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Where in China, Indeed

Jeff Chappell — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:00:44 +0000

Where should you set up shop in China? What about where I would set up shop in China?

Kingtype: Sussing Out the Chinese CATV Equipment Market

Jeff Chappell — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:00:41 +0000

CHENGDU, China — While in China this past month, Electronic News Editor Jeff Chappell sat down with the founder and current board chairman of Chengdu Kingtype (Electronic) Group Co. Long Yon Gaing to talk about China, its burgeoning electronics industry, standards, and, specifically, the market for cable, digital and satellite television electronics. Kingtype, the biggest [...]

Grasping at Straws … er, Spicy Noodles

Jeff Chappell — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:00:53 +0000

CHENGDU, China — It is with a somewhat heavy heart — and a very depressed palate — that I find myself in the Chengdu airport waiting to catch a flight to Shenzhen. There are a number of reasons for this; I’m acutely aware that my trip is more than three-quarters over; in less than a [...]

No McDonalds Please; I’ll Have the Fish Head Hotpot

Jeff Chappell — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:00:15 +0000

CHENGDU, China — I never would have thought something with a fish head floating in it could taste so good, but more on that later. I want to make an observation about something that always bugs me when I travel abroad. Why do hotel employees always want to send you to some place that’s foreign [...]

Peanuts, Tea and Massage: A Night at the Sichuan Opera

Jeff Chappell — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:00:43 +0000

CHENGDU, China — Last night I attended the Sichuan Opera here in Chengdu, the capitol of Sichuan province. Lemme tell ya, it ain’t fat ladies in brass brassieres and horned Viking helmets singing Wagner, that’s for sure. Nor is it a black-tie affair. Peanuts, sunflower seeds and tea are served, and people roam the aisles [...]

Dashed on the Hot Rocks of the Sichuan Siren

Jeff Chappell — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:00:45 +0000

CHENGDU, China — Alas, I have been forever ruined for Chinese food in the United States. It will never be the same; you can’t go home again. I am doomed. Like the mythical Argonauts I have heard the culinary Siren’s song that is Sichuan cooking, but unlike them I have no Orpheus to provide even [...]