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Living in China: Beijing to set new vehicle rules as post-Olympics limits cut jams, pollution
New vehicle restrictions are likely to be announced soon in the Chinese capital, given that a post-Olympics system has "significantly improved" traffic conditions and air quality, Beijing officials said recently. "New car restrictions will be unveiled soon to replace the current ones," said Wang Zhaorong, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications [...]
Posted in China Also tagged Air Quality, Beijing, greenhouse gas emissions, Living In China, municipal government, pollution, spokesman, Statistics 1 Comment
China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Beijing has more cars on roads
Beijing registered 65,970 new motor vehicles in the first 45 days of 2009, with a daily increase of 1,466, according to the municipal traffic authority. That brought the total number of automobiles in the city to 3.56 million as of February/2009, according to figures from the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: auto prices to fall in Q4/2008 on slowing demand
Auto prices in China were expected to fall in the fourth quarter led by slowing demand, the price monitoring center under the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a report on recently. Prices fell 2.09 percent in the first nine months due to excessive output and oversupply of new models in the second and third quarters, it said...
e-Commerce in China: dot-com economy grew over 60 percent year on year in the second quarter/2008
China's dot-com economy grew nearly 63 percent year on year in the second quarter, despite increasing inflation and the effects of the Sichuan earthquake, a Shanghai-based research firm reported recently. Revenue generated by China's online search, game and travel providers reached 13.32 billion yuan (US$1.94 billion) in the April-to-June period, iResearch said...
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Coca-Cola most recognized Olympic Games sponsor
How time changes: the latest survey from Nielsen during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games shows that among all the sponsors, the Coca-Cola Company had the highest consumer awareness, but only ranked third in advertising costs. According to statistics, the Coca-Cola supplied 25 million bottles of Coca-Cola daily to Beijing's Olympic venues, exceeding the 20 million bottles in the Athens Games...
Posted in China, consumer behavior Also tagged 2008 , Olympic Games, advertising, behavior, Beijing, Coca Cola, consumer behavior, Game, Nielsen, Olympic, Olympic Games, Statistics, Xinhua 1 Comment
Bibles to be available free during Beijing Games
Athletes, officials, spectators and tourists can pick up the Bible or just the New Testament for free during the Olympic Games. Tens of thousands of copies of the Bible, the New Testament and booklets with just the four Gospels (according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) have been printed for the purpose, say officials of China's Christian society. Rev Xu Xiaohong, an official of the Shanghai-based China Christian Council in charge of publishing, says 50,000 bilingual (Chinese and English) editions of the Gospel booklets had already been printed by June. They are on way to six cities hosting the Olympic events in the mainland...
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China Restricting Visas to Foreigners, hurts Tourism
China has begun to restrict visas for foreign visitors. The Washington Post presents several perspectives on why this is happening, including Olympic security concerns and a growing sense of nationalism among Chinese. On paper, the visa rules for China have always been strict. In addition to frustrated potential visitors to China, the economy is also experiencing difficulties due to the new visa restrictions. The Wall Street Journal reports on the vacant hotels in Beijing, built for Olympic visitors and other tourists who are now hampered from entering China....
Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: China starts 3G commercial trials in 8 cities
The parent of China Mobile (0941.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), the country's top wireless operator, have started commercial trials of a homegrown third-generation wireless standard, TD-SCDMA, in eight cities on April 1, state media said recently. Shares in several Hong Kong-listed equipment vendors, including China Communications Services Corp Ltd (0552.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) and China Wireless Technologies Ltd (2369.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), rose on Friday, as investors anticipate heavy spending on telecoms gear.The commercial trials will help to improve TD-SCDMA technology, as well as provide better mobile services during the Beijing Olympics, according to Xinhua News agency [...]
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