5 years in China are like 40 years in Holland
Yesterday it was exactly five years since I started my career as a foreign correspondent in China. To dwell upon …
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China’s most thrilling piece of land sold off to Capitaland
Without much media coverage one of the most unique and dramatic sites available in the whole of urban China has …
China’s risk factor ignored?
While Europe and the United States are struggling with their economies and trying to get a grip on their high …
Coastal Town, but where’s the coast?
In the aftermath of the Wenzhou high speed train crash and the collision in Shanghai of two trains in the …
Photo of the week
Old car in Yantai
Buying part of Iceland sometimes is just that: buying part of Iceland
Huang Nubo (c) PHOTO: FRANS SCHELLEKENS Ever since the news broke that Chines tycoon Huang Nubo planned to buy a part …
Exploding China – China’s new Megacities
For the last couple of years two of my friends in Shanghai, Journalist Michiel Hulshof and architect Daan Roggeveen, have been …
Rare attack on Chinese securities regulator
The Shanghai Daily usually isn’t one of China’s most rebellious newspapers, but a one piece feature in Tuesday’s edition clearly …
My piece in the Xinmin Evening News
A couple of months ago I visited Xinmin Evening News. The Shanghai based newspaper is one of China’s largest and …
Inspector China
There we go again. China’s State Council orders safety checks on high-speed rails, slower running speeds. Checks and inspections. Two …
