Great article in Asia Times on energy and changing geopolitics. This is not a news piece, but a nice digestible article summarizing some current energy-related trends and how things will progress in the next few decades. The author, Michael Klare, gives us five "key forces" for the new energy-influenced world order:
1. Intense competition between older […]

Yes, instead of vegetating on the sofa yesterday, I spent my afternoon at the Franchise Expo, which is put on by the China Chainstore and Franchise Association. For those of you who do not get excited by the terms "area development," "royalty structure," and "master franchisor," this may not have been the event for you.
At […]

From China Esquire:
China has been trying to crack down on intellectual property violations for some time now. (a friend of mine used to do this sort of stuff for a living and he has some exciting stories) That being said, it seems that to the west (and not just America), China can never win. It's […]

Hong Kong and Shenzhen authorities have arrested 12 people after shutting down a cross-boundary smuggling syndicate, seizing $5 million worth of goods.

Police are investigating a traffic accident in which a 76-year-old man was killed by a reversing medium goods-vehicle on Yuk Kwan Street in Wong Tai Sin at about 7.45am today.

In this article in the Legal Daily (法制日报…