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Today's Links: Murderers, McD's and squid snacks


  • Gunman kills 32 in Virginia Tech rampage

    "She said the gunman 'was just a normal-looking kid, Asian, but he had on a Boy Scout-type outfit. He wore a tan button-up vest, and this black vest, maybe it was for ammo or something.'"
  • Gunman may have been in U.S. on visa
    "The 24-year-old man arrived in San Francisco on United Airlines on Aug. 7 on a visa issued in Shanghai, the source said. Investigators have not linked him to any terrorist groups, the source said."
  • Taiwan student says US gunman's spree began with quarrel
    "The gunman who shot up a Virginia university and killed at least 33 people including himself was an Asian student who had quarrelled with his girlfriend just before the shooting spree, a Taiwanese student said Tuesday."
  • Shanghai student eyed in university shooting
    "The gunman found dead today by authorities from apparently self-inflicted wounds was described by an injured student to MSNBC as a college-aged Asian with a maroon hat and black leather jacket." Just because his visa was issued in Shanghai does not mean he is from Shanghai.
  • Xinhua: No Chinese students found among victims in Va. Tech shootings
    "No Chinese students have been found among the dozens of victims in Monday's shooting rampage on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), in the eastern U.S. state of Virginia." Except for, maybe, the killer.
  • Shanghai's oldest luxury hotel closed for US$65m makeover
    "Shanghai's oldest luxury hotel, Peace Hotel, has been closed for a US$65m restoration and is expected to reopen in 2010."
  • McDonald's China to allow trade unions in east China: ACFTU
    "McDonald's China has promised to establish trade union branches in its 40 restaurants in the eastern Zhejiang province this year, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) said Monday."
  • What’s in a logo?
    "Some interesting variations by Chinese sports shoe companies on one of the world’s most famous logos." Also 'borrowed' from are Diadora and Mizuno.
  • Chinese medicine responsible for lion deaths
    "The bones are used for traditional Chinese medicine and the claws are worn by some men as pendants in the hope of increasing their virility."
  • Toxin found in dried squid snacks
    "The Consumer Council in Hong Kong warns that excessive consumption of dried squid snacks could result in arsenic poisoning, leading to chronic pathological liver disorder." Good thing we can't stand the stuff.
  • Google rapped over Chinese software 'copy'
    "Google may face legal action after admitting to unauthorised use of data from Chinese internet portal Sohu in its own Chinese translation software."
  • China says U.S. complaint won't solve piracy
    "The U.S. government's accusation that China's market access restrictions on films, books and audiovisual products are leading to rampant piracy does not stand up," Wang told a news conference in Beijing.
  • Student jumps off building over work stress
    "They said the fourth-year undergraduate was an introvert who was working as an intern in a local company. She was reportedly pessimistic about over the demanding job last week." Happened in Changning District around midnight.
  • Elderly couple sues Shenhua football club owner over wall
    "Zhu Jun, owner of Shenhua soccer club, is countersuing his neighbors in a dispute about a wall that allegedly blocks sunlight." On Xingguo Road.
  • Tam sweeps Hong Kong Film Awards
    "After This Our Exile, which tells the story of a gambling addict who forces his son to steal to make ends meet, won best film, director and screenplay."
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    By Dan Washburn in on April 17, 2007 7:12 PM

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    Diaoyutai: High drama on the high seas

    On Friday, Chinese protesters clashed with Japanese coast guard ships and helicopters off the coast of the East China Sea islets, known as the Diaoyutai (钓鱼岛) in China and the Senkakus in Japan. The islands are located 170 km (100 miles) northeast of Taiwan and 410 km (250 miles) west of Japan's Okinawa island are a long-standing source of dispute between China and Japan. In brief, Japan claimed the islands in 1895 when it colonized Taiwan, but the United States controlled them after World War II and returned them to Japan in 1972. While they are currently administered by Japan, the Diaoyutai are independently claimed by Japan, China, and Taiwan. The islands are uninhabited but surrounded by rich fishing waters, and it is believed that they sit above vast underwater oil and gas deposits.

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    By wlw in on October 31, 2006 9:58 AM

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    Labor Unions: Greasing the palms that oil the gears

    If Saudia Arabia has oil, then China has people. Specifically, it has great quantities of unskilled labor. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent of the NYMEX crude oil futures to mark the price of labor in China, but if there were, it would advance on fears that the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU, the "OPEC" of this story) will implement newly drafted rules that will make operating in China more expensive and difficult.

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    By wlw in on October 14, 2006 6:54 PM

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    A union of convenience?

    There is a Chinese business adage that goes something like, “Every company in China keeps four sets of financial books: one understated set for the government, a second set to satisfy the wife, a third set to impress the mistress, and the actual records for management." So much for GAAP compliance. Most generally, the point of this joke is that in the recent past, to put it mildly, China has been an extremely permissive operating environment, where there has neither been the will nor the means to enforce standards of accountability that are expected in the developed world.

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    By wlw in on September 18, 2006 8:53 PM

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    Extra! Extra! Troubadours, unions and backyard wells

    One step closer to a worker's paradise!

  • Construction of China's first massive underground bunker is underway in Shanghai. It can hold up to 200,000 people, which means the rest of us get incinerated. It is connected to subway stations and office buildings, in case you need your Starbucks fix before the apocalypse.
  • Hong Kong is vying for the first Asian David Beckham Football Academy, though if we know anything about Shanghai, it's that it will vie for one as well.
  • A Hubei land-rights activist said he was paralyzed from the neck down after being attacked by assailants. Not so, say the authorities: He broke his own neck.
  • From Cattlenetwork.com we have a report about the labor riots at a Dongguan toy factory. Mattel and McDonald's, two of the major companies that the factory makes products for, did an investigation and found that the riot had nothing to do with poor working conditions. Earth to McDonald's: People will riot when you serve them stale fries at the mess hall day in and day out.
  • Shanghai's temperature reached 37 degrees over the weekendbut the surface temperature on the elevated roads was upwards of 50 degrees, which is why from 12-2 pm, they had to douse the entire road with several tons of water in order to bring down the temperature.
  • We like the title of this article on Chinese basketball's recent loss to Spain: 63∶97再负西班牙 中国男篮挽回点颜面. The title says that China managed to regain some face, despite losing by a whopping thirty-four points. This is because in the previous game, they lost to Spain by 47 points.
  • The rate of non-performing or bad loans in Shanghai has decreased so that they now occupy about 2.75 percent of the total amount of loans, whereas the national level is 3.82 percent.
  • There's a new fad among people who live in big houses out in the 'burbs of Shanghai: Digging wells in their backyards. The cost? A mere 300 yuan.
  • This blogger debates with himself the reason why Park 97 in Shanghai has lasted as long as it has, not so much in comparison with other places in Shanghai, but with popular nightlife spots in Beijing.
  • Lupu Bridge was where the party was last night, as a bunch of Chinese and foreigners got together to celebrate Qi Xi, Chinese Valentine's Day.

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    By Peijin Chen in on July 31, 2006 12:18 PM

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