The king of soy sauce
April, 2009
China’s volleyball team gets first black player
Ding Hui, who turns 20 this June, is the first black player in Chinese history to be chosen for the national squad.
Sebastian Coe: London Olympics on track
London will deliver an Olympic Games in the worst economic climate since the early 1970s. But the London 2012 chairman says the GFC has had “very little impact” on preparations.
Politics and cricket mix in India
Cricket provides the ground for a social and business circle higher than probably any other form of entertainment in India. 19 of 27 state cricket associations are either headed by politicians or their kith and kin or have some political affiliation.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The pricetag for country-wide broadband
Crikey reader Rob Pickering calculates the price of the National Broadband Network at “$65.70 per month per site if 6 million sites sign up.”
The brave new world of disinflation
Get set for a burst of disinflation as the much forecast fall in price pressures starts turning up in official statistics.
Sinking ships and people smugglers
Meanwhile in the Mediterranean…
Bank DeathWatch: two more US banks add to toll
America is now heading for its worst year for bank failure since 1993.
Crikey Says: Boat arrivals are, sorry, a drop in the ocean of illegal entries to this country.
This debate over immigration and illegal entry into Australia is turning increasingly to the ridiculous.
Mungo MacCallum: Boat people crisis sham
In the old days, maps of the southern seas used to warn off the unwary with the legend: Here Be Dragons. In modern times we have a new legend to frighten the gullible: Here Be Boat People.
Tips and rumours: Tensions are high in the Young LNP
Why are tensions high in the Young LNP? And which Jennifer Hawkins’ fashion spread has Myer fuming?
Political snippets: Think tanks as lobbyists
John Faulkner should remember the influence and power of think tanks when reviewing the effectiveness of the federal lobbyists register.
US media: the dead and the dying
First quarter results for US media groups are looking grim. There will be blood on the floor.
Budget countdown: education is kind of okay
Amidst the fury of debate over education in Australia we overlook the fact that, as with health, Australia does education well.
Norris’s pay cut just a shrewd sales pitch
Commonwealth Bank CEO Ralph Norris is taking a 10% pay cut, but he’ll still be earning substantially more than his predecessor.
Media briefs: The Hun: So glossy it hurts
Iran jails US journalist “spy”… Television more important than human life… e-books vs. newspapers
Letter from...: Richmond, Virginia, USA
The elitist media and those in Congress and the White House who have been suggesting the rallies were orchestrated and faux-populist events ginned up by partisans and special interest groups are dead wrong, writes Karyn McDermott.
Kevin Rudd as seen by…
How Jasper the Cat, Christopher Pyne, People Smugglers and others view our gallant leader
Foster’s intranet goes public — here are the highlights
Foster’s Group’s IT management seems to have lost the plot, with the company accidently opening up their intranet to the web.
Asylum cover up? What asylum cover up?
If nothing else, last week confirmed that as a nation we still have some sort of complex about boat people.
Bishop hunted by penises: another Liberal cock-up
I’d been fooled by the rise and rise of Julia Gillard into thinking gender didn’t matter, or mattered far less than it used to.
