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Two-Child Policy; Baby Boom or Baby Doom?

Laura Schmitt -
First Beijing, then Shanghai and soon Nanjing? All over China the one-child policy is being relaxed to allow more people to have two children, but is this necessarily a good thing? On 21st February 2014 Beijing announced the changes,...
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Clash of the Cultures: Hearts vs Lanterns

Laura Schmitt -
“If your mother and your wife were both drowning, which one would you save?” illustrates the worst dilemma imaginable for a Chinese man. Today, the entire nation faces the tough choice between mother and lover. It is a bit...
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Thieves on Overtime; End of Year Crime Increase

Laura Schmitt -
It is a truth generally acknowledged that Nanjing is one of the cities with the lowest crime rate in China. Nevertheless, theft is a persisting problem, increasingly so running up to Chinese New Year. The approach...
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China’s Third Plenum; Bark or Bite?

Frank Hossack -
While China has held its Third Plenum that is intended as a road map for the country’s next round of development spanning economics, political and social spheres, its intents for many China watchers, or indeed most of its intended,...
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Divorce drove; China unties the knot

Janneke Wackerberg -
With summer over and the days turning darker, many marriages also start to crack. In Nanjing alone, 18,000 couples were divorced during the first six months of this year, and the worst is yet to come. A whopping...
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The Merry Unmarried; a Growing Legion

Laura Schmitt -
Monday 11th November is Single’s Day in China (11/11), hallmarking the pressure on young Chinese to find a suitable partner in the national dating pool. In 2011 the number of singletons in China reached a staggering 180 million, with...
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Bejing’s upcoming spending spree to give air to breathe

Frank Hossack -
You talk about it. We talk about it. The man in the street talks about it. People who have never set foot in China talk about it. Now China is set to do something about it. And just about...
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When drop turns to trickle

Frank Hossack -
The C.E.O. of Airbus, Fabrice Brégier, was recently quoted as saying that, “ China is no longer a low-cost country.” As this and other realities over manufacturing in the Middle Kingdom start to hit home, executives worldwide are now...
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