[photopress:hotels_thorn_tree.jpg,full,alignright]A new form of marketing for less expensive hotels. That is listing on Internet guides with at least a show of non-commercial involvement. On Thorn Tree, which is possibly the most popular site of Lonely Planet which is probably the most popular guide book company in the world and has just been sold to the […]
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[photopress:ITruralchina.jpg,full,alignright]The Internet has been extending fairly rapidly in China’s rural areas, with the number of rural net users reaching about 5.1% of the rural population which does not sound like much until you realize that is 37.41 million people. Comparing that with towns the National Development and Reform Commission puts urban netizens at 125 million, […]
[photopress:logistics_MTR_number_5_1.jpg,full,alignright]Beijing has opened its new 27.6 km No 5 mass transit line and, at the same time, slashed the price to a flat fare of RMB2. The opening of the RMB12 billion line is part of a nationwide explosion of interest in mass transit networks. Over the next decade, 15 Chinese cities will spend RMB […]
[photopress:MBA_confucius.jpg,full,alignright]Canada’s Dawson College, Sherbrooke University and Beijing Normal University have launched the Confucius Institute in Quebec which aims to promote the teaching of the language and culture of China within the French-speaking province and eastern Canada. The Confucius Institute, the third of its kind in Canada, will provide training to entrepreneurs wishing to do business […]
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China air travel booms
[photopress:air_beijing_airport_1_2.jpg,full,alignright]Arthur D. Little and the site ATW has a comprehensive analysis of passenger traffic trends by region and type of airport. On China it has: China’s airports handled some 197.5 million passengers last year, or about one-fifth of the Asian region’s total. Over the past two years, China added some 60 million passengers. Its enormous […]