Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

Chinese Blogger Wang Jianshuo looks on as a fight break out between a foreigner and a Chinese guy. While he's not clear on who's really at fault, he does give some very interesting remarks on the latent anti-foreigner feeling that exists in China.

Great blog.

Cordyceps sinensis, or commonly known as catepillar fungus, is an expensive traditional Chinese medicine well-known for its anti-tumour, immunostimulant, antioxidant and anti-diabetic functions. This is why after the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong in 2002, the price of the fungus shot up to US$7,000/kg, half the price of gold.

A review of China's recent inflation, brought on by rising food prices. The price of pork, one of the staples of China's diet, rose because of an outbreak of blue-ear pig disease. Doesn't this mean that environmental neglect is a direct cause of economic woes?

SourceJuice recommends you to take a good look at the products you’re selling and sourcing and do an analysis of ways you can decrease production costs, while still maintaining the quality of your products. We’ve developed a top 4 list that can help get you started with your analysis.

The follow-up to The 88s popular "Inlawed" post, this entry offers a finish-line tally of who was The Best Inlaw In A Foreign Country.

Interesting post by Nina Ying Sun on the PN [Plastics News] China blog on the inherent difficulties inherent of monitoring your China factory. The post is entitled "Hands-on due diligence in China. . . . Ms. Sun finds this bit of Ms. Harney's advice particularly interesting

Andy Weiderhorn, Chairman and CEO of Fatburger talks to us about the American restaurant chain's market entry strategy in China and its most recent success of its new location in the Venetian Macau.

WITH pigs dying all over the country and the price of pork soaring, China has come under suspicion of attempting to cover up a dangerous outbreak of an infectious disease. It is not the first time such suspicions have fallen upon China

Until this year when inflation finally became a factor, the rapidly rising price levels that typically accompany high-growth economies have been notably missing from China’s economic picture. It is surprising how China has been able to grow its economy at double-digit rates over the past 10 years, employing plenty of fiscal and monetary stimuli, without having to deal with the ravages of high inflation. In three of the past 10 years, inflation has actually been negative; in five it has been less than 1 percent; and in eight it has been under 2 percent.