The Coming Auto Wars

Stories about the rise of China’s automotive industry are already giving politicians in the United States heartburn, as they wonder when the other shoe will drop and Chinese cars start showing up on American streets and highways.

New Kids on the Block

An American neighbor in my apartment complex recently told me how she has removed her daughter from the Suzhou Singapore International School (SSIS) because a large swathe of the student body has become militantly insular.

How Chaplin Charmed China

Who’s our big Western-Sino crossover star right now, David Beckham? Still? Oh boy. Well, a grandparent’s life time ago, we had a crossover star almost as silent, and with much more universal appeal.

SME Legal Bills In China. I’m So Glad You Asked.

I was talking with a client today for whom we are doing what I consider to be our standard China start-up “package.”

Celebrating the Chinese National Day in YAN CLUB

Pls Join us in celebrating the Chinese National Day

Chinese Classroom Mural

I am remodeling a small school in where Chinese is taught to foreigners and I would like to commission an artist to paint a wall mural.

Spanish indulgence in Sanlitun

Sanlitun has become a one-stop shop for fans of Spanish food. At Nali Patio are Niajo and Carmen, which serve homey, traditional dishes, as well as Taste of Spain, which sells imported Spanish snacks, drinks and cooking ingredients like quality olive oil.

Beauty by the strand – Cool weather fashion focuses on eyelashes

Which part of the body can women highlight as the weather cools and they have no choice but to cover up from head to foot? Why, the eyelashes, of course!

Fashion for today’s urban male

Men looking to update their wardrobe this season should check out the latest collection from D’URBAN and Kent & Curwen, two Western brands available at local department stores.

Wanted: animal blood – Capital sees growing need for pet blood transfusion

On a scorching summer day in June, Gao Zi, a 30-year-old Taiping Life Insurance agent, felt like weeping as he watched his 2-year-old airedale terrier Leo bleed uncontrollably.