http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen China-related insights into the power of social networks Mon, 19 May 2008 12:07:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's an interesting article about the business challenges facing Western business schools trying to make money in China. http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/05/19/western-mba-programs-in-china/ Here's an informative interview about the recent events in Tibet and what's really going on in terms of China's international relationships, set in what first seemed an odd venue. The Fox News show is called "Happy Hour" and is set in a bar--yes, with shelves of bright whiskey and gin ... http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/04/15/pro-china-pro-america-a-video-from-fox-news/ Talk about mixed metaphor. Here's the title of an article in yesterday's Baltimore Sun, quoting Duncan Mackay extensively, and me briefly: "Torch as lightning rod, Olympic attention is magnet for protests." http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/04/10/first-press-mention-of-berkshires-china-gold-in-connection-with-the-olympic-torch-relay/ While some people are worried by the debate over the Olympics torch relay, I see it as as having potential for increasing knowledge and awareness. Here's an interesting take on why China matters, from Good Magazine. http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/04/10/10-reasons-why-china-matters/ “Pizza Hut in China stipulated that customers can go to the salad bar only once. The photos below show what the Chinese can do to get around the one trip rule." This story has been making the rounds, but it's the sequence of photos--which I've finally managed to get uploaded ... http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/03/15/salad-bar-architecture/ I'm putting together an issue of Guanxi about sustainability in China (not, we hope, to be an oxymoron) and realized I should mention this important and amusingly named report, Climate Change Negotiations: An Asian Stir Fry of Options, produced by Civic Exchange in Hong Kong, which is led by the ... http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/03/13/climate-change-report-pre-bali/ Not sure where this YouTube China video comes from, except that a friend sent it and it seems to have been created by and viewed Spanish speakers, but it's cool to watch! Definitely gets me in a frame of mine to work on China Gold, our forthcoming book about China ... http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/02/11/youtube-olympics-video/ I've been meaning to recommend this report issued annually by the Committee of 100, an 16-year-old U.S. association of Chinese Americans leaders that works both on domestic issues and on U.S.-China relations. "US-CHINA: Public, Elite Attitudes Reflect "Hope and Fear" was issued last month and is packed with important ... http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/01/12/how-chinese-and-american-people-see-one-another/ This story, "1977 Exam Opened Escape Route Into China’s Elite," provides a window into the experience of many Chinese people who are influential today, whom any of us might meet when doing business in China (or elsewhere in the world): 5.7 million people took the two-day exam in November and December ... http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/01/10/class-of-77/ In the midst of Christmas meals and baking, I learned to make Ma Po Tofu, a common and delicious Chinese dish of tofu in chili sauce - an ideal quick supper, I found, and a good contrast with the other things we were eating these past weeks - and found ... http://guanxiblogs.com/karenchristensen/2008/01/02/guanxi-and-eating/