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중국 여대생, '아딸'서 떡볶이 맛 보더니… "난리"[신년기획] 지금은 '한류 3.0시대' (2) K푸드머니투데이 원종태 기자, 장시복 기자 |입력 : 2013.01.03 05:45http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2012122820494855477&outlink=1#1. 중국 베이징에 사는 대학생 칭린(21)씨는 떡볶이 프랜차이즈인 한국 아딸의 베이징 1호점을 2주에 한 번씩은 꼭 찾는다. 칭 씨는 처음 K-팝을 통해 한국에 관심을 갖기 시작했는데 학교에서 가까운 우다코우의 아딸 매장을 알게 된 후 단골손님이 됐다. 칭 씨는 아딸 매장의 떡볶이와 어묵을 유난히 좋아한다. 특유의 매콤한 맛에 반해 중국 친구들을 몰고 올 정도다. 한국처럼 당면이 아닌 두부를..

FoodChina Sets Up a Food Safety Super-RegulatorBy Dexter Roberts on March 14, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-14/china-sets-up-a-food-safety-super-regulator#r=nav-f-story It was a simple demonstration of a serious problem. At China’s National People’s Congress on March 6, a delegate from Zhejiang took out some dark peanuts, prized for their rich flavor, and dropped them in a gl..

China EconomyChina's Inflation Fight Starts to Squeeze ConsumersBy Bruce Einhorn on March 11, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-11/chinas-inflation-fight-starts-to-squeeze-consumers#r=hpt-ls While Japanese leaders have been making headlines by trying to end years of deflation and achieve an inflation target of 2 percent, their counterparts in China have a different fight on their..

ChinaTo Learn About China, See ItPosted by: Harold L. Sirkin on February 19, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-19/to-learn-about-china-go-check-it-out#r=nav-fs I started going to China about 15 years ago and I’ve been there at least once a year, every year, since. I hadn’t been back to Shanghai, however, since 2006. I’m glad I returned late last year because it reminded me of an ..

North KoreaThe new capitalistsEven as another nuclear provocation looms, hope glimmers for the world’s most oppressed peopleFeb 9th 2013 |From the print edition http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21571421-even-another-nuclear-provocation-looms-hope-glimmers-worlds-most-oppressed-people NOT long ago North Korea-watchers were speculating that the new leader, Kim Jong Un, might prove a modernise..

OP-ED COLUMNISTIndia vs. China vs. EgyptBy THOMAS L. FRIEDMANPublished: February 5, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/opinion/friedman-india-vs-china-vs-egypt.html?ref=opinion&_r=1& It’s hard to escape a visit to India without someone asking you to compare it to China. This visit was no exception, but I think it’s more revealing to widen the aperture and compare India, China and Egypt. Indi..

BeveragesChina's Unsafe Water Is Nestlé's OpportunityBy Dermot Doherty on January 24, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-24/chinas-unsafe-water-is-nestl-s-opportunity#r=hp-ls A television ad in China for Nestlé’s (NESN) Pure Life brand of bottled water shows children making unhappy faces after tasting water. One child pours his glass into a fish tank instead of drinking it; his fa..

China's workforceWill you still need me?Jan 21st 2013, 16:55 by S.C. | HONG KONG http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/01/chinas-workforce ON FRIDAY, the National Bureau of Statistics announced that China's working-age population shrank last year. In the slow-moving world of demographics, that felt like a dramatic turning point: "peak toil", if you like. The mobilisation of Chinese labour..