Archive for June 23, 2010

Decadence cards in China

The charge card industry in China is worth hundreds of billions of RMB a year, operating on the margin of the jurisdiction of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). The card issuing companies are not registered as financial institutions, therefore, are not subject to the same regulations as financial institutions. The cards come in different [...]

A dish called “Chinese Football”

As the buzzing of the vuvuzula fills every stadium in South Africa, and after watching the match featuring France against South Africa, this reminds me of a very funny story told by a friend a few years earlier. This friend of mine went to Chongqing for vacation. He was looking at the menu in a [...]


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