30 Aug, 2007 in Asia-Israel connections, Taiwan by Fili An
The Israeli perspective on Taiwanese culture - Haaretz visits Taiwan

Haaretz, the best Israeli newspaper, has an excellent article on Taiwan. Dror Mishani, Haaretz’s reporter, has been invited to Taiwan to explore some the Taiwanese culture and look into some of the connections between Taiwan and Israel.
It’s a long fascinating article, but for the time being I’ll focus on one surprising section regarding the reporter’s [...]

13 Jun, 2007 in Asia, Asia-Israel connections by Fili An

Donuts. I’m been following Israeli newspapers for a long time, looking for Taiwan related articles that don’t have anything to do with China, and after over a year the first one I find is about Donuts. Donuts!
It’s a bit hard to believe, but on the back on yesterday’s Haaretz was a big photo from Taipei [...]

10 Feb, 2007 in China, Israel by Fili An

Here is a quick roundup of great blog and media articles I read today regarding China and Israel.
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Haaretz has an interesting story about "Harbin’s Jews: Isle of calm for embattled nation"

At the end of January, a group of Israeli journalists arrived at the sub-provincial city of Harbin, capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. [...] [...]

30 Jan, 2007 in Asia-Israel connections by Fili An

Following the Haaretz newspaper daily I’m amazed at the number of ads that are referencing China and Chinese. Lately, there are more and more ads about China or ads using Chinese language to promote products and ideas.

The most obvious of those ads, which are sometimes hilarious, are the ones about investment in China which are usually [...]

13 Dec, 2006 in Asia-Israel connections, China by Fili An

TheMarker, Haaretz’s financial section, reports once again that Chinese cars are expected to arrive in Israel. Here’s a translation of the highlights from "First dealer for Chinese cars in Israel – ‘Everybody should fear the Chinese’" article:

"There are good reasons for the delay" explains Moshe Caduri, dealer CEO. "The Chinese are very focused, and [...]