Shanghai

The world’s next boom cities

If the last century was the age of economic globalization, expect the first half of this one to be the era of urbanization. By 2050, 3 out of 4 people will be concentrated in major cities or massively urbanized regions, many of...

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Baayork Lee Will Stage 'Flower Drum Song' Revision in Chicago; DC and Shanghai Visits Planned...

Columbia College Chicago's Center for Asian Arts and Media will produce the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song in summer 2010. Baayork Lee, the director and choreographer perhaps most associated with A Chorus...

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New developments in old Shanghai

MADE IN CHINA By CHOW HOW BAN The daring exploits of Du Yuesheng continue with further progress in the drug trade, as he compromises the anti-opium commissioner and takes two more wives. THE British concession gangster Shen...

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Shanghai International Schools

Well-Reputed International community schools in Shanghai Shanghai's international schools have shaped an integrated education system. This system contains full educations from preschool to high school. In the past decade, the...

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Mattel cuts sales target for Shanghai Barbie store

Mattel Inc, the world’s biggest toymaker, lowered the sales target for its Barbie store in Shanghai by at least 30 percent after deciding the original marketing concept didn’t work. “The initial sales targets were...

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Nonferrous Metal E-Commerce Platform to Rise in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Nov 20, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- The Shanghai nonferrous metals e-commerce platform will likely hold the first meeting for all it members in early December, disclosed Yao Qi, chief-economist...

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Take Your Skills Abroad

Representing foreign buyers in the United States isn't the only way to work with other cultures. Cuff: In 1997 and again in 2000, I had the opportunity to travel in Asia on vacation and saw firsthand how quickly the real estate...

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Blogs roundup: why I appreciate a shiny pair of jackboots smiling Expo mascots and the Coronation...

Expat's Majorcan Pearls blogger Anna Nicholas knows it's not very pc but she appreciates the Majorcan guardia civil. Big time. Majorcan Pearls: police state utopia Whenever an expat moans about the number of police on our...

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China Raises Nonresidential Electricity Rates

China Raises Nonresidential Electricity Rates; More Hikes Planned, To Promote Energy Saving (AP) SHANGHAI (AP) - China raised electricity rates for businesses and industries Friday, part of a long-term effort to adjust prices...

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Chinese airline plans to hire Tibetan flight attendants

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- One of China's major airline companies has announced it plans to employ Tibetan flight attendants to serve a growing number of Tibetan travelers. China Eastern Airlines Co. Ltd. will target Tibetan...

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