Archive for May, 2007

China to outlaw mistresses for businessmen

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

The booming southern Chinese province of Guangdong is drafting a law to stop businessmen and cadres keeping mistresses. The move is part of ongoing efforts to encourage more “social harmony”.
Many Chinese businessmen keep mistresses in second homes, and the practice of keeping an er nai (second breast) is particularly widespread in the economic engine-room of [...]

Pentagon alarmed at China’s growing military might

Monday, May 28th, 2007

All the lonely people and those who prey on them

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Saatchi tapping into China

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.