December 4, 2007
Fairclough Visits Chery Factory
Gordon Fairclough of the Wall Street Journal visited Chery's main auto plant in Wuhu City in Anhui Province. As you may recall, Chery was -- remains? -- a focus of intellectual property disputes and safety concerns (crash test pix here; video, here). Rather surprisingly, Fairclough was allowed to video the main production line. Then again, perhaps not. Chery's deal with Chrysler to sell cars under the Dodge name in the U.S. is ample reason to garner positive publicity. Here's the WSJ video, courtesy of the WSJ site:
Posted by Richard at 1:24 PM | Comments (0)October 4, 2007
Audio: Republicans Reject Free Trade and China Takes a Hit
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August 15, 2007
Audio: Baby-bibs Made in China Test Positive for Lead
The New York Times editorializes on the safety of Chinese imports and what should be done, in its own inimitable fashion. Rich Kuslan attempts to interpret. WARNING: This podcast may contain sarcasm.
May 25, 2007
Audio: Wu to Paulson - Stuff it!
Chinese Vice-Premier Tells U.S. Treasury Secretary where to get off. Click the little triangle to listen.
April 1, 2007
April Fools Day Audio: Confucius Prints His Namecard
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January 3, 2007
Audio: Who's Not Making Money in China?
So who's making money in China? You'd be surprised to hear who isn't...
November 8, 2006
The Cost of Free Trade in China: Corruption and the FCPA
November 1, 2006
The Vast Chinese Archive of Unexecuted Judgments
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October 27, 2006
ICBC and the World's Biggest Swinging Bank Award
The ICBC IPO and the "UTD" Syndrome. Click the little triangle to hear today's post. (If you are reading this in an RSS viewer and the podcast does not display, you may hear it at www.asiabizblog.com or on iTunes in the business podcast section.)
September 12, 2006
Audio: Pirated Editions and American Copyright Law: Part I
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May 15, 2006
Audio: Ernst and Young Retracts China Bad Loans Report
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April 9, 2006
Audio: Remarks to the ABA Conference
Click the little triangle to hear my remarks made to the American Bar Association, Section of International Law. Text of the post may be found directly below.
March 1, 2006
Audio: Not Made in China -- Another Danish Cartoon Scenario?
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February 3, 2006
Audio: Translation Challenge
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December 26, 2005
Audio: The Seed That Caused a Tidal Wave
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November 7, 2005
Audio: Irrational Exuberance 5, or, Says Who?
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October 10, 2005
Audio: A Handsome Bit of Documentation
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September 27, 2005
Audio: Irrational Exuberance 3, or, Where's the Beef?
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September 16, 2005
Audio: Irrational Exuberance 2, or, What Do You Wish to Accomplish?
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August 25, 2005
Audio: New Anti-Money Regulation in the PRC
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July 26, 2005
Audio: The Chinese Yuan Revaluation Scheme
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July 13, 2005
Audio Update: Foreign Investment in "Local" Radio and TV
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July 10, 2005
Audio: Chinese Oil Rigs and Crews in Colorado
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June 29, 2005
Audio: More Confusion For Chinese Share Sell-off
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June 27, 2005
Audio: Greater Legal Assurances?
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