Blog Tag - The Wall Street Journal

Beijingers Scoff at WSJ Claim Foreign Entrepreneurs Are “Heading Home”
Beijing entrepreneurs have responded with skepticism to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article suggesting foreign businessmen were "heading home...
WSJ's Beijing Bureau Reveals Their Favorite Foods
We read The Wall Street Journal's China Real Time Report every weekday morning, so we were interested when they published a list of their favorite...
Page Turners: Former Beijing Expats Look Back in 'Beijing A to Z'
“For three years in China we had the same ayi, a woman who came twice a week to clean our apartment, with a vengeance, for four hours a pop. You...
Air China Begins Service to Four Asian Destinations; What Goes In a Carry-on
I've seen about 700 news items that Air China is beginning non-stop service between Beijing and Mumbai, India. Well, Air China is beginning non-stop...
Lessons to be Learned from Cautionary Tale of Expat Teen Jailed After Bar Fight
A melodramatic Wall Street Journal article about a young Beijing expatriate's month-long stint in a Beijing jail serves as a reminder to all of us to...
Average Chinese White Collar Worker Rates Their Sex Life 1.64 Out of Five: WSJ
China's white-collar workers show up for work approximately 22 times per month, but half have sex less than once per month, which may account for...
Two Injured in Subway Incident at Guo Mao Station: Report
An "incident" at Guo Mao Station on Thursday evening left two people with minor injuries, and caused "confusion" during Thursday evening's rush hour...
Literal Beijing Subway Station Names, Next Stop: Safe Chastity Gate
It must have been a slow news day over at The Wall Street Journal's China Real Time. Following the lead of some similarly busy people who translated...
What The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic Are Getting Wrong About Starbucks in China
It's always interesting what non-economic or non-political stories from China that major news outlets choose to cover. First The Wall Street Journal...
Another One? New Financial District Planned for Southern Beijing
It looks like the corporate crowd might be getting a new home with a new financial center planned for Beijing. According to the Wall Street Journal...
This Expat Life? NPR's Take on Americans in China Has Us Thinking
Is it just us, or are Western media outlets big on covering foreigners living in China lately? The latest in a string of ongoing reports this year...