Brandon Trowbridge, manager of Nola, a recently opened New Orleans-style restaurant in Beijing's Ritan embassy district, knows that when you move halfway around the world "you have to change things, especially in a restaurant - so the recipes are a bit different".
While I imagine the literati will scoff at the omission of James Joyce, I think Ireland's single greatest export has to be the Irish pub.
Many business schools in fact have "prestige" pricing policies as their business strategy because they believe high tuition cost is an expression of strength and confidence in a competitive education market.
The supply and demand principles of economics tell us prices that go up will one day come down.
Along with well-heeled executives, celebrities have also been feeding the coffers of the nation's top business schools, money that may be going to providing greater luxury and gloss rather than business knowledge.
Top retailers have said they will open new outlets in southern Beijing, just 10 days after the city government unveiled its ambitious development plan for the area.
Chen Long, president of a student golf association at University of International Business and Economics, said golf's development in China is being hindered by class issues.
"One yuan," I read the price tag on a dish package and said to my friend who was on a business trip to Beijing, "Isn't the service nice in the capital city? You can have alternative dishware if you want."
A seminar by a relatively unknown but established Chinese organization offering small free-interest loans and mentorship to wannabe business people was held at Renmin University last Friday.
Xu Jintan, 47, never wants to go back to the life she had ten years ago.
The average price in the first nine months of this year for future delivery homes located within Beijing's Fourth Ring Road was 19,109 yuan ($2798.8) per sq m.
Beijing could arguably have more restaurants than any city in the world and most start-ups come crashing down within months of their opening their doors.
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