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The Bell Tolls For Hutongs? 29 May 2010 | 03:11 pm
Hutongs, the classic dilapidated, though picturesque, alleyways with crowded living-spaces and poor sanitation, made the news section of USA Today on May 27th. An article by Calum MacLeod entitled “Be...
Citizen Influence on Mega-Projects 1 Apr 2010 | 03:49 pm
China added 330 gigawatts of electricity from 2005-2008. Some commentators state that China will need to add the equivalent of Britain’s electrical capacity every year for the next several years to ke...
Publishing in China 22 Jan 2010 | 06:42 pm
Have you ever wondered how a Chinese book gets published? Books in China are once again in the spotlight, due to Google Books’ scanning of Chinese copyright owners’ works without their permission, so ...
China’s Coal (Part II): Alternatives 24 Nov 2009 | 07:28 am
Coal accounts for over 70% of China’ energy mix, whereas in the United States, coal is 44% of the energy mix. Below I analyze several reasons why China has such high coal requirements as a percentage ...
China’s Coal (Part I) 20 Nov 2009 | 07:05 pm
China, Coal, and Energy: Part I China needs and must use coal to satisfy its energy demands; at least in the near term. In fact, the entire World needs to use coal until more energy is produced using...
China’s Dirty Wind 5 Oct 2009 | 07:01 am
News in the WSJ on Sept 28th reported that China’s wind farms, which as I have noted before* , have some connectivity problems in joining the electrical grid. That information is nothing new, but the ...
China’s Food Safety Law and Tort Reform 22 Jun 2009 | 04:52 pm
With its new Food Safety Law that went into effect on June 1st, 2009, China has edged closer toward an “Americanization” of its tort law system (at least in the Product Liability area). China has give...
Beijing Commodity Demand Boom– A Bust? 15 Jun 2009 | 04:11 pm
China’s commodity demand has risen sharply in the past few months. Its stock market is up and China seems to have dragged commodity prices out of the cellar. However, China seems to be gambling with i...
China’s International Leadership 1 Jun 2009 | 03:24 pm
From February 26th through the 27th I attended a symposium at the University of Texas in Austin, TX on China’s Emergence: Effects on Trade, Investment, and Regulatory Law. Here are some thoughts on t...
Slight Delay In Updates 17 Apr 2009 | 01:58 pm
Hello. Thank you for reading China Comment these past ten months. China Comment looks forward to another very successful ten months in the future! Regrettably, however, there will probably be no upda...
