It is with sadness that we learned that Run Run Shaw - entrepreneur, investor, filmmaker, philanthropist - died Tuesday in his home in Hong Kong at the age of 107. There are few men in modern China - anywhere actually - with the stature, reach, and heart of Run Run Shaw. People who don't pay attention sometimes may associate Shaw with just low-budget Chinese action and horror … [Read more...] about A Tribute to Run Run Shaw
Happy New Year
I want to wish everyone Great Health, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! :/-.` :. ./-` :hNNmy` yNh- .mNh -omMo … [Read more...] about Happy New Year
Making a Mockery of China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) – and the Precedents it Sets?
Wow, here is an update on the China ADIZ and the recent aftermath. While I did expect U.S. and Japan to express some kind of reservation over China's recent establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Seas, I had not anticipated the full sound and fury of the storm! Within hours after China's public announcement of the ADIZ, the U.S. decided to … [Read more...] about Making a Mockery of China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) – and the Precedents it Sets?
Is China Escalating Tensions in the East China Seas By Creating an Air Defense Identification Zone?
Recently, one sees again a torrent of articles in the Western press about how China is escalating tensions in the the East China Seas By Creating an Air Defense Identification Zone. The response from the U.S. and its lackey Japan has been swift. NYT reports: China’s announcement appeared to be the latest step in what analysts have called a strategy to chip away at Japan’s … [Read more...] about Is China Escalating Tensions in the East China Seas By Creating an Air Defense Identification Zone?
China Will Relax its One-Child Policy to Increase its Population Growth
The on-going Third Plenary Session of 18th CPC Central Committee has handed down several important decisions recently. One of them involves the relaxation of the one-child policy to spur China's population growth. Xinhua has a good report. An excerpt is provided below: BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China will loosen its decades-long one-child population policy, allowing … [Read more...] about China Will Relax its One-Child Policy to Increase its Population Growth