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Download this podcast Length 14:00 Download audio file (20091122_a_bill_powell_pt3.mp3) In our recent Podcast series, we have been talking with Bill Powell, senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines, based in Shanghai.  In the last Podcast, we got into, what I thought, was a VERY interesting discussion about the uniqueness of what is going on in China these days.  Literally, what we are seeing in China is unprecedented … never before has an economy (and a society) grown and changed so much in such a short period of time.  Understanding it, let alone predicting it, is very difficult and we are all, in a sense, working without a script.  We talked earlier about what the U.S. and other Western economies could learn from China … to wrap up our conversation, I started by asking Bill what he thought China could (and should) learn from the West …

Sure no one expected some new progressive presidency, but how do we think Obama has performed so far despite our reduced expectations? Stephen is more of the "watch the zen master" and "better than McCain/Palin" but Matt is surprised by some of Obama's moves and weaknesses. Somewhere in there though, Matt does give Obama one good grade. Of course we have news you might have missed with new species cropping up, domestic terrorism and more. Source links for Below The Fold: News You Might Have Missed: New bird species evolvotion witnessed Domestic terrorists from the U.S.read more

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Arvind Ramakrishnan, deputy head of Asia forecasting at Exclusive Analysis, talks with Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman about economic growth expectations for India. Ramakrishnan, speaking from London, also discusses U.S.-Indian relations as President Barack Obama prepares to meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House today. (Source: Bloomberg)

Here's the latest news for Saturday, Nov. 21: Health Care reform tested in Senate; Knox may get life in Italy; Severe flooding in northern England; Chicago doesn't want Oprah to go.

Download this podcast Length 21:17 Download audio file (20091118_a_bill_powell_pt2.mp3) We are in the middle of a discussion with Bill Powell, senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines.  In the first part, we talked about China and the rest of the world, how we try to make comparisons to what is happening in China with what we have seen in the past.  In this Podcast, I wanted to start off by getting Bill’s take on the challenges of covering China.  I prefaced my question by saying that, in our consulting practice at Technomic Asia, we are very careful not to talk about “THE” China market … there are, in fact, MANY China “markets” taking into account big cities, small cities, northern cultures, southern cultures, urban and rural, etc.  I asked him to talk about the practicalities over covering such a vast subject and the challenges he finds in trying to do so …

Here's the latest news for Wednesday, Nov. 18: Obama tours Great Wall of China; Pirates attack Maersk Alabama again; Increased security in Afghanistan; Milestone for Sen. Robert Byrd.

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Download this podcast Length 17:29 Download audio file (20091115_bill_powell_pt1.mp3) Over the past 4 years of the China Business Podcast we’ve done many interviews with business people in China, typically leaders of companies or operations.  We’ve talked about the intricacies of doing business here, the opportunities and challenges, and specific strategies and tactics that have worked for them. Well, I would like to take a chance to back up a bit and view the China environment from a different perspective through an interview with someone who has been reporting on the action, not only in China but around the world.  Bill Powell is the senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines and is based in Shanghai.  We’ve known each other for a couple of years and he calls every now and then to bounce around some ideas and perspectives.  I have always appreciated his perspective and I thought he would make a great interview … and I was right. Here is part one of that interview …

President Barack Obama, facing withering criticism for a prolonged decision-making process on Afghanistan, asserted Friday he doesn't want the next move to be seen as an "open-ended commitment." (Nov. 13)

G-20 leaders agree to an effort to revamp the economic system. (Bloomberg News)

Interview and discussion with Derek Scissors of the Heritage Foundation. He talks about the G-20's agenda and U.S. - China relationship. (Bloomberg News)

G-20 summit in Pittsburgh cracks down banker pay and tighter capital requirements. (Bloomberg News)

Ministers leap to Gordon Brown's defence over claims he was snubbed by Barack Obama