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CCTV has come out today to say a Tweet sent from its account yesterday was done illegally. The Tweet drew substantial attention because it announced that Zhou Yongkang, former PSB czar and Politburo Standing Committee member, was under investigation. Not... read more »
I don’t consider myself a China expert by any means, but I do feel like I’ve been around long enough to begin seeing some trends. One is the “story of the day’, which comes around every 20-45 days or so and galvanizes... read more »
I’ve been closely following the developments regarding CCTV Dialogue host Yang Rui, not least because I was a former editor at CCTV 9 and frequently bumped into Yang while I was in the building. I say “bumped into” because... read more »
I’ve taken a passing interest in the feud that has developed between Richard Burger from The Peking Duck, a long-running and popular blog about China, and Shaun Rein, who is a successful marketer based in Shanghai. (You can begin catching... read more »
I would be remiss if I left Shanghai without a quick blog post, for a few reasons. For starters, I’m having a beer at the Big Bamboo pub just prior to catching my flight back to Hong Kong. A block from here, at Malone’s, is where... read more »
I’ve taken great interest in a couple of stories recently which are exposing well-formed – but for many, unseen – cracks between the Mainland and Hong Kong. The first one is this: luxury retailer Dolce & Gabbana found... read more »
(Photo from the Daily Beast) It’s with a sense of frustration that I watch America descend from its perch atop the global order. For as long as I’ve been alive, the United States has been the “shining city on a hill”,... read more »
When people have nothing, they become desperate. We’ve seen this throughout history and around the world. Simply speaking, the reason Palestinians blow themselves up in Tel Aviv coffee shops is because it’s better than the alternative:... read more »
Reuters is reporting today that President Barack Obama will appoint Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as his next Ambassador to China, replacing the outgoing (and possible Presidential candidate) John Huntsman. I think the choice will generally... read more »
(Edit: In the interest of full transparency, the quotes from Bill Bishop and Kaiser Kuo below were taken from separate questions on Quora. As such, Bill’s reply was *not* a direct reply to Kaiser’s post. I believe this was made clear... read more »