by Minter Dial | Dec 14, 2007 | Travel
Visit to Hanoi Vietnam- Part 2 of a 3-part recount: Hanoi is a thriving city, with approximately 5 million inhabitants said the two local guides (although the official statistics cite a much lower number). The architecture of the buildings is a mixture of French...
by Minter Dial | Dec 14, 2007 | Travel
Visit to Hanoi Vietnam- Part 1 of a 3 part recount: For my first piece on Vietnam, I thought I’d start with a general overview. If nothing else, it’s a number of facts that you may or may not have been aware of. In parts 2 and 3, I will elaborate more on...
by Minter Dial | Nov 2, 2007 | Mobile
China is making progress up the Global Power Ranking if you count market caps. Chinese publicly traded companies are now dominating the top 10 list of biggest market capitalizations worldwide. A Le Figaro article of 30 October highlighted that 5 out of the top 10...
by Minter Dial | Jul 30, 2007 | Politics
Last night, at the MSG (not-in-my-salad) Arena, there was a curious heavyweight boxing match between two Chinamen. One, in the gold shorts, was the China of Optimism (CO). In the other corner, wearing satin red shorts, was the China of Porcelain Doubt (aka PCDo). The...
by Minter Dial | Jun 22, 2007 | Travel
Even if the bloom is off, I admit to being fascinated by Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan. Not a highly original thought, but he is a Brazilian native, to French parents with a Lebanese heritage, sporting a Spanish first name, running a Franco-Japanese company....