Hindustan Times
In small towns with big wide roads and markets flaunting fake Armani as street fashion, who would notice the acquisition of a refrigerator? But this humble appliance could be China’s most curious household asset sold for the sake of the recession. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Armani, Beijing, China, Chinatown, Czechoslovakia Embassy, refrigerator
It’s Sunday morning in Beijing and too early to wake up local friends. But I know my friend in New Delhi is up early, sipping chai and posting a status message I want to read. We would catch up for a few minutes on Facebook before starting the day’s work — until the Chinese censors began poking it. Read more
(9 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Chinese censors, Facebook, Great Firewall, Netizens, YouTube videos
A developer in Shanghai is building a replica of Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch on an island off the city’s coast. The news made a splash in the government-run China Daily newspaper this week, and set me thinking.
Where do I live? Read more
(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Manhattan, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson’s Neverland, MJ, shanghai
Here’s a nugget for India’s new railway ministry: In the first five months of this year, China built 1,942.5 km of new rail lines with an unprecedented 120 per cent increase in railway infrastructure investment compared to last year.
India’s railway network (63,327 km) is denser than Mainland China (79,000 km) but India is not yet building tracks for bullet trains hurtling at 350 kmph. Read more
(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Filed under China · Tagged China, Chinese train journey, Mainland China, shanghai
