Lots of news floating around about the U.S. automakers and their sad financial state. Bad enough, but it's the PR blunders that make me cringe. When the three CEOs went to the U.S. Congress recently, asking for money, and had to admit that they flew to D.C. on their private jets — that looked really […]

From Politico:

Rep. Xavier Becerra tells the editorial board of La Opinion that he has turned down the job of U.S. trade representative, having concluded — trade watchers take note — that trade won't be the first, second, or third priority of the Obama administration.
From Pilar Marrero's report:

He apparently didn't hold out much hope that the […]

I wish this was a surprise, but it isn't:
Levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in China are nearly twice the global average. Nationwide research published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases has shown that almost 10% of Chinese TB cases are resistant to the most effective first-line drugs.

New study came out on this, which is why […]

Z – I – R – P
ZIRP
Yes, ZIRP
What does it mean? What am I, freaking Wikipedia? Look it up yourself.
Hint: it's all rather depressing, so of course it has to do with the economy.

Here's a piece from Caijing's English edition on recent developments in the tainted milk scandal. Although the central government has issued a directive saying that treatment for affected babies should be free, the directive has not been accompanied by any…

A 64-year-old man has been sentenced to 120 hours' community service for intimidating Tobacco Control Inspectors and possessing offensive weapons.

The Shanghai government is considering the launch of online game service standards, according to which Chinese online game operators need to provide formal notification to players when they decide to close their usernames and remove their identification within the games.
Local media reports that the standards are currently being discussed and their basic framework has been […]