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Hong Kong bureau chief of The New York Times. Currently covering Asia energy, rare earths, autos, trade and economics, especially China.
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tweets RT @vshih2: So basically Beijing LGFVs now dominate the real estate market in Beijing wx.house.sina.com.cn/news/2013-05-2…
调控的矛盾逻辑:限房价不限地价_新浪房产_新浪网
wx.house.sina.com.cn — 调控的矛盾逻辑:限房价不限地价,限房价,不限地价,调控,矛盾,任志强,房地产,房产,买房,租房,二手房,家居,家居就,装修,物业,房贷,写字楼3 N.Y.U. Scientists Accepted Bribes From China, U.S. Says nyti.ms/10hTAOf
U.S. Says 3 N.Y.U. Scientists Took Bribes to Reveal Work to China
nytimes.com — It was, the chief federal prosecutor in Manhattan said on Monday, "a case of inviting and paying for foxes in the henhouse." Three researchers at the New York University School of Medicine who specialized in magnetic resonance imaging technology had been working on research sponsored by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.@zuberino Availability of grid electricity, modern highways, efficient ports, corruption,worries about reputation harm from tragic accidents
U.S. and European Union ready to settle Chinese solar panel cases (my article) nyti.ms/12pMViF
U.S. and European Union to Negotiate Settlements in Chinese Solar Panel Cases
nytimes.com — HONG KONG - The Obama administration and the European Union have decided to negotiate settlements with China in the world's largest anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade cases involving China's roughly $30 billion a year in solar panel shipments to the West, officials and trade advisers in Beijing, Brussels and Washington said.Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets nyti.ms/10GTyyY
Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON - Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China 's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed their attacks using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American officials.Magnificent story of the decline of Pakistan, told by @declanwalsh through the lens of the country's #train system. nyti.ms/14ivCm2
Pakistan’s Railroads Sum Up Nation’s Woes
nytimes.com — RUK, Pakistan - Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood at the platform, waiting for a train that would never come. "Cutbacks," Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resigned shrug. Ruk Station, in the center of Pakistan, is a dollhouse-pretty building, ringed by palm trees and rice paddies.On Hong Kong Shelves, Illicit Dirt on China’s Elite nyti.ms/14i65ct
Exposés of China’s Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong
nytimes.com — HONG KONG - Visitors from mainland China climb the narrow stairs to a cramped room here filled with forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-packed exposés about their Communist Party masters. The People's Recreation Community bookstore and several others on Hong Kong's teeming shopping streets specialize in selling books and magazines banned by the Chinese government, mostly for their luridly damning accounts of party leaders, past and present.@zuberino Amazing in Bangladesh: $37 a month min wage includes benefits. In most countries, govt-required benefits are in addition.
@zuberino The rule of thumb in Indonesia is that benefits equal about 50 percent of wages; lower % in Jakarta because wages higher.
@zuberino Those are monthly minimum wages, based on a 40-hour work week, before overtime and benefits. Jakarta has much higher living costs.
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