There is almost zero awareness about dyslexia in mainland China, which leads to great frustration among children, teachers and parents and also means many kids miss out on a proper education. That’s something the Lang Lang school in Beijing is aiming to change. My story.
Entries Tagged as 'business'
Dyslexia in China
March 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · China, Journalism
Tags:Avantage·Avantage Ventures·Beijing·business·charity·China·dyslexia·education·Lang Lang·NGO·society
CIB stories
November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism
Stories in China International Business magazine on social networking as well as real estate in Beijing and New York.
Tags:business·China·culture·Facebook·green card·internet·real estate·Renren·social media
Surfing China’s consumer boom
May 7th, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism
Story in China International Business magazine about Wooha.com, a Chinese internet fashion retailer with an interesting business model – selling expensive foreign fashion lines that are unavailable in China over the internet, using a combination of Fedex and Chinese logistics companies to deliver anywhere in mainland China. It works, according to the company, because a) [...]
VC in China
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism
Not for the faint-hearted – my general overview of venture capital in Private Equity International Asia‘s monthly magazine. Essentially, VCs say early-stage deals in China are scary because there’s a risk that someone in the company will run off with the idea; dollar investors are limited in what they can invest in because China doesn’t [...]
Tags:business·China·venture capital
UAE bank expands into Asia
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism
My story on the National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s fledgling operation in Hong Kong, published in The National’s Business section, part of the growing economic integration between the Gulf and East Asia. NBAD opened up in December 2009 and is working to recruit staff, get its name known and become self-sufficient. It hopes to open [...]
China and Google
January 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · China, Uncategorized
Google is saying it is ready to pull out of China if it is not allowed to offer uncensored internet access following what it says was a sophisticated cyber-attack originating in China and attempting to hack the Gmail accounts of Chinese activists. It’s a highly unusual slap in the face for the Chinese government, who [...]
Qingdao port story in China International Business
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism
My story in China International Business magazine on how Qingdao Port – a huge terminal run as a joint venture between the Qingdao local government and terminal operators including Dubai’s DP World – has weathered the global financial crisis (and is weathering the Dubai financial crisis). CIBJanFront CIBQingdao1 CIBQingdao2 CIBQingdao3 View Untitled in a larger [...]
