Michael Jackson Matters to China – General

Two Chinese writers have published an instant book about Michael Jackson after working two days straight and only consuming coffee and cigarettes.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony, many Chinese witnessed Yao Ming and Lauren Jackson hugging each other, leading them to speculate reasons why. Did Yao Ming cheat on his wife, Ye Li? Did they do anything wrong?

For the third (fourth?) time, Michael Phelps, the Greatest Olympian of All Time

The United States has asked the Chinese government to provide details of its internet censorship policy in a bid to ensure fair competition in a letter from the US ambassador to WTO, Michael Punke. Many US commercial websites have not been able to enter the country's market due to its selective blocking of content on the internet, often referred to as the "Great Firewall of China."

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps yesterday on Feb. 11 issued a video apology customized to his Chinese fans. The eight gold medals winner at the Beijing Olympic was caught somking marijuana during a student party by a British newspaper.

Michael Phelps’ fans will have to be content with just watching him in the heats today.

Japan’s breaststroke champion, Kitajima Kosuke will go into the men’s 200m breaststroke final as favorite for the event, having already won gold in the 100m breaststroke. Mike Brown of Canada and Sc

I am trying to see how many posts I can do with Google and Rio Tinto in the title, despite my earlier claims that neither of those matters are terribly relevant to doing business in China. Though the media views those matters as signaling a sea-change in China, I simply view them as part of China's natural progression and well within its normal ebb and flow.

While we are still on the subject of Yushu earthquake, I found an interesting post about Michael Wong’s (a Malaysian Chinese singer and composer) Renren page was under Chinese fenqing’s attack because of one of his Renren status update on China’s national mourning day for Yushu earthquake (yesterday).

In China, it’s often not the small print that thwarts their ambitions. Rather, regulations are either big and bold or there’s nothing in writing at all – just frustrating procedures and bureaucracy that handicap foreign funded insurers as they attempt to compete on an uneven playing field.