Archive for the ‘China R&D’ Category
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
A disclaimer for you francophones out there: the title is not mine. At least, the idea for the title is not mine. The allusion came from the lips of a Frenchman on the Hubei government’s website:
“Michel, general manager of Alstom, told reporter [sic] that he likes Wuhan and Hubei culture ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, China R&D, Dalian, Qingdao, Chongqing, Chengdu, Wuhan, China Development Trends | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
While in Shanghai last week making my rounds of meetings I had a very pleasant conversation with John Huang, a Project Director over at GIC, Global Intelligence Communications. GIC hosts industry-specific conferences in Beijing and Shanghai. I had co-chaired their conference on "The China Summit for Business Development Leaders" ...
Posted in Xian, Nanjing, Services Outsourcing Trends, China IT Outsourcing, China R&D, China BPO, Hangzhou, Dalian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Qingdao, Wuhan, China Development Trends | 4 Comments »
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
A group of Western engineers and I were sitting around Blue Marlin recently marveling at the low price of the new Indian car by Tata, a mere US$2,500. It’s called the Nano. "The Americans, the Japanese, they all said it couldn't be done, getting a car to the twenty-five hundred ...
Posted in China Innovation, China R&D, Suzhou, China Development Trends | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 19th, 2007
I really like going out to Jiangning, in Jiangsu Province, a thirty-minute drive south of Nanjing. The half-dozen times I’ve been to Jiangning on site selection projects I always leave the township in a good mood. Must be the Feng Shui. Feng Shui literally means in Chinese language Wind Water: ...
Posted in China BPO, China R&D, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, Nanjing, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
This past Friday, 26 October I was in Shanghai to speak at a China conference on “Setting up and Expanding Manufacturing Operations in Tier 1 Cities”. More than a hundred representatives from manufacturing and real estate sectors attended the session. China Economic Review, Colliers International and Lingang Economic Development Zone ...
Posted in China R&D, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, China Development Trends | No Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
I recently had a charming visit from representatives of Ascendas, a commercial realestate developer. Ms. Ge and Mr. Fan are based out of Shanghai, and traveled into Suzhou to chat about developments of the company throughout Asia. I was already acquainted with Ms. Ge from the AMCHAM Shanghai Conference at ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, China R&D, Services Outsourcing Trends, Nanjing, Suzhou, Dalian, Hangzhou, China Development Trends | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 4th, 2007
The June 2007 issue of the China Economic Review has a feature article on the Investment Trends of Suzhou, especially around the R&D, IT and BPO spaces. The name of the article is The Starbucks Factor. I was quoted extensively in the article (happily, because nothing seemed to be taken ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, China R&D, Services Outsourcing Trends, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, China Development Trends | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
I spent half a day last week with local government administrators of the Suzhou Industrial Park International Science Park (SIPIP). Actually, I live quite close to the Science Park, about a three minute drive from there. But the Park is quite different from the rest of SIP, which is a ...
Posted in China BPO, China R&D, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, China Development Trends, Suzhou, Doing Business in China | 1 Comment »
