Posted on Monday, 21st September 2009 by Lee
The L.A. Times reports on a twisted and burgeoning business practice in the international adoption scene. It appears that more and more babies and young children are being forcibly taken away by corrupt officials who turn around and sell them for adoption, primarily to the U.S. With all the money pouring into Asia [...]
Tags: adoption, Asia, business, china, chinese
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Posted on Friday, 12th September 2008 by Lee
Here’s a great piece from entrpreneur.com dicussing how several entrpreneurs in China are making businesses out of preserving part of their heritage; called hutongs, these are buildings that once housed the wealthy in ancient Beijing.
Although hutongs have existed for almost 600 years, as long as the Forbidden City, 82 percent of these iconic Beijing neighborhoods [...]
Tags: beijing, business, china, culture, entrepreneur
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Posted on Saturday, 15th March 2008 by Lee
Just caught this article in the Los Angeles Times about a corruption case from several years back that happened in China. While certainly more extreme than the usual cases of petty corruption you may see, it is a warning to those of us who do business there and it highlights a further need for [...]
Tags: Asia, business, china, corruption, framed, laws, murder, regulations
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Posted on Sunday, 2nd March 2008 by Lee
In trying to explain the background of so many of our products, I’ve decided to write background reviews of the history and cultural significance of many of our more traditional products. Below is an excerpt from a new review I’ve put up for Decorative Chinese Knots, those bright red things with tassels most people see [...]
Tags: Add new tag, asian, ceremonial, china, chinese, cultural, decorative, knot, traditional, tying
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