seeking to stem the surging fund inflows that are complicating the government's fight against inflation. But a planned system for monitoring funds brought in by exporters will ...
Ping An Plunges on Tax-Probe Worries Wall Street Journal | SHANGHAI -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China on Thursday dismissed speculation it is being investigated for tax irregularities, but its shares extended losses from the previous session. | In addition, renewed concerns about Ping An's planned ...
Magnificent Venus on the verge of fifth Wimbledon success after disposing of Dementieva Hong Kong Standard Venus Williams moved to within one win of a fifth Wimbledon singles title after beating Russia's Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) in the semi- finals yesterday. | //--> Friday, July 04, 2008 | Venus Williams moved to within one win of a fifth Wimbledo...
Citibank plays Thai card Hong Kong Standard Reporters were excited to see Citibank Hong Kong's new credit card offering yesterday. But they were even more excited to line up for a Thai massage booth the lender had set up in honor of the launch. | //--> Friday, July 04, 2008 | Reporters were ex...
Basic simplicity Hong Kong Standard A meal of Peking Duck in China could make you feel like a kidnap victim. If you are a frequent business traveler, you might share my sentiment, developed after one too many "21-course" feasts. | //--> Friday, July 04, 2008 | A meal of Peking Duck in ...
Bush vows to push N. Korea on abductions / Also seeks China, India help on CO2 Daily Yomiuri | WASHINGTON--U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday the United States would put pressure on North Korea within the framework of the six-nation talks to achieve progress on the issue of the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea. | "I believe the six-party talks is the best way to effect change in the North Korean regime--positive ch...
Talking to Tibet Wall Street Journal After the violence this spring in Tibet, countries around the world beseeched China to hold talks with the Dalai Lama's envoys. At long last those talks took place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Beijing. But instead of progress, we're starting to see the limits of Beijing's approach of demanding more concessions while granting none itself. The tack is...
