Month: October 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Our visa applications finally came through, and I booked air ticket for my wife’s trip (PVG to STL, same itinerary as mine). I already got the round trip ticket for myself, so the question is find a same ticket for her. I checked out flychina.com, aa.com and China-sss 春秋航空旅游网 (travel agency) and they all gave

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October 9, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes Vanke is No. 1 home builder in China. Today. Vanke A share (000002) went up 10% in Shenzhen, after it moved sideways for about two months. Note today is the first trading day after China national holiday break. Real estate companies in China don’t get much respect these days. No matter how many new homes

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October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute This one is for real. Here in Shanghai it started to rain yesterday afternoon; today the heavy wind sometimes make it impossible to walk. I saw numerous people flipped their umbrella. Just as I was thinking I’m lucky, my umbrella did the same thing. Zhongshan park (Kaixuan Rd.) Zhunyi Rd. & Changning Rd.

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October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute We went to the new (new to me) Shanghai south railway station yesterday. I was very impressed by the structure. It’s in deep constrast to the older Shanghai railway station (built in 1980s). The lights and landscape around the station are also very nice. Since I did not bring the camera, here are some pictures

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October 7, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes First a little background. Like the Chinese stock market, the Chinese real estate market has a brief history and I talked it a bit in my previous E-House post. Also, China is a big country and the real estate market varies by region, for instance, the Shenzhen market is cooling down lately while Shanghai market

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October 6, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Chinese market closed for a week during this national holiday. The HK and US market is still open. There are lots of actions of Chinese stocks in those markets. From the blue (red) chips (such as LFC), to more speculative ones (such as EFUT). It appears to me the valuation of FXI, LFC etc

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October 5, 2007
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