Saturday Interview: On the Road as Far as China
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The chairman and chief executive of YRC Worldwide, owner of the Yellow and Roadway truck lines, spoke recently about the companyÂs rapid growth.
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German investment in China is huge -- but is it losing its edge? France hopes to strengthen its business foothold in the vast Asian economy with a visit by President Jacques Chirac starting on Monday.
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Ask Rep. John Murtha about the U.S. war in Iraq and the conversation eventually veers to China.
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We left Quebec City at 6 AM on our way to New York City via Montreal. It was my first train ride. I've been traveling by plane in the US for 30 years, and have seen the food go from reasonable to horrible, airline employees go from happy to surly, airport security go from somewhat inconvenient to completely ridiculous and the overall experience of plane travel go from enjoyable to barely endurable. That's really what airline travel has become, a barely endurable way to get from point A to point B. It is my hope that train travel will be a "eureka" experience.
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My rÃÂ¿sumÃÂ¿ is pretty short when it comes to endurance events. There was that 23- hour nonstop drive from New Hampshire to South Carolina back in 1987, and I vaguely remember a St. Patrick's Day drinking contest at the University of Maryland that lasted quite a while (thanks, Norman).
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Travel: Michael Palin explains what drove him to make his latest odyssey, from Estonia to Albania - across the 'new Europe'.
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"We estimate the production cost can be lowered at least by half"  London's iconic cabs will soon be picking up fares on the streets of China, costing half as much as they do back home. via China Daily
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Some on-the-ground research from my recent vacation to Southeast Asia.
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 19--(Last of three reports)   To see the future of China, take Interstate 40 to Morrisville.   Around a turn in Perimeter Park, twin buildings rise from a treeless expanse.
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(InfoWorld) - "I have sent my wife across there because she understands the language," The Financial Times reported News Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch saying. "There" is China, and he sent Wendi Deng "across" to try to avoid the pitfalls that have ensnared other Western Internet ventures, including News Corp.'s. I had to laugh when I read that, after I stopped shaking my head in disbelief. After knocking on China's door for years, Mr. Murdoch has clearly learned nothing. Sending a representative who carries no portfolio for the company except a wedding ring isn't going to impress anyone in China, regardless of where she was born or what language she speaks. That "send the Chinese guy" strategy worked so well for Yahoo Inc. they no longer own their China unit and their coffers are $1 billion lighter. The one- or two-day "parachute" approach so many CEOs use isn't any better. Fortune 500 CEOs pay lip service to their and their companies' commitment to China on a daily basis, and it's wearing thin, especially on the Chinese. "We're in it for the long-term," "we're here to stay," "China is such an important market for us" -- stop me when you've heard enough, because people here certainly have. If foreign companies are committed to the Chinese market, then it's time to demonstrate that in a meaningful way. The CEOs need to lead a China initiative the same way they would back restructuring, going green, or any other major corporate project. Today I issue the China CEO Challenge: as CEO of a non-Chinese company, show your commitment to the China market by moving here for a year. Establish your personal headquarters in a major Chinese city (Hong Kong doesn't count). Business travel is permitted, but for one year, your home and office are here. For extra credit, have your board meetings in China too. My guess is that if Eric Schmidt parked it in an office overlooking the Bund or the Forbidden City for a year, China's perspective of Google would change and vice-versa. He should spend some time trying to use his company's sites on a regular ADSL connection, and slamming his fist against the desk when some of them are blocked. When pictures of him sitting at the corner shop slurping down beef noodles start showing up in local newspapers, it'll win hearts and minds. I'd bet the first CEO to do this will be European. There was a rumor a couple of years ago that Volkswagen's CEO was going to spend half the year in China and half in Germany, but it never happened. The opportunity is still there. If the U.S. or European or your other home market is more important, that's fine. But then stop saying how committed you are to China because sitting in the same traffic, using the same Internet connections, and eating the same food is the real price of admission.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 8 -- During an IBM employee meeting here Wednesday, a worker got up and asked a question that perhaps only 10 years ago would have been unthinkable: If he wanted to keep his job helping to design some of the world's most advanced computers, would he have to move to China?
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By Andrew Yeh and Francesco Guerrera in Hong Kong and Mure Dickie in Beijing. He has been in China on &quot;family matters&quot; since late November but plans to return soon to answer investigators&#39; inquiries, the Singapore
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Saving a knife collection and surviving a behind-the-scenes tour of a Chinese airport.
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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China is discussing what it means to be a major world power and has stopped denying that it intends to become one soon.
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TOKYO -- Japan has some of the most congested, confusing, and cramped streets in the world. It also boasts some of the latest technology in zapping computerized data to millions of cars, delivering what may be the world's smartest way to drive.
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By Road Warrior D'VAL WESTPHAL Of the Journal