by Ray Ally on January 29, 2011
Photo & Video: 39 Degrees North Chinese New Year is fast approaching. The Year of the Tiger will soon make way for the New Year of the Rabbit. In the Chinese Zodiac there are twelve animals, which all have different personalities. Rabbits are seen as kind, sensitive and soft-spoken. So I love this twist in [...]
by Ray Ally on January 26, 2011
Photos: Ray Ally The face of Chairman Mao was in the news again, as China’s President, Hu Jintao, made his latest state visit to the US. A hot topic was the exchange rate of the Chinese yuan and the US dollar. I don’t know if appreciation of the yuan will solve America’s financial problems, but [...]
by Ray Ally on January 21, 2011
Photo: Ray Ally Having recently returned from Christmas holidays in London, I witnessed first hand the effect of the “Peking Pound”. In previous decades the Americans, then Arabs, followed by the Japanese and Russians had the spending power in London. Now the wealthy Chinese, are arriving in increasing numbers to take advantage of the strong [...]