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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Offshoring: Can China Catch Up To India?
We’d like to invite you for a discussion on the future of China’s offshoring and outsourcing industry — a growing sector in China that still lags far behind India’s well-known successes. Our speakers are Enrico Benni, Alex Peng, and Art Hu, partners in McKinsey’s Beijing office, who will introduce their recent survey of 75 of [...]
Beijing Police Detain 4 Scandinavian TV Reporters
Police detained four Scandinavian television correspondents for two hours after denying them an interview with blogger Zeng Jinyan about the detention of her husband, HIV/AIDS activist Hu Jia, in late December. The reporters represented three Scandinavian TV stations. Police blocked the reporters from entering Zeng’s apartment building, then detained them because one of the team [...]
Tags: Beijing
FCCC Notes Apology, Partial Redress For Henan Beating
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China notes the steps taken by the authorities in Henan to make amends for the beating of a Belgian TV journalist. Tom van de Weghe of VRT received a letter of apology from the perpetrators and partial compensation for being stopped and assaulted by thugs working with local officials while [...]
Tags: Henan
January Happy Hour
Join Beijing’s foreign correspondents and friends to toast the new year at our first gathering of 2009. Slight change of format: Only FCCC members enjoy discounted bar prices on presentation of FCCC membership card at the bar each time before ordering drinks. So don’t forget your membership card! Renew your membership at the same time [...]
