Today’s post is on Bacharachblog.

I wrote this article in the Summer of 2008. It takes a serious look at the future of China’s energy resources and where they are going. The article assesses China’s current “Green energy” movement and it’s viability. While China wants to further their green technologies, they are limited by resource allocation, money, and competing interests. Ultimately China’s green energy movement is a long way off from being a revolution–but it’s growing a rapidly unexpected pace.

Read the full article here: Energy In China

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This was written in 2007 in Shanghai:

Right now I am sitting in China’s modern day Opium den- the ‘Internet Bar’. It’s smoky, dark, dirty, and, you guessed it, smelly. The people burn up spare time, lunch breaks, and whole evenings here. They chat with friends, watch movies, and play games that would make any middle school student droll. In China no minors are legally allowed access to a computer. It’s strictly 18 years or older. For the most part this rule is adhered to in populace neighborhoods. The rule is broken in the suburbs and less crowded venues.

In Shanghai most (by most I think I mean all) Internet ‘bars’ are located on the 2nd floor of a grubby building. Each staircase is littered with game and junk food advertisements. They are high up to avoid disputes with the law. Very clever. No beer or alcohol is sold or permitted inside the ‘bar’. This makes sense. Drunk gaming would wreck havoc on alternate universes. These ‘bars’ are either a ‘shit-hole’ or they are classy dives. Regardless of which ‘bar’ you frequent roaches and bugs will actively search you out. They eat the droppings of fast typing gamers and chatters. It sounds bad, but it has its charms.

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What’s the nature of China’s hospitality business? It’s actually much like America’s in the 1950s and 1960s. Chinese citizens are increasingly mobile as the economy booms, plane tickets get cheaper, and car ownership becomes the norm–now they need a place to stay. What will the landscape of China’s hospitality industry look like in the next few years?

Read the entire article here: China’s Hospitality Industry: The Ups & Downs

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