Archive for February, 2010
California Organic Mixed Vegetables and Vegan Shoes. Made in China
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 23:37 1 CommentPerhaps one of the more interesting, and at times comical and frustrating, dynamics about working in China is that sometimes you just know that the word “China” can create an emotional response that some cannot overcome. It is a dynamic that China does bring upon itself sometimes, but it is also a response that some [...]
Is the Year of the Tiger the year of China’s Bust?
Monday, February 22, 2010 2:33 21 Commentsso, as my first post of substance for the Year of the Tiger, I thought I would make it a bubble post. Will China’s economy survive the Year of the Tiger in tack, or will it implode. It is a question that has been debated in many forums, and there are a wide range of [...]
Labor Conditions of Apple’s itouch Supplier All Over CCTV. Brand Destruction in Process?
Monday, February 22, 2010 2:18 16 CommentsOver the last couple of years, one of the firms that has popped up on the radar of firms whose labor conditions I felt were at some point going to come back to haunt them… and I think we have come a bit closer with the above CCTV report, an 11 and a half minute [...]
Traffic Study Reveals Shanghai’s Driving Laws are Mearly a Suggestion.
Sunday, February 21, 2010 7:24 2 CommentsWelcome back everyone. Seems like it has been a while since I have posted, it has been a whole 10 days, and I have a few posts in the cage getting warmed up. In the meantime, I thought I would just post a short clip of something that I found while diving through my RSS [...]
Labor Compliance in China. Did Anyone Learn Anything from Nike?
Friday, February 5, 2010 19:23 14 CommentsOver the last few weeks, I have been spedning a lot of timethings about the risks of China. More specifically the risks that either are not thought through, are thought to be too low to consider, or are believed to be removed by a third party relationship. It is a sitution that, as the interview [...]



