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Chinese companies are flocking to Europe 14 Jun 2012 | 02:19 pm
It is an explosion. The Chinese have almost tripled their investments in Europe last year, to nearly $ 10 billion (7.4 billion euros), against 3.6 billion in 2010. In 2008, they did not even reach 800...
Time to Panic: Today’s China Looks Scarily Like 2006 America 14 Jun 2012 | 02:05 pm
The latest development out of China was a classic case of good news/bad news. On Thursday their central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), unexpectedly cut interest rates for the first time sinc...
In China, English teaching is a whites-only club 13 Jun 2012 | 09:13 am
BEIJING – Speak a little English and are willing to relocate? Well, you’re probably qualified to be an English-language instructor in China. As long as you are white, that is. Chinese teaching agenc...
More coffee, less midnight oil 31 May 2012 | 10:06 am
IN 2010 China drank just 25,000 tonnes-worth of coffee, or less than half a cup per person, compared with over 1m tonnes of tea. But its coffee consumption will grow by an average rate of almost 40% a...
How Much Do You Spend on Housing? 31 May 2012 | 10:03 am
Over the past few months, I’ve occasionally used the “Ask the Readers” feature at Get Rich Slowly to poll people about their budgets and spending habits. So far, I’ve asked folks to share their spendi...
Password Protection: Safer Internet 31 May 2012 | 09:50 am
The fact that many members of the introductory portal so insecure passwords used, you know, because the database is published in the spring of unknowns cracked and login information. Military Singles ...
Why Do Asian Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Unemployment? 30 May 2012 | 09:53 am
Asian American are the best educated ethnic group in the United States, by a long shot.* Logically, that means they should have the least severe unemployment, given that more educated workers tend to ...
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Sports Technology 29 May 2012 | 09:56 am
1 Engineers with the U.S. Olympic Committee keep improving timing and measurement technology. Light beams now record racers’ times to within a thousandth of a second. 2 Even John McEnroe can’t compla...
What is Adulthood? 20 Defining Characteristics of a True Adult 28 May 2012 | 07:11 pm
How can one classify a true adult? Many people directly attribute age to adulthood. The problem with this methodology becomes evident when you discuss the topic with various people of different cultur...
9 Lessons I’ve Learned in 9 Years of Marriage 28 May 2012 | 07:07 pm
I’m not sure if it’s because we got married so young or just because my ears only heard the negatives, but I heard so many times that marriage is hard, that it takes so much work and that love is a ch...
