Bingfeng Teahouse

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via: china daily, read the article: NPC to review anti-trust code

almost 100 years behind of the states, china finally starts to launch her first anti-trust law. i am glad that my country moves forward, and i am glad to see that the article says:

"The problem is that monopolizers are making money at the expense of the interests of the society as a whole," said Zhang.

but from other sources, mostly private media but also some state media, i hear people taking about using anti-trust law as a tool to keep those foreign multinationals from seizing market shares and dominating chinese market.

this reminds me another article on the chinese home appliance manufacturer - Haier, who entered the international market and established a few bases in the US. the author, an economist, comments that he can not see the reason why Haier was eager to enter the US market, finally he concludes in his article that perhaps the moves are inspired by the CEO's other aspirations like "we are determined to be one of the fortune 500 in X years".

business is business. sports is sports. politics is politics.

the ultimate purpose of business is making money. using anti-trust law to curb foreign competitors or spending company money to buy "respect" seems not a smart idea.

i understand that my countryman have too many desires (or fears) and too limited tools at this moment, but be patient and be focused, otherwise, just like an old chinese saying: "you pick up a sesame and dump a watermelon".

a chinese beggar and his kids, this is one of the photos elected to be the "most powerful photos of the year" in china's web community

about me:

name: bingfeng

location: shanghai, china

profession: business

fun: reading, kids

thanks to lao wang, here is my "My Favorites in Shanghai and the rest of china":

My favorite place for afternoon tea: bu jian bu san (be there or be in the square restaurant)
My favorite book store: www.dangdang.com
My favorite working lunch restaurant: yuan lu shou si (a japanese sushi shop)
My favorite bus line: NA
My favorite place for wireless Internet access: NA
My favorite Starbucks store:  shi men yi road store
My favorite Cursion: hunan, dongbei style
My favorite tea house: han yuan (a book bar in shaoxing road)
My favorite restaurant in Pudong: a shanxi style restaurant (relocated)
My favorite road: the bund
My favorite university campus: ceibs
My favorite theatre: NA
My favorite hotel building: jinmao hotel
My favorite office building: yong xin plaza
My favorite car make: NA
My favorite gallery: NA
My favorite luxrous store: i seldom visit luxrous stores
My favorite book: NA
My favorite hotel to stay: qianmen Hotel (in beijing)
My favorite airport for business: narita Airport
My favorite express way: A20
My favorite new area: ?
My favorite church: NA
My favorite Sichuan Cusion: lao chengdu and chuan meizi
My favorite gym: NA
My favorite view: NA
My favorite furniture design: ikea (the same with lao wang)
My favorite Karaok: Cashbox (the same with lao wang)
My favorite swimming pool: jing an sports center
My favorite tennis court: the one on the roof of ex-sheraton huating hotel
My favorite car rental: NA
My favorite airline agent: ctrip (the samee with lao wang)
My favorite number to call: it's a secret
My favorite newspaper: cbn
My favorite technology book store: NA
My favorite broadband provider: NA
My favorite mobile service provider: NA
My favorite taxi company: Dazhong Taxi (the same with lao wang)
My favorite hosptial: i hate all hospitals
My favorite English Magazine: don't read english magazines

My favorite writer: zhang chengzhi
My favorite actress: ning jing
My favorite city in china: fenghuang
My favorite travel tool: train (not during the spring festival of course!)
My favorite sports: tennis
My favorite snacks: kao di gua (baked sweet potato)
My favorite movie: yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu (an old chinese movie of 1930s)

My favorite reading time: 17:00-19:00
My favorite tv show host: xiao cui (mr. cui yong yuan)
My favorite business web site: (hexun and ceoexpress)
My favorite people: from shandong and shanxi provinces
My favorite leisure activity: traveling
My favorite foreign country: germany

My favorite park in shanghai: xiang yang park 
My favorite chinese dynasty: spring and autumn
My favorite beach: san ya, hainan province
My favorite web community: a movie star club in msn groups community

My favorite drink: black tea
My favorite chinese politician: chiang kai-shik
My favorite foreign politician: winston churchill
My favorite bakery in shanghai: apple garden
My favorite noodle shop: lao ban zhai
My favorite poet: pushkin, gu cheng, li bai
My favorite living place: su zhou
My favorite island: phuket

My favorite small town: feng huang
My favorite book: The Analects of Confucius  
My favorite novelist: yu hua

My second favorite movie: huo zhe (to live)

My favorite kid: xiao pang zi (there is a photo of him in my blog) 
My favorite district of shanghai: pu dong
My favorite businessman: those from zhejiang province 

My favorite coffee: IKEA coffee (the 12 yuan cafeteria coffee in ikea shanghai store)
My favorite bank: icbc
My favorite singer: cui jian

to be continued ...