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The American Chamber of Commerce recently published its 2008 Report on American Business in China, which is predictably American in their recommendations. I don’t disagree with any of them. However, it is urging the Chinese government to become more like our own government in how things are run...

Don't stem the tide of fake DVDs into China, ImageThief says, subsidize it. Spread that American culture until every Chinese can sing the Star Spangled Banner.

Bootleg = Freedom.

Sweet.

An interesting post from Jeremiah at the Granite Studio. While out shopping with his fiancee and her mom, J. holds back and shams "ting bu dong". This assumption of no-understanding leads to a street debate about his ethnicity and then a bold statement that he's not a "real" American.

This is a great story about experiences in India, Yunnan, and Burma that one American soldier had during WWII - read it.

Jeremiah reports that American (mostly for TV) producer Steven North is in talks to get a movie made about the Great Helmsman himself, Mao Zedong. The movie would, smartly, follows Mao in his earlier (less controversial, more "for the people") years.

Until U.S. tax law changes, we American expats need good accountants on our side (not to evade tax law, but to make sure we don’t get screwed by it).

Taiwanese bronze medal winner Liu You-chen displays Republic of China flag during award ceremony after winning bronze medal in Seattle's "Project Gotham Racing 3". According to Taiwan's ministry of foreign affairs, Chinese competitors struck at Taiwanese contestants and demanded "surrender of Liu", prompting Seattle police involvement.

Bi-Lingual Acrimonious Barkalalia (BLAB) is a toxic and destructive ailment afflicting thousands of expats in China. Diagnosis of the disease is tricky and should not be confused with Blabbus Mundanus (Oral BM as we pros call it) a relatively benign affliction generally seen in American consular personnel.

Eric Rosenblum, GM of Global Strategy for RealNetworks, Inc gives us insight into why the market entry strategies of American tech companies often fail in China.