-
Trouble subscribing? Try Blubrry.
Like AsiaBizBlog?
Your Editor, Rich Kuslan
Rich Kuslan is an attorney, writer, presenter, intereviewer. A mandarin speaker with native fluency (and a strong Taiwanese accent, by choice), he brings to AsiaBizBlog a deep-seated interest of 30 years and (he hopes) penetrating insight into Chinese life, ideas and history. Once fluent (now quite rusty) in Japanese, he once lived and worked in Tokyo and Osaka, in addition to tours of China and Taiwan, beginning in the early 1980s. A more extensive profile may be found here.-
-
Recent Posts
- Event Announcement — Accurately Voicing the Mandarin Dialect — Hints and Tips — in New Haven, CT
- AsiaBizBlog — Soon to Come: A Change of Direction
- Entire Kunming （昆明） Apple Store: Fake (With Photos)
- EVENT: Shanghai Premiere of Departures: North Korea
- Video: Car Mounts Pedestrian Bridge to Avoid…Oh, Gee, You’ve Got to See It
Thanks to our many readers!
Recent Comments
- Richard on Avon, Door-to-door Sales and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Eulalia Johnson on Szpilman and Saaler on Pan-Asianism — Part 2
- Michael on The Return of Manufacturing to the US — Has China Had It?
- Eddie Barnes on Chinese Investment in the US – Job Creation Chimera
- Miss Johnson From London on Video: Real Estate Bubble to Burst Very Quickly — 10-20% Decline in National Average in Housing Prices Over Next 18 Months
Archives
- November 2011
- October 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
Categories
- American Faux Pas
- Banking and Finance
- Blog Announcements
- Business Opportunities
- China After the Meltdown
- 美國法律之窗
- Entering the China Market
- Events
- Foreign Exchange
- Ideas in Chinese Life
- Imports and Exports
- Information and Reference Sources
- Investment
- IP in Asia
- Japan
- Korea
- Legal
- Management
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Media
- Podcasts
- Publications
- Real Estate
- Scandals
- Taiwan & China
- The Arts
- U.S. Economy
- Uncategorized
- Video
Blogroll
Category Archives: Korea
Szpilman and Saaler on Pan-Asianism — Part 2
[Continued from this page.] Yet, for all this cultural tension, the material advantages of the West and of modernity in general became obvious to most Asians, except for a very small number of reactionary obscurantists. Western-style modernity was an indispensible … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas in Chinese Life, Japan, Korea, Taiwan & China
Tagged china, history, ideas, japan, pan-asianism, taiwan
1 Comment
Szpilman and Saaler on Pan-Asianism — Part 1
[Editor's preface: "Asia" means what, exactly? Think on that. Perhaps one or more of these ring true: A landmass of indeterminate size A cuisine of indeterminate regional origin A people of indeterminate nationality and ethnicity To modern Americans, the term … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas in Chinese Life, Japan, Korea, Taiwan & China
Tagged history, japan, pan-asianism
Comments Off
North Korea TV Shows First Beer Ad
The first person to send me a bottle (can’t be empty) of this brew wins this blog’s Annual Champion Reader Award!
Posted in Imports and Exports, Korea, Video
Comments Off
North Korea on Google Earth
These brilliant Google Earth maps of North Korea [download here] are unsurpassed by anything I’ve seen made available to the public. You can’t bring one in with you on a laptop, but you can surely prepare for your trip to … Continue reading
Posted in Korea
Comments Off
Doing Business with North Korea Seminar To Be Held in Beijing
Event: Doing Business with North Korea Where: Capital Club, Beijing When, Sept., 29, 18:30 (6.30pm) For further information, click this.
Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen, I’ll be here until Doomsday — Jokes from Pyongyang
For a good laugh, read these jokes collected in the DPRK, courtesy of Radio Free Asia and North Korean Economy Watch. I’ve added two in the comment area.
Posted in Korea
Comments Off
Making Money in Pyongyang — This is No Hallucination
On the subject of North Korea, it isn’t widely known that some Westerners are actually in residence in Pyongyang doing business there — profitably. Well, not many. Nick Bonner, whom I met in Shanghai several years ago, may be in … Continue reading
Posted in Korea
Comments Off
Is Kim Jong-il Dead?
No one is surprised by the use of look-alikes in tyrannies (Saddam Hussein, Mao, Stalin, et al). But would a look-alike continue to operate five years after the death of the tyrant? Such is the claim of Toshimitsu Shigemura (????), … Continue reading
Flying The Communist Skies: Air Koryo To North Korea
[Editor's Note: I've never traveled to North Korea, but dearly wish to do so. As an American, the likelihood is slim, alas. I envy PRC Chinese who, following the footsteps of the presumably still incarcerated Yang Bin -- the ex-flower … Continue reading
Posted in Korea
Comments Off
Registration and Enforcement of IP Rights in Korea: A Brief Introduction (Part 4)
[Editor's Note: We present our fourth and final installment of our review of the Korean intellectual property system. Prior installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Once again, let me thank Drambuieman, the author, whose bio you may read in … Continue reading
