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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has already admitted that he, along with many politicians across parties, has gotten far too close to the press. It’s an honest statement but, unfortunately for his credibility, it doesn’t seem that it’s been well received. The latest YouGov/Sun approval polls have Cameron’s Conservative Party at 30%, while the opposing Labour Party is sitting at 44%. It looks like things are going to get worse for Cameron. On Thursday, the former News of the World editor and, more recently, former Cameron spin doctor Andy Coulson appeared before the media inquiry overseen by Lord Justice Brian Leveson. Read More
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Tivo is great. I can watch TV from the US on my computer in China. One of my favorite commercials from the US that I’ve seen while watching the NCAA Tourney at 4AM list last month is the direct TV commercial that ends, “ Don’t have a grandson with a dog collar. “ Yup, using the wrong service provider can lead to many unintended consequences. So choosing who you listen to and work with is of vital importance when you’re new to China.
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China set up a 155-member rare-earth industry association in a move to speed consolidation of the sprawling sector, Reuters quoted state media as saying. Su Bo, an industry vice-minister, said the government wants to phase out small smelters, giving large players a greater stake in the supply of rare-earth metals and boosting environmental protection. Jiangxi province earned 32.9 billion yuan (US$4.89 billion) from the rare-earths industry last year, but has to spend 38 billion yuan to address the environmental pollution in the city of Ganzhou alone, China Daily quoted an Economic Information report as saying. Extraction of rare-earth minerals is environmentally devastating.
中外对话 | China Dialogue - China and the world discuss the environment
Treat your first China negotiation as though it were a separate business – complete with a business plan, budget, and cost-benefit analysis. In China there is a big difference between doing the deal and doing the business. A Chinese negotiation is a long-term commitment – not a quick conversation. The only thing you can know with certainty is that if you botch the negotiation due to poor planning, then you will certainly lose the business opportunity. In the last post we introduced the idea of a China negotiation plan. If you are new to China, you have to look at the negotiation as a protracted campaign.
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This is a picture from a trip to Yangshuo, over Chinese New Year, in 1992.