CHINA BLOG
Newsday food writer Erica Marcus is on a three-week trip to China, exploring the country's cuisine in major cities and small villages. Her daily blog chronicles her meals, from fancy restaurants to noodle shacks. Come along with her on this eating adventure. To read Erica Marcus' China travel blog, log on to www.newsday.com/travel. Photo - Erica Marcus...
China Blog: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
No sympathy for airlines With regard to the Qantas issue, it's very simple. About 15 years ago while travelling with Qantas, I awoke on a flight from Asia not knowing that the person next to me had recently received service, and called for water. The hostess suggested it was people like me who caused people like her to have varicose veins so, not wishing to cause those of her ilk more problems, I have never travelled with Qantas again.We read about the dire situation of the...
China Blog: Business Editors:
Among the business stories for Saturday AMs from the Associated Press. MARKETS and the ECONOMY: BC-Wall Street. NEW YORK -- Wall Street extends its 2006 rally into a fourth session as investors cast aside a mixed jobs report showing a slowdown in monthly hiring by the nation's employers. BC-Economy. WASHINGTON -- Job growth slowed to 108,000 in December following a revised increase of 305,000 in November, and the unemployment rate dipped a tenth of a point to...
GOOGLE DISSECTS U.S. CLAIM,
GOOGLE LAUNCHES CHINA BLOG A DAY BEFORE CHINA HEARING
A business school marketing professor would probably say it was ''poor timing'' that Google decided to launch a corporate blog in Chinese a day before the Mountain View company testified before Congress about its practices in China.Clearly intended to project an image as a cool and hip place to work, the opening post at Googlechinablog.com set a fun and friendly tone: ''If you ask who is the person Google cares most...