A common license plate number in China consists of a province code, a city code and a 5-digit number. In recent years, certain license plates have become the symbols of either financial or political status. So when you walk on street and see a car with the privileged plate number, you know someone important is [...]
Cherkizovsky of Moscow, Russia, Europe’s largest market and a cash cow that generated millions of dollars a year, was shut down couple weeks ago. According Moscow government, Cherkizovsky‘s closure was due to the fact that it’s a chaotic, filthy hub for knockoff and smuggled goods.
Apparently, it’s not that simple. Other factors appear to be at [...]
I saw a commercial poster flowing around China’s websites. The ad promotes a smart phone named “BlockBerry 9500″, which in appearance alone is clearly a replication of the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen device released last fall by Research In Motion. This touch screen BlockBerry purportedly runs on Windows Mobile software, comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, [...]
On July 9, 1971, Henry Kissinger, Secretary of the States in US, set up his secret trip to China. This trip was to pave the way for the later Nixon’s visit to China, which turned to be a historical event in the history of Sino-American Relations.
Kissinger sought to place diplomatic pressure on the Soviet Union. [...]
