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Posted 4 weeks ago
This is an exciting development: a US-style law school in China. According to reports they ll teach in English, have already hired a highly-experienced US dean and will seek ABA accreditation. I hav
Tags: china
Posted 4 weeks ago
The CNBC announcer interviewing Jim Cramer today made a bone-headed comment. Cramer said it s a good idea to buy YUM as a China play. That s true. Cramer then said KFC s business in China probab
Tags: china
Posted 7 weeks ago
In the current issue of Business Week a short article describes some of the difficulties confronting non-Chinese universities that try to operate MBA programs in China. I talked with Alison Damast, th
Posted 7 weeks ago
I do not usually react to global disasters here there are, alas, so many, and usually I have little to offer beyond banal expressions of sympathy, outrage, angst . . . The tragic earthquake in Sichu
Posted 11 weeks ago
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) last week released new rules on the material asset restructuring of listed companies. The China Securities Journal reports on the new rules (in Chin
Posted 11 weeks ago
Earlier this month Beijing's municipal government published a guiding opinion on promoting the development of the capital's financial sector (a Chinese press report is here, and one with more backgr
Posted 11 weeks ago
Front page of Saturday's WSJ: China Stocks, Once Frothy, Fall by Half In Six Months, with James Areddy and Craig Karmi reporting (avail here, sub. req'd) .Share This
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Posted 11 weeks ago
In my international business classes I often play excerpts from Yum Brands' quarterly conference calls with financial analysts. They illustrate nicely how something as a prototypically American as the
Posted 11 weeks ago
This blog entry from a Chinese teacher offers some thoughtful ideas about how video games, which she calls a category of internet addiction (most gamers in China play online games, not console-based g
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