Archive for the ‘Dalian’ Category
Friday, April 18th, 2008
I mentioned this before in a previous article, but I still crack up when I think of what an Indian friend of mine said to me recently. We were talking about how fast China has been developing its industries when he wise-cracked: "India could do with twenty years of no ...
Posted in China Graphs, China BPO, China IT Outsourcing, Dalian, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
Reuters recently reported:
China's Northeast region, once the crown jewel of a centrally planned economy but now its rust belt, fell on hard times at the turn of the century as its monolithic state companies adapted slowly to a rapidly opening economy.
Now, years of painful reforms and an industrial overhaul have ...
Posted in Dalian, Qingdao, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Reuters recently published an excellent article that discusses Bo Xilai's placement in Chongqing as the new Communist Party boss:
"Chongqing residents are putting a lot of hope in Bo Xilai. 'People feel the city has a new opportunity,' said Xiao Zhou, 32, who works for a cosmetics company in the heart ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China R&D, Services Outsourcing Trends, Dalian, Chongqing, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
The World Bank showed in its 2006 report “China Governance, Investment Climate, and Harmonious Society: Competitiveness Enhancements for 120 Cities in China” that a great deal of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China clusters in areas in which the GDP per capita for the location is about rmb8,000 (US$1,100) (see ...
Posted in China Graphs, Dalian, Qingdao, Suzhou, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
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 »
Monday, October 29th, 2007
I've been thinking about business and social trends in China I would consider inexorable; that is, there is little short of natural or man-made catastrophe that would halt the momentum of the trend. The list I came up with covers four basic areas: Environmental, Industrialization, Policy and Social trends.
Articles ...
Posted in Dalian, Expat Life, Doing Business in China | 2 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 »
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Knock wood.
I've been approached by two magazines in the past week for interviews about the China marketplace. One magazine is the China International Business Magazine. The Magazine is working up an article about the nascent Business Process Outsourcing industry in China. Some of the questions included: What’s the current condition ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, Services Outsourcing Trends, Dalian, China Development Trends, Doing Business in China | 2 Comments »
