Category Archives: China
December 18, 2011 China 8- Macau vs. Vegas er
I believe Macau is getting hype because it is a major money maker for casino developers. In Macau, developers don’t have to bother with flashy gimmicks, shows and nightlife…because all the Chinese want to do is gamble. This is a gold mine for a casino operator and certainly why Steve Wynn has talked about moving [...]
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December 18, 2011 China 7- Macau vs. Vegas yi
I just returned for a trip to Vegas and was amazed at the newfound Chinese pandering. (Ps right now is an incredible time to go to Sin City… they are hurting for money and are giving away rooms. We got 2 nights at New York, New York for $50 a night with free buffets). Anyway. [...]
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December 13, 2011 China 6- Chinglish
I was in New York last week and found myself with nothing to do on a Wednesday afternoon so I took in a matinée on Broadway. Wow, that sounded douchey (compounded by the accent on matinee, thank you spell check). Anyway, it was a spur of the moment thing and the price was right. I [...]
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November 29, 2011 China 5- Car vs. Pedestrian
A major pet peeve of mine is the “you go, no you go, no seriously you go, really no you go, really? ok, oh sorry, you first, oh me? oh ok. no you” exchange I experience here in the US when I, as a pedestrian, compete with a car. If I am crossing the street [...]
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November 8, 2011 China 5- Students that are too good to be true…
I read a really great article in the New York Times yesterday. The gist of it was that Chinese students lie on their college applications and are coming over to the US in droves on false pretenses. The most ominous line was this: “90 percent of Chinese applicants submit false recommendations, 70 percent have other [...]
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November 3, 2011 China 4- All about the Deal
Perhaps it is due to the decades upon decades of grinding, soul crushing poverty, but the locals I came across in China are all about saving a buck, err kuai. This might be a rash generalization, but that’s what this blog is all about, right? I lived in China for a year and had pretty [...]
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October 19, 2011 China 3- Family Plannin’
China is home to an almost mythical creature. One which once roamed the land freely, but has since been hunted and poached. This elusive beast has all but died out in the West, relegated mainly to Church picnics or Utah. What? Not the panda. No, I am referring to the virgin. China is full of [...]
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September 25, 2011 China 2- The Education (?) System
Here’s the reason why China will never surpass the U.S. as the world’s most powerful* economy: the education system. boom. The students in China are drilled day in day out, with no room whatsoever for creative thought. This is how, really, they consistently score so highly on standardized tests. [...]
September 20, 2011 China 1- Oh wow the corruption
One truth about China that I was fairly naive about prior to my time there, was the corruption. This may come as no surprise but it cannot be understated; the corruption in China is ingrained into the very fabric of the business process, and it doesn’t seem to be improving. Most recently, you can look [...]
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September 18, 2011 My time with China.
As mentioned in previous posts, I want this blog to be of a somewhat professional nature. So far, I haven’t totally lived up to that. I am going to focus this on some things that I feel I can speak with some modicum of authority on. Not that that list is very long; one of the [...]
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