Archive for the ‘Asia business’ Category
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Okay, we just had a more serious post, but here is another one ;) I was thinking about the GDP development of China, so I played with the numbers. If China can sustain 8% growth per year, how will the numbers look in the near to mid term future? I ...
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
My favorite hero of modern day, Barack Obama, president of the United States, finally makes a grand Asia tour in November 2009 and visits several power-hungry uprising nations. Here is Obama's rough schedule:
13. November: Tokyo, Japan
14. November: Tokyo, Japan
15. November: Singapore, Singapore
16. November: Shanghai, China
17. November: Beijing, China
18. November: Beijing, ...
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Those who read the tech blogs and tech news sites regularly already know what the title of this post means. For those not involved this particular piece of news might be of interest, too. The internet authorities have decided, that they want allow all kind of characters in domain names. ...
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Buying pirated software, movies and other digital goods in China is easy and cheap, yet it is counter-productive, as it suppresses the creative process of developing new products. As Xinhua reports, 11 Chinese nationals have been sentenced to enjoy free lunch in prison for several years. What a coincidence, ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
At some days I really hate the ignorance that comes along my way. Today's protagonist of discomfort: The BlackBerry Chinese Input Method Support doesn't exist... luckily I can use Google and luckily there are some hackers out there that helped pave the way to enjoy Chinese on my BlackBerry Curve ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Hong Kong is well know for the worldwide highest real estate prices. Buying just a small flat in a top location in a new building might cost You more than a million US dollars. However this might change and prices might go down.
Caseway Bay buildings in Hong Kong Island are ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Which place has the highest density of rich people? The answer seems to be Singapore at the moment. According to a report(pdf, right-click and save) of the Boston Consulting Group some interesting developements can be observed
People with $US 100,000 in their account
The number of people who have $US 100,000 (one ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Hongkong is wealthy, but how much money and bling bling is there really? Today I picked up a copy of The Standard (free HK newspaper that You get on the Street in English and Chinese) and there was an article about the wealth of Hongkong.
How many...?
Ah yes, how many Millionaires ...
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