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China Doesn’t Respond Vigorously to New WTO action? That’s News. | China Esquire

What I had expected was that the Chinese government would fly off the handle, accuse the EU and America of being preposterous and out of line, and deny everything. Or put the blame on someone else. That has been the Chinese way of dealing with negative attention in almost all ways. I was wrong.

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More Ways to Help in the Aftermath of the Earthquake - UPDATED | China Esquire 29 weeks 3 days ago

I had a post on private equity ready to go, but I can’t bring myself to do it. This Sichuan quake, while it doesn’t compare to the Myanmar cyclone in terms of sheer cost of human life, has been on my mind too much. Here are more ways for you to help.

Why the EU’s Current Approach to IP Works | China Esquire 31 weeks 2 days ago

When it comes to IPR enforcement, America will be the bad cop, while the EU can be the good cop. Good cop/bad cop works pretty well actually. And I think the EU will end up having a better image for it. Piracy will go down. America is hated. The EU is loved. That’s a win-win if I ever saw one.

What is Wrong with this Xinhua News Photo with President Hu? 19 weeks 16 hours ago

China's government news, Xinhua, posts a picture of Chinese President Hu Jintao inspecting Qingdao's cleanup of the algae before the Olympics. Can you see everything wrong with this picture?

China jittery over terror threat ahead of Games 19 weeks 6 days ago

BEIJING - Remain calm, don’t fight back and try to send a text message to the police.

That’s how Chinese police have advised people to respond if captured by terrorists during next month’s Olympic Games, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.

The new “anti-terrorism manual” is the latest in a string of warnings issued by an increasingly jittery Chinese government in the run-up to the Aug. 8-24 Olympics. In addition to worries over foreign terrorist plots, Beijing is also concerned about political protests from domestic critics.

Chinese IPO’s No Longer Full Steam Ahead. | China Esquire 35 weeks 4 days ago

Right when I finally post something somewhat negative about the health of the Chinese economy, another news piece goes ahead and tells us what we probably don’t want to hear: that some of the explosive growth (a bubble?) that we had been expecting is slowing down.

What’s Good for the Rule is Law is Good for Chinese Litigators | China Esquire 30 weeks 1 day ago

New IP lawsuits! Yes, there is a silver lining in the advancement of the rule of law: it’s that the lawyers profit most. The more that law becomes integral to Chinese society, the more lawyers will become more important. That’s an already established fact in America –- expect the same in China.

Food Exports to Japan Drop and China Has No One to Blame | China Esquire 30 weeks 3 hours ago

Food exports have dropped by 30% to Japan, which is a key market for Chinese food products. As long as the government refuses to tackle this issue head on, then China really has no one to blame if Japan or other countries decide to start consuming less food products from China.

America and the EU “Team Up” on Chinese Toy Safety | China Esquire 33 weeks 2 days ago

I don’t see how western governments are going to persuade anyone in China to do anything. Ultimately, it’s probably so that the EU and America can wring their hands when problems arise and say “I am innocent”.

Understanding and Undermining Biases in the Media | China Esquire 27 weeks 3 days ago

While the Chinese might accuse the media of being anti-Chinese and yet very fair in the rest of its reporting, let me assure you that the media is going to be biased… I don’t think it is necessarily anti-Chinese, though I do think it is biased period.