Archive for the ‘Chengdu’ Category
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
November of last year the Financial Times reported the American private equity fund Chilton planned to set up an investment office in Chengdu. Chilton manages US$6.5 billion in assets from its Stamford, Connecticut headquarters. The fund manager currently manages US$450 million in investments in Asia. Though the company has a ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, China R&D, Services Outsourcing Trends, Dalian, Chongqing, Chengdu, China Development Trends | No Comments »
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 »
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Last week ChinaTechNews (January 23, 2008) announced that “RedHat, one of the leading open source solution providers, has opened a R&D center in China, and Jim Whitehurst, RedHat's newly appointed president and CEO, has arrived in China to unveil the center and release the company's new program, the Open SystemC ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Back in November 2007 The Humanaught wrote that l’il ole Suzhou is now the 20th most expensive city in Asia. ECA, a human resources association, performed the survey of worldwide cost of living rankings. Beijing and Shanghai came in at positions 7 and 8, respectively.
The report reads:
“In China, ...
Posted in Suzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, China Development Trends, Expat Life | 2 Comments »
Friday, August 24th, 2007
I recently met with representatives of a business development team of a major lighting and consumer electronics manufacturer. The Board of Directors dispatched the Team to develop a projection of what would be the best Chinese cities for the company to invest in over the next five years. The Team ...
Posted in Services Outsourcing Trends, China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, Xian, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
