Someone actually crunched the numbers on this, although the study did not include all of the Senate or any the House races. I'm not sure what I expected, but the total is by no means low: According to Kantar Media’s Campaign Media Analysis Group, the two presidential campaigns spent a combined $45.7 million on television […]

So yeah, the 18th Party Congress wrapped up today in Beijing with the announcement of the Central Committee. For a list of the 205 names, follow the link (if you are really interested in that list, I suspect you already have the link). Thus far, the chatter in the Twittersphere has mostly focused on the […]

Police have arrested 12 men and a woman, aged 21 to 50, in a crackdown on illicit activities related to money lending. Officers raided six locations across the city yesterday, seizing seven computers, documents, more than 200 easy-stands, and advertis…