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Waging war on child snatchers and sellers

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2009-11-20

WHEN Wang Bangyin tried to hug his son, the three-year-old boy dodged behind a policeman and cried in fear. With eyes welling with tears and face...

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Recognizing the right time for 'do-nothing' strategy

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-21

WHEN you think about doing business, the first things that come to mind probably aren't non-action, non-competitiveness and harmony. Working without an agenda and just "going with the flow" don't sound like...

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'This time is different' deja vu

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-21

LOW interest rates, together with a loosening of controls, are largely blamed for the US housing bubble which burst in 2007 and led to the global financial crisis. But as the country's stock markets rebounded...

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Business Books TOP FIVE USA

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-21

1.THIS Time Is Different A sobering study that will let you know when the financial party is over -- again Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff | Princeton University Press 2009 | 496 pg. | ISBN: 9780691142166...

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G20 too quick to claim credit for recovery from global recession

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2009-11-20

THE International Monetary Fund's October World Economic Outlook proclaimed that "strong public policies have fostered a rebound of industrial production, world trade, and retail sales." The IMF, along with many...

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Heed danger signs before you let exuberance rule

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2009-11-19

SOMEBODY on a bus asks a friend, "How about that stock market?" The response: "Unbelievable." Caribbean vacationers lounging poolside check their Blackberries for stock prices. Suburban gym members chat about...

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Cutting corners, costs in building posh flats

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2009-11-19

AS the cliche goes, you get what you pay for. Price often serves as the first clue as to whether a certain product is of sound quality. Unfortunately, these days you don't always get what you pay for, even when...

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Docs fiddle online while kids die

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2009-11-19

A SERIES of shocking cases involving doctors who were not paying attention, answering calls and playing a video game, may have cost the lives of tiny patients. A 5-month-old baby died while his parents pleaded...

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US recovery is a 'duck,' not a rising phoenix

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2009-11-18

WHILE the United States recently reported 3.5 percent GDP growth in the third quarter, suggesting that the most severe recession since the Great Depression is over, the American economy is actually much weaker than...

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Lending to small US businesses in downturn

Opinion | China Knowledge@Wharton
2009-11-18

IN mid-October, US President Barack Obama moved to raise the amount of credit extended to small businesses. If Congress approves his plan, the measures would enable community banks to borrow at low rates from...

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Why imposing Tobin tax won't help

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2009-11-17

THE recent G20 summit was the occasion for another dusting-off of the arguments in support of the Tobin tax. The tax was initially proposed by the US Nobel Laureate James Tobin in 1972 as a way of throwing sand...

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US greenbacks no longer 'beautiful gold'

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2009-11-17

WHEN Zhu Bin showed his handcrafted ceramics at the 2004 China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, he signed export contracts worth more than US$200,000 - at that time in excess of 1.6 million...

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First impressions from our man in America: cars are everywhere

Opinion | Shanghai Daily columnists
2009-11-17

AFTER settling down in Arlington, Virginia, we decided to explore our environment a little on foot. The weather here was much warmer than we expected (that was before Hurricane Ida), though the fallen leaves -...

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Public gets window on city housekeeping

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2009-11-16

TRANSPARENCY is a two-way window, as Chinese officials are finding out the hard way. Even as they gradually open the blinds to let the public look in at the state of their housekeeping, they must also look out...

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We can sort out the problem by sorting out the garbage

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2009-11-16

INCINERATING garbage to generate power is also generating serious public concerns about the environmental damage caused by burning materials that release toxins. It's time to promote classification and sorting...

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A better city is a quieter city

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2009-11-16

IT is amazing how Shanghainese are eager and attentive to work. People seem be willing to serve on weekdays and weekends, and even on holidays, which makes life easier for foreigners like me to adjust to the city. ...