Sebrina and Justin

What would happen if China set a limit on the total number of cars? If you want to buy a car, a different car has to be taken off the roads. Similar to a cap-and-trade system used to handle factory pollution. There are some enforcement difficulties to handle like fraud and blatant disregard for the […]

China is in the process of tweaking its economy and moving upmarket. They are raising the minimum wage, lowering export subsidies of low quality exported goods, and more strictly enforcing environmental regulation. The most exciting part of this transition is the environmental regulation. If you have ever wanted to be involved in cleaning up the […]

Those of you interested in China–past, present and future–may find it interesting to listen to Brian Lehrer’s interview of Mark Leonard, author of “Why Europe will run the 21st Century” and now “What does China think?” It offers something for everyone. There’s snazzy lingo for budding globalization buffs and food for thought on […]

I’m having an out of body experience being a world away from the presidential controversies that are crackling back home in the States. My main sources of news in Beijing are The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Seattle’s public radio station KUOW, China’s Central Television, and The Economist. It’s nothing like being constantly bombarded by […]