City gets tough on H1N1 prevention

Beijing’s government organizations, business and public institutions found negligent in implementing A/H1N1 flu emergency measures will be fined up to 200,000 yuan, te local government said Tuesday.

Fire safety exercise marks anniversary

For the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the fire department of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau began a series of fire safety activiies to safeguard cultural relics and ancient buildings.
Firefighters in Dongcheng District held a combat exercise in Gulou, the drum tower, to gain familiarity with firefighting in [...]

Tax measures fall on both liquor and tobacco

Local media reported that new regulations on the excise tax of baijiu, Chinese spirits, are expected to go public this week and take effect next month. The new regulation would double the tax currently paid by liquor companies.

Gov to amend state secrets law, avoid Internet leakage

The top legislature Monday reviewed for the first time a draft revision to the Law on Guarding State Secrets, underlining the severing of Internet or other public network access to confidential information.

Gareth Emery

Event information
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Host:WeLiveInBeijing
Type: Party – Club Party
Time and place
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Whether it was his critically acclaimed debut on the BBC Radio 1 Essential [...]

Living in a Time Capsule

(NY Times)
By Steven Kurutz

In her job as a real estate agent at William Pitt Sotheby’s in Darien, Conn., Ellen Kelley sees a lot of homes. So many, in fact, that they tend to blur together. But several years ago, she visited one she can’t seem to forget. “I almost expected Donna Reed to come to [...]

7th ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Event information
Tagline:Lucky Number 7
Host:The World of Suzie Wong
Type: Party – Club Party
Time and place
Date: 27 June 2009
Time: 22:00 – 6:00
Location: Club Suzie Wong
Street: West Gate Chaoyang Park
Phone: 65003377
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Club Suzie Wong has been opened for 6 fun filled years and on June 26th it will be lucky number 7!
Come to club Suzie Wong on [...]

That Cap: Birdie or Bogey?

(NY Times)
By Eric Wilson

What’S the story with the painter’s cap? Ricky Barnes was asked during a news conference on Saturday after setting a 36-hole United States Open record at the Bethpage Black golf course in Farmingdale, N.Y. “Where did that come from?”
You didn’t think it would go unnoticed, now did you, when a golfer tries [...]

Western Versus Chinese Leadership Values

By Frank Gallo
In an earlier posting on my blog (Unique Leadership Competencies in China), we looked at the unique competencies of Chinese leaders. In that same posting I listed a few of the typical competencies that might be found in the Western literature for leadership competencies in the West. These included honesty, strategic thinking, visionary [...]

10 Tips for Quality Sourcing from China

By Sebastien Breteau
Whatever the type of goods, there are some tips that each Importer should keep in mind while importing from China.
At AsiaInspection, we visit 25,000 factories in China every year. This enables us to formulate these “10 tips for Quality Sourcing from China”, that we believe can prove particularly valuable should you deal with [...]