4/7/2011 - Every week on Travel Talk Radio and Business Travel Radio Sandy Duyvetter speakers to different industry specialists to discuss the current trends. Recently she interviewed TCBN's own Janet Carmosky to talk about China's rising world position and what that means for the receiving end, American businesses, and for Chinese tourists in the US. Read More...

3/21/2011 - Global China Connection Conference at Columbia: China on the Global Stage
Keynote for the Women's Leadership Initiative
Can women lead from a different perspective than men? Neither democratic capitalism nor single party socialism has the answers to a global water crisis, food inflation, severe distortions in the job market, and an increasing sense of stress the general population in both countries. Read More...

3/18/2011 - Chinese society has changed so much over the past three decades that it has been difficult for peoples’ emotions, spiritual and moral beliefs to keep up. Throughout much of the economic reform period of the late 20th century, the focus was squarely on economic development. Now, as China has reached a milestone of becoming the world’s second largest economy and on its way to becoming the first, a growing number of Chinese are seeking more than just economic advancement. Read More...

3/9/2011 - Marshall Meyer, the Tsai Wan-Tsai Professor of Management and Sociology at The Wharton School, and TCBN's CEO Janet Carmosky talk about inflation and social unrest in China, opportunities for the USA in agriculture and health care, and our respective dysfunctions in "creating" - that is to say, reporting - economic growth. Read More...

2/25/2011 - Can the US still assert any authority? Is China powerful enough to hold sway on any topic? The duel topics of debt and dissent seem oddly in parallel as Charter Members and China Talking Points cofounders Eric Olander and Michael McCune discuss what external influences may play a role within China. Read More...

2/23/2011 -

In the West media is the kingmaker for brands and businesses as well as ideas. This backgrounder on media censorship in China - and the USA - just posted on China Talking Points, the podcast and blogspot run by TCBN Charter Members Michael McCune and Eric Olander.

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2/10/2011 -

The question has been asked, "If Egypt was the next Tunisia, is China the next Egypt?" Charter Members Eric Olander and Michael McCune, editors of China Talking Points podcasts, have just discussed this very topic.

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2/7/2011 - In the latest podcast in China Talking Points, by Charter Member Eric Olander, Olander engages in the timely exploration of China's military expansion. Michael McCune advocates new military advances, debated by Olander. Read More...

1/26/2011 - Snow White’s stepmother, The Queen and a Beauty Known Throughout The Land, had a moment when her magic mirror advised that she was no longer the fairest of all. In response, she took out a contract on Snow White. Read More...

12/21/2010 - Michael Zakkour's 15+ years of China business development, strategy, and implementation work, for Fortune 1000 and SMEs in China have given him a clear and detailed perspective on China's manufacturing sector. He sees a seismic shift about to hit the global economy. With China entering its "Sourcing 2.0" phase, the era of assembly and general merchandise manufacturing is ending, and giving way to a focus on higher value, specialized component manufacturing. Read More...