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- Watch: Perhaps the most embarrassing piece of Chinese parking ever
- What’s Up With These “The Beijinger” Covers?
- What Does it Take to Open a Restaurant?
- Paranoid migrant worker scatters 20,000 yuan savings in Chongqing train station
- Watch: Jay Chou pretends to be a street musician for Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Pencil This In: Jan 28-31 - Murderous girls and slumber parties
- Media Markt Update
- What Does it Take to Open a Restaurant in Shanghai?
- Last Week's Poll Results
- The Kerry Hotel's Official NFL Super Bowl Party
- Crouching Tiger sequel to begin filming in May
- Riccardo Muti Brings the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Shanghai
- Blogger who exposed Lei Zhengfu, other sex scandals draws heat from police
- Shanghai weatherman caught playing online game during news report
- Your China NDA Is DOA. Again.
- Apple lags behind in Chinese smartphone sales
- GM and SAIC’s Open Marriage
- Tibetans struggle to acquire new Chinese passports
- Weibo congratulations for Azarenka drown out abuse
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| Watch: Perhaps the most embarrassing piece of Chinese parking ever Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:00 PM PST The Chinese have a (largely unfair) reputation for being bad drivers and people like the unfortunate man in this video aren't helping matters. Trying to perform a very simple piece of parking the man manages to drive his car through a fence into a fetid canal, and then is too embarrassed to show his face for a news interview. [ more › ]     |
| What’s Up With These “The Beijinger” Covers? Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:42 PM PST TBJ Confidential: Beijing Cream's monthly peek at next month's the Beijinger, today. We start with the December and January issues. All images by Lola B. Click to enlarge.
And your February 2013 issue…
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| What Does it Take to Open a Restaurant? Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:06 PM PST Date: Jan 28th 2013 10:44a.m. Contributed by: chefhu The big hurdles International chains face when coming to China |
| Paranoid migrant worker scatters 20,000 yuan savings in Chongqing train station Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:00 PM PST  In what seems to be becoming a trend, a migrant worker in Chongqing scattered 20,000 yuan in a train station waiting hall, after the pressure of carrying such a large sum of money became too much for him, according to Kanka News. [ more › ] |
| Watch: Jay Chou pretends to be a street musician for Jimmy Kimmel Live Posted: 27 Jan 2013 06:30 PM PST Taiwanese superstar musician, actor, and amateur abs model, Jay Chou is currently trying to break America (after becoming basically as famous as it's possible to be, in China and Taiwan). [ more › ] |
| Pencil This In: Jan 28-31 - Murderous girls and slumber parties Posted: 27 Jan 2013 06:00 PM PST  Pencil This In is all the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. This week we have a Monday night gig of RJ Big Band at JZ club, an influential classic ghost movie brought to you by Sub-Cinema, and the monthly Dixia FM party with the hottest Chinese alternative rock tunes at Inferno. Virgo can't stop coming up with odd party concepts, and if you know what we have to say about that, check out what's up on Thursday night. Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for more! [ more › ] |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:24 PM PST |
| What Does it Take to Open a Restaurant in Shanghai? Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:06 PM PST Date: Jan 28th 2013 10:44a.m. Contributed by: chefhu The big hurdles International chains face when coming to China |
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| The Kerry Hotel's Official NFL Super Bowl Party Posted: 27 Jan 2013 06:25 PM PST Date: Jan 25th 2013 2:19p.m. Contributed by: cityweekend_sh The biggest and most decadent Super Bowl party in Shanghai |
| Crouching Tiger sequel to begin filming in May Posted: 27 Jan 2013 05:00 PM PST  More than a decade after the original's release, a sequel to Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been announced, and will begin filming as early as May. Lee, who recently received 11 Oscar nominations for "Life of Pi," will not be directing the new film: there is talk that Ronny Yu (best known for the 2006 Jet Li film "Fearless") will be taking the reigns, but The Weinstein Company producers have been tight lipped with details. [ more › ] |
| Riccardo Muti Brings the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Shanghai Posted: 27 Jan 2013 06:16 PM PST |
| Blogger who exposed Lei Zhengfu, other sex scandals draws heat from police Posted: 27 Jan 2013 05:27 PM PST The "law" may have finally caught up with Zhu Ruifeng, the whistleblower who released sex tapes that busted 11 officials, including district Party boss Lei Zhengfu of Chongqing. Last night, scary cops visited his home in Beijing, saying they were from the local police station. "Zhu suspected that they had actually come from Chongqing and that their true intent was to take him away and recover the five additional sex tapes he had threatened to release," according to the Washington Post. Zhu alerted journalists to his situation, and after about two hours, the cops left after Zhu promised to visit the local station later today. It's believed that he has five more sex tapes depicting officials having sex with young women, possibly all of them from an extortion outfit that lured officials into intimate encounters while secretly filming. That outfit, as it was reported earlier last week, has been punished as well. Via Reuters:
It's also believed that Zhu has the only copy of the Lei Zhengfu sex tape in existence, which has yet to be made public. Washington Post again:
Meanwhile, observers wonder what to make of the central government's anti-corruption campaign if local authorities are still allowed to make late-night visits and intimidate whistleblowers:
Police visit Chinese blogger who exposed sex scandal (The Washington Post) |
| Shanghai weatherman caught playing online game during news report Posted: 27 Jan 2013 02:00 PM PST  Netizens have been giving their reactions to a clip of a Shanghai news report that shows an employee of the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau playing a computer game whilst his boss is being interviewed by Shanghai TV. [ more › ] |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2013 03:13 PM PST Just fired off the same email I've probably sent at least two dozen times. It was in response to someone who just realized that their Chinese manufacturer or potential manufacturer had used confidential or trade secret information. Here's the email to me (changed to get rid of any identifiers): I had my Chinese factory sign a non disclosure agreement and I just learned that they copied my product and are selling it to two of my competitors. I am still buying product from them. What should I do? I want to sue them. Here's my pretty much standard response: I suggest you send me a copy of the NDA that your factory signed. If it is in Chinese and provides for litigation in China and was sealed/chopped than you are likely in quite good shape. If it contains a liquidated damages provision (something that makes crystal clear what the penalty is for a violation), all the better. But if you just used an off the shelf American version of an NDA, than doing anything on this would almost certainly be a waste of time. If it provides for suing in the United States, that will be even more true. I should also note that if it just provides for the manufacturer not revealing trade secrets (as opposed to selling your product to others) your likelihood of winning a case will be reduced. In the meantime, I suggest you read the following about China NDA/NNN Agreements:
Almost without exception, we hear nothing further, which is fine since it is always easier to deliver bad news by email as opposed to by phone.
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| Apple lags behind in Chinese smartphone sales Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:00 PM PST  Despite the latest edition of its iPhone selling well, Apple is beginning to lag behind its competitors in China. Bloomberg reports that the American multinational is now being outsold by three other smartphone companies: South Korean giant Samsung, and homegrown companies Lenovo and Coolpad. [ more › ] |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2013 01:00 PM PST Further word from our man in Detroit about General Motors' ambitions in China and its relationship with its joint venture partner, SAIC Motors. It is already planning to expand its dealerships in the country. Now it is hedging its bet … Continue reading →  |
| Tibetans struggle to acquire new Chinese passports Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST  It was only a matter of time before two of China's most inflammatory topics collided: passports and Tibetans. Although primarily designed for their provocative watermarks, Chinese passports may also be used for international travel. According to the South China Morning Post, however, Tibetans have experienced great difficulty receiving new passports following a Chinese government bait-and-switch (more like bait-and-steal) that occurred last year. [ more › ] |
| Weibo congratulations for Azarenka drown out abuse Posted: 26 Jan 2013 03:30 PM PST  Shock! Horror! Weibo users are not all foaming-at-the-mouth nationalist bigots! Following the defeat of Chinese tennis player Li Na by Victoria Azarenka, a few abusive posts on the Belarussian's Weibo page were drowned out by thousands of messages of congratulations. [ more › ] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2013 03:30 PM PST |
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