[photopress:c_pratt.jpg,full,alignright]Swire Pacific is looking at undertaking more property development projects in mainland China. The chairman of Swire’s Christopher Pratt, was quoted by Sing Tao Daily in The Standard (they are sister publications) as the source for this report. Christopher Pratt, seen here, said, ‘We’ve got offices and people in China looking at opportunities.’ The conglomerate, […]
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[photopress:hotels_fatburger.jpg,full,alignright]In a sense this is bad news. Fog Cutter plans to open a Fatburger in Beijing at Solanain April 2008. Fatburger plans to have approximately 25 locations in China by the end of 2010, all company-owned. Like who needs a new fast food joint called Fatburger? The menace is in the name. It is a […]
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Coral QQ author arrested
[photopress:IT_qq_buddy_list.gif,full,alignright]Chen Shoufu, the author of Coral QQ, a popular IM add-on, was arrested for infringing on Tencent’s intellectual property. Tencent QQ, the dominant IM service in China, annoys some users by serving up ads and keeping contact locations secret. By installing Coral QQ, users can block QQ’s ads and, important this, see the IP address […]
[photopress:logistics_china_made_cars_1.jpg,full,alignright]It is logical. Rail could play a major role transporting an expected future (three to five years) upsurge in Chinese car exports to Europe. In anticipation of this, Netherlands-based Koopman Logistics Group has established a joint venture with a prominent international rail freight service organization. The group’s subsidiary, Koopman Car Terminal, covers 350,000 sq m […]
[photopress:MBA_uni_graduate_1_2.jpg,full,alignright]A survey has found Chinese graduates are questioning the value of continuing their education for a master’s degree. This is shown by the decline in the number of students applying. More than half — 52.9% — of the survey respondents thought it was not worth their while to spend two years on a master’s degree, […]