China's new Nasdaq-style board sees wild start Nov 9, 2009
It's more about speculation," he said. Hundreds of companies are reportedly lining up to list on ChiNext. The regulatory commission has already approved the draft initial public offering prospectuses of Zhejiang Hexin Flush Information Network and Wuxi Boton Belt. "These are very early days but the basic direction, I think, is very sound," said Ardo Hansson, lead economist at the World Bank in Beijing. "It is a welcome addition to the different instruments in capital markets. but people need to... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
China plans to lure outsourcing contracts Nov 2, 2009
NEW DELHI: Wuxi, a picturesque city that lies along the Taihu Lake resort of the Jiangsu province, is planning to build a "little India" in years to come in order to become a major service outsourcing center. Wuxi is traditionally a manufacturing city, but with focus on environmental protection, and especially after a serious blue-green algae outbreak in Taihu Lake, city leaders started to study how to transform the city's development ... Wuxi decided to replace manufacturing with the service... (India Times, India)
US skier Tim Jitloff participates in Race for the Cure with his mom, a breast cancer survivor Sep 23, 2009
WUXI, China (AP) There's a Babe Ruth in training right now. Here in China. (FOX61, CT)
Partnership Gwinnett heads to Asia Jun 18, 2009
The delegation will then travel to Wuxi and then the city of Pohang to visit with the large corporation POSCO.. The Partnership Gwinnett strategy and its investors have allowed the Gwinnett community to create high-wage jobs -- more than 5,000 in the last two years -- including the most recent NCR corporate headquarters relocation of 1,500 jobs, said Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charles Bannister. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
COMMENT: Launching The Endgame May 28, 2009
After three years, the second World Buddhist Forum convened in Wuxi, Jiangsu two months ago and was attended by over a thousand religious personages including heads of different Buddhist sects. The Dalai Lama was again excluded, but this time labelled a 'disruptive element. (India Times, India)
China delegates delay trip to Wichita Apr 30, 2009
A delegation of 11 officials from Wuxi, China have postponed their scheduled visit to Wichita ... The delegation planned to participate in a number of visits to local industries on Wednesday and sign a joint letter of intent between the cities of Wuxi and Wichita to advance an EcoPartnership formed last December. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Chinese turning to Tibetan Buddhism Feb 20, 2009
"Out of protection for my followers, I said they were only some new friends," recalled Dorje, a lama from Sichuan province who said he was chatting with followers in a hotel room in Wuxi, in coastal Jiangsu province, last year when officials from the local religious affairs bureau barged in and announced that it was not permitted to promote Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese ... Most are concentrated in Beijing, Wuxi and Shandong province and have helped him raise $88,000 in the past three years... (MSNBC -- International)
