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Isn’t That Odd? Segway Scooters
Isn’t That Odd is an occasional feature that aims to provide insight onto the Chinese psyche by pointing out particularly Chinese ways of thinking. Segway Scooters, which in America cost about $5,000...
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Who’s #1?
Reality check here. China’s economic power is great, and getting greater every day, but it is important to note where China stands in relation to the world. ECONOMICS, EXPORTS, AND IMPORTS Despite...
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The Visible Hand of China in Latin America
Off the Shelf: The Visible Hand of China in Latin America (2007), edited by Javier Santiso of the OECD, is a great pamphlet with a lot of hard data about China’s role in that part of the world. While...
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Isn’t that Odd?: Plastic Bag Entrepreneurs
China has long been a country of entrepreneurs, from its urine merchants, to the indigents who walk around recycling plastic bottles and aluminum (they are ubiquitous, despite some efforts to remove...
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Fighting Corruption
Chinese national banks’ regional and provincial branches are audited by the state, and many state employees consider anti-corruption missions quite seriously. But to some degree, Chinese companies...
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