Extra! Extra! Comrade, where's my car... and other news

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  • In an exchange that has been making rounds on the internet, Mao Zedong's grandson lost his bearings last Friday and, beleaguered by journalists on all sides, asked "comrade, where is my car?" [AFP]
  • He's not the only one to say a darndest thing though. Lots of officials have given meme worthy answers and opinions this week. [WSJ]
  • The head of the environmental ministry in China has proposed that an environmental tax be studied - maybe it can help curb pollution? [Reuters]
  • Did you know that the average Chinese luxury consumer will spend roughly 11% of her income on luxury handbags alone? That's INSANE. [Forbes]
  • With that whole arms sale to Taiwan and the meeting with the Dalai Lama, China has insisted that it's up the United States to prove they should still be friends. [AP]
  • Bo Xilai is a really popular guy. After his clean up of Chongqing, there's talk that he'll be named for one of the top jobs in China in 2012, when many of the current leaders are set to retire.[Washington Post]
  • While the National People's Congress is important and all, even more important is the "raucous online discussion" among China's 380 million Internet users. [The Globe and Mail]
  • The Oregonian argues that "market forces and ambition, not activism or corporate initiatives, pushed up wages and improved working conditions" at sweatshop factories. The proof: rich peasants who have gleaming three-story houses in the middle of their dusty villages. [The Oregonian]
  • Sure China's building - but nothing is filling its buildings. Last year, around 100 million square feet of Beijing buildings was considered empty: zombie space. [Christian Science Monitor]
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By Elaine Chow in on March 9, 2010 8:00 PM Comment 1 Likes Like

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