Clearing the tabs of some article published in the last few weeks. Thanks to Melissa for two of them.
- Seeking College Edge, Chinese Pupils Arrive in New York Earlier from The New York Times (lots of potential money to be made from international students in both countries but do language skills dilute the analytical skills going forward?)
- More girls taking up smoking, study finds from Shanghai Daily (not a good trend for anyone except funeral parlors)
- Tech Companies Banking On More Smartphone Shopping from The Wall Street Journal (alibaba and tencent using location-based targeted ads)
- What Time Is It? Shanda Will Soon Unveil Chinese Smart Watch from China Tech News (first Pebble-like device?)
- Hershey Keen for Piece of China from The Wall Street Journal
- ‘Cadmium Rice’ Is China’s Latest Food Scandal from The New York Times (the rice from Cambodia is so far, so good, not sure I’d trust any from southern china right now)
- Excitement Abounds for New Third Board from Caixin (over-the-counter exchange for non-public securities)
- China’s Entrenched Gender Gap from The New York Times (OCP, gender imbalance and institutionalized alienation for women over the age of 27 is not helping the situation)
- An apology that is 47 years late from Offbeat China (about the start of the cultural revolution)
- China property: bigger index, bigger bubble from Financial Times
- With 1.4 Million Users, Taobao Launches Hong Kong Official Site from Tech In Asia
- A Battle to Become Art Capital of China from The New York Times
- Yum’s China Sales Slump 29% in April on Chicken Safety Concern from Bloomberg