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Translation: Reinstall the practice of traveling in official litters 20 Mar 2012 | 11:04 am
Recently it has been proposed that the practice of mandarins travelling in official litters should be reinstalled. Major advantages of the proposed change are: 1. Environmental friendly; no carbon e...
Pacific Rim Shots 10 Nov 2011 | 07:14 am
I’d like to announce our blog to the Fool’s Mountain audience, an offshoot of this blog written by Wukailong, whose comments and posts you’re probably familiar with, and Steve (that’s me). Rather than...
Take your money and get lost 13 Jun 2011 | 06:23 am
“Let some people get rich first, lead and help other areas, other people and this way can gradually achieve common prosperity” was one of the slogans of economical reforms. Many from the richest part...
Real threats to China-US relations 16 Apr 2011 | 08:49 pm
By BI Yantao allvoices.com, Mar 05, 2011 In the coming decades, the China-US relations will be deteriorating if the US doesn’t adjust its strategic positioning. It seems the Hu-Obama summit held ear...
Can China’s property bubble be deflated without popping? 24 Mar 2011 | 07:34 am
The urban myths around China’s property bubble are as compelling as they are odd. There are tales of office blocks, towering in Shanghai, Beijing and a dozen other provincial cities, behind whose mirr...
China’s foreign Minister: Don’t get mad, get even. 15 Oct 2010 | 01:45 am
It has not been a good year for China. From the google censorship issue, Cheonan, Iran, Taiwan issue, Yuan appreciation/export issue, ASEAN, Diaoyu Islands, Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel prize winner, China’s fo...
Translation: What Travesty does the Award of the Nobel to Liu Xiao Bo Reveal? 13 Oct 2010 | 08:21 pm
Here is a translation of an op-ed from a Chinese blog about Liu’s Nobel that we at FM found interesting. So here goes the news again: Public Enemy Number One in China, Liu Xiao Bo, has been awarded t...
China and Japan Leaders to (Try to) Improve Ties 12 Oct 2010 | 08:48 pm
It’s a new month since the fiasco of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Japanese PM Naoto Kan have met to mend recently frayed diplomatic ties. ...
Will China re-evaluate its currency fix America’s employment problems? 20 Sep 2010 | 05:54 pm
This week has been contentious week between China and the US. Timothy Geithner came out and blasted at China for undervaluing its currency which hurts American Jobs. Leading the charge, NY times has b...
Did Chinese medicine make Chinese emperors live longer? 6 Sep 2010 | 10:22 pm
In the discussion about Chinese medicine arose the question why in China people do not live longer than elsewhere. It is clear that except medicine is their life expectancy affected by many other fac...
