Looking to learn more about china from the inside-out, basically looking for mags, news websites, blogs, reading material written by people who know the real-China (ground level, localized, etc)....
I sometimes read:
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/c...nomy-business/
but I'm looking for more and better. Basically looking for anything other than the typical china-is-booming-from-outsider-perspective analysis. Thanks
Last edited by CB1021; 2011-04-25 at 01:41 AM.
You'll be somewhat hard pressed to find accurate information since the media is so heavily surveyed.
I met a student years ago who hadn't heard about the events of Tiananmen Square, 1989 until he came to Canada, and that was in 2002.
My guess is you don't read chinese? otherwise the news sites would be more obvious? Try publications pushed out of Hong Kong since freedom of press is expressed more rigorously there and they have obvious close associations. Taiwanese news can give you an 'alternate' perspective if that is what you are after, but that can be strongly biased also.
If you don't speak Chinese, you can't really get an up close picture of China. The vast majority of Chinese do not speak or write English and the ones that do are members of the upper class and not reflective of the overall society.Looking to learn more about china from the inside-out, basically looking for mags, news websites, blogs, reading material written by people who know the real-China (ground level, localized, etc)....
It depends also what you mean by "real China". The kind you read about basically comprises of a dozen or so cities along or near the coast. Shanghai, Dalien, Beijing, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Tianjin etc. There are still 800 million farmers who live in the interior of the country who earn basically nothing.
Instead of blogs or stuff on the internet, books are your best option. Most blogs and articles are way too short and quickly written to provide any deep analysis. The only one I've found worth reading is the Asia Sentinal. If you want more academic/political try Minxin Pei. If you want more anecdotal "on the ground", I've read Rob Gifford's China Road which is not bad (he was NPR's China Correspondant for 10 years till 2005).
This video blew me away. I don't know the larger significance, but it was sure an eye-opener....
Ghost Cities & Malls of China
Wow. Scary! Thanks for sharing Steve.Originally Posted by steve41
Wow. Along the same lines, have a look at this article from Canadian Business:
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/mana...14_10024_10024
Personally, I'm staying far away from just about every Chinese stock these days.
Has anyone else been watching the trading halts on some US listed Chinese stocks? These are RTO (Reverse Take Overs) by US entities of Chinese companies. Auditors are walking away from them, in most cases saying that the Company isn't forthcoming with financial data. Hence the auditors can't do their jobs.
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/stor...FREE&cm_ite=NA
Granted most of these Chinese stocks are small caps, more ripe for manipulation. The larger companies might have tighter controls (and better auditing), but I'm sticking with CAD / US / Europe for now.
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