Monthly Archives: April 2007

Audio: Pet Food? What About Human Food?

Watch what you eat. That melamine plate made in China may have more in common with your dinner than you think.

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Pet Food? What About Human Food?

Pet food is a bit off topic, but I thought it would be a public service to include this link to an article on the purposeful introduction by Chinese manufacturers of melamine, a coal-based derivative, into the animal food chain. … Continue reading

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Is What You Read About China Remotely Reliable?

Articles on China abound. How much do you think is simply hogwash? Click the little triangle to listen. This podcast contains additional audio supplementing the text of the original April 13 post.

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American Bar Association To Hire a Program Officer in Beijing

[Editor's Note: This is clearly a search for a Chinese national, while not so stated, for obvious reasons. Unless you are the rare foreigner with a Chinese law degree -- how many are there? Any?] The American Bar Association (ABA) … Continue reading

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Is What You Read About China Remotely Reliable?

In the 1980s, the Chinese government discredited Steven Mosher, a scholar of modern China and PhD candidate at Stanford University, and expelled him from the country. China’s claims are immaterial — it was clear that he was punished for documenting … Continue reading

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Japan Critical of American Beef Exporters – And Therein Lies the Lesson

Ken Worsley’s excellent Japan Economy News provides this morning’s suggested reading. It is a fact that American exporters in many industries assume a holier-than-thou mentality. “My product is American, and, therefore, it’s great.” That is no longer true. “Made in … Continue reading

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April Fools Day Audio: Confucius Prints His Namecard

Click the triangle to listen to a fun little story, voiced in Mandarin by Rich Kuslan.

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