Books to read if you’re coming to China

At the last Global Sources show in Hong Kong I was asked after my presentation: “So is there anything else that you think we (people new to business in China) should know?” I answered, “Yea, tons! Do you have a year?”

China Online Dating Guide, Part 2: Best Sites

Even if you don’t think you’d get caught dead using a dating site back home, your situation in China might be different. Arriving in a new country or city, finding like-minded individuals you can communicate with, be they Chinese or other expats, can be tough. While there may have been a lot of fish in the sea back home, if you’re in Wuxi, or even the outskirts of a first tier city, it can seem more like an empty pond.

Fashion decade in review 2000 – 2009

Emma Sibbles picks out the winners and losers in a voguish decade that has seen rows rage over size-zero models and a whole host of stars jump on the designer bandwagon.

Blink-182 announce 2010 European festival appearences

Speculation online also claims band will play Reading And Leeds Festivals too

Tree surgeon Edward Payne on David Hockney’s Bigger Trees Near Warter

Tree surgeon Edward Payne is bowled over by Hockney’s nature study at the Tate

An outfit for every New Year’s Eve celebration

Whether you’re staying in, donning black tie or braving Trafalgar Square, it’s not too late to welcome 2010 in style

What took place in 2010…

Watson, a 48-year-old Briton who lives in Sydney, looked into the future for times2 a year ago and proved spot on when he foresaw a year dominated by loathsome bankers, contempt for high-earning CEOs and campaigns to protect local businesses.

Now he sees a sombre 2010 where loneliness and depression become preoccupying issues. Watson argues that prediction is about interpreting and illuminating the present. Some trends, he says, endure, not least the instinct to protect ourselves when we feel threatened and the extreme reaction to this — the rise of right-wing politics.

But as he casts his eye over 2010 it’s not all bad news — here at least we’re celebrating Watson’s belief that we can expect newsprint, magazines, novels and yes, paper, to live on as “slow media” becomes a watchword for 2010.

Banksy wiped out by scorned graffiti legend ‘King Robbo’

Britain’s most notorious graffiti artist may be accustomed to art world adulation but Banksy’s latest work has landed him in an old fashioned street fight.

Hooters Beijing New Year’s Eve Count Down Party

Event information
Event name:Hooters Beijing New Year’s Eve Count Down Party
Host:Hooters Beijing
Event type
Party – Holiday party
Time & Place
Date:December 31, 2009
Time:18:30 – 1:00
Neighbourhood:Chaoyang District
Event Description
Sure you have plenty of choices to celebrate your new year’s eve in Beijing, however Hooters Beijing is presenting you a fresh way in style to wrap up 2009.
Hooters Beijing is throwing a [...]

Does the average Chinese person care about the environment?

We surveyed 84 people on the streets of Shanghai to understand their understanding of the issues, their concerns, and who they felt were going to be the parties responsible for solving the problems faced.The answers were quite interesting.