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Important Announcement Major shipping, aviation funds to boost reforms Wal-Mart, Carrefour Spur Local Logistics Alliance China Eastern Airlines to post ‘significant loss’ for 2008 China railways: Slowing economy means flat rail cargo volume for 2009 Read the rest of the news after the break.

Following my post last week, the UN released the 30 page report Advancing Food Safety in China. PDF Here Primarily written in response to, and as a study of, the recent milk contamination cases, this paper is an excellent guide for those who are looking to understand more about the regulatory environment, the agencies, and [...]

In Foreign Affairs this month comes a piece by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called A Strategic Economic Engagement Strengthening U.S.-Chinese Ties . A state of affairs piece, the message throughout the article is clear. Regardless of who will be the next President of the United States, the SED needs to remain in place. With [...]

I have come to understand the basic fact of China that the less you know about China, and China’s laws are no exception to this. It is something that applies to those looking to enter (or expand) when making investment decisions and when looking at joint venture partners at the highest level, and how firms [...]

ProLogis, a company I have written about on several occasions, has just released a very interesting report entitled China’s Special Economic Zones and National Industrial Parks — Door Openers to Economic Reform that I would recommend anyone interested in understanding the background behind China’s EDTZ and SEZs. This report is really strong on the history [...]

6 months after I started reporting on the clampdown on visas, it is now a full blown party with major newspapers and blogs all reporting pretty thoroughly on the issue. A new piece of information that I have to add at what I have already seen at the other sites, that no one else has [...]

Under normal circumstances, I would post an environmentally related post like this only on Crossroads, but this is no normal post. For regular readers, you will know that one of the things that I follow closely, and one of the things that I worry about more frequently, is sustainability of resources in China… particularly water [...]

Last year, specifically last summer, was an inflection point.. some say a tipping point.. for China. news stories surrounding Taihu, Slave labor, product safety, and cardboard dumplings had a huge effect on China’s policy makers. It is something that I have covered on a number posts on All Roads (Summer 2007: A Catalyst for Environment [...]