J.Du
| 铃儿响叮当
Jingle Bells |
| 白色圣诞节
White Christmas |
| 平安夜
Silent Night |
| 红鼻子驯鹿 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| 祝你圣诞快乐
We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
| 雪人 Frosty the Snowman |
| 圣诞老人来了
Santa Claus |
| 圣诞节前的夜晚
The Night Before Christmas Song |
Author: admin
Xi Jia De, A Representative Chinese Social Enterprise
XI JIA DE
During this pandemic, many good, social responsible enterprises has contributed their efforts to help, in all the ways. In particular, in my city, there is one chained catering enterprise in my city has captured my eyes. I have known their restaurant for a long time, yet this time, it really impressed me.
It is a chained dumpling brand and it owns almost 600 restaurants spread all over the country, and during this hard time, especially during the severe lockdown, they have offered the medical heroes and the volunteers free lunches. It was such a large quantity and they were just providing for the society, which has really impressed me.
I am a friend with the founder’s daughter, and when their headquarter has been built, they have invited us over. That was the first time I started to really know the founder, and the brand. In Chinese, the name of the brand has some special meaning. XI, the first character, means good fortune; JIA, means family, and DE, means good virtue. The founder, Mr. Gao, has put virtue before anything else, and starting from then, I realize that he knows that he was really doing something.
He then invited us to see their history. From 2002, they have been through all kinds of difficulties, yet they have stand well. Dumpling is a very traditional cuisine of China, which people will eat at special festivals. He thought he was not only operating restaurants, yet he is also preserving traditions, which should be cherished especially in modern days. Later he started a “dumpling museum”, which is not really a museum, but another little neat canteen. He has travelled all over the world and brought all kinds of dumplings from all corners of the world back and created that museum.
I was really astonished how he could operate his enterprise such well. When I ask him how he could do that, he told me that it was easy; he will only do one thing to the extreme best in his time.
J.Shen
Attitudes of Foreign Firms Toward Foreign Direct Investment in China
Attitudes of Foreign Firms Toward Foreign Direct Investment in China
Abstract
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played a key role in China’s rapid economic growth, but there remain many challenges facing further FDI development. In this regard, this study examines the attitudes of foreign companies toward FDI in China to determine how foreign firms perceive the value of investment in China. According to the results, the respondents generally had favorable attitudes toward foreign investment in China. The mean for the respondents with prior experience investing in China was higher than that for those without no such experience, and there was a significant difference between respondents’ attitudes in terms of their prior experience. The respondents emphasized attractive business environments as the most important motivator for investing in China, followed by able workers, easier investment processes, and special incentives, in that order. The respondents with prior investment experience were most likely to report attractive business environments and able workers, whereas those with no prior investment experience were most likely to report attractive business environments. However, there was no significant relationship between prior investment experience and motivators. The respondents emphasized less competitive wages as the most important risk in investing in China, followed by a lack of China expertise/experience, less favorable regulatory environments, and more difficult worker control, in that order. The respondents with prior investment experience were most likely to report less competitive wages, whereas those respondents with no prior investment experience were most likely to report less competitive wages and a lack of China expertise/experience. There was no significant relationship between prior investment experience and risk factors. The results have important implications for policymakers and business managers in China.
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Prior Investment Experience, China, Motivator, Risk
M. Sun
Still, Standing Still
Wounded, Bewildered, Desolated
Destitute, Diverted, Deluded
Taking hike in all these vast oceans
Sulking into sinking ship
Wondering my life could be
With or without you
Rather hurt than feel nothing at all
Lost in the maze
Enjoying the pain, trying to take it all
Wondering what my life could be
With or without you
Colours of emotions are all vain
Betraying time took a howl
While I was trying it to be tame
Wondering was it all vain?
What my life could be
With or without you.
Still holding hand, feeling the warmth.
Still waiting, just once, only once for your smile
Still, still I stand still in that moment.
Still wish I could turn this wheel
Could steer it the way I feel
Can bring you back and snatch all the moment.
And wondering what my life could be
With or without you.
Student: Ruchika Sharma
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