This is a 10 minute conversation with the founder of The Library Project and Christine Lu of The China Business Network.
The Library Project is very excited to announce that they have provided twelve elementary school libraries in less than a month throughout China. The Library Project donated thousands of Chinese language children’s books, as well as tables, chairs, plants, globes, and children’s dictionaries.
We now have trademark cases and a patent case within the span of a month coming out of various Chinese courts. This is good for businesses wanting to go into China. So what's the catch?
Oh Beijing, why do you torture me so? Isn’t our love pure, and true? And yet you find the need to pretend your are someone else, as soon as we have guests. You are ashamed of your smoke-filled restaurants, buses and even taxis, so you ban smoking in public places during the Olympics. Do you...
Former WSJ China bureau chief went head-to-head with the Mr. China author last night at the Beijing Bookworm. Here's a podcast of the event.
It is true that many attorneys (though certainly not all) will advise that a wholly foreign owned entity (WFOE) are more advantageous than JV’s. It was nice to see someone playing devil’s advocate supporting the JV though I am not completely convinced. Here's why.
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.
The rule of law increasing through mass public participation? And not triggered by the party or a few activist lawyers? Sounds like a dream. But apparently, it’s happening. What happens in China when you can’t get your own lawyer to fight your cause? Learn the law yourself.
"O'Kane admits he is a little uncomfortable about [the attention]. For him, the popularity of his blog is more a demonstration of the "talking dog effect" rather than his excellence in Chinese writing."
When Thomas Stader, director of The Library Project, pulls up to a rural school with a truckload of brand new books, tables and chairs, he and his volunteers don't bother unloading them. The children swarm the caravan and do it for them.
Vice Minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, Zhao Baige, has announced that the government is examining the effects of removing its controversial one-child policy, in place since the 70s.
China Daily says "abnormal weather tells us we must protect our environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
The World Health Organization (WHO) says:
1. Humans are seriously affected by climate change
2. climate change is a global threat
