Archive for the ‘China Development Trends’ Category
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, April 7th, 2008
Business-to-business (or B2B) is a relatively new concept in the internet world in China. For most companies in China, the websites are little more than brochures for brick-and-mortar operations that provide a service or product that is paid for in ways other than the internet (for instance, bank transfers, Letters ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The International Herald Tribune reported a couple days ago:
“On Monday, the prime ministers of Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam will officially inaugurate the former opium smuggling route as the final link of what they call the “north-south economic corridor,’ a network of roads linking the southern Chinese ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
My first column has come out in Eurobiz Magazine. Eurobiz is the magazine of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
The April column is about the challenges Western companies have encountered in setting up operations in the interior of China. The column will always be focused on real-time ...
Posted in Tianjin, Chongqing, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
A Dutch friend was recently quite happy about the results of an order of textile products for a Dutch buyer. “The buyer didn’t understand anything of its own or Chinese cost structures,” my friend said, taking a swallow of Tiger beer. “All they said was, ‘We need 10,000 pieces by ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
People's Daily recently reported: "China ranks as the number 1 attractive destination in the world for foreign direct investment (FDI) in AT Kearney's 2007 FDI Confidence Index survey: a survey of global executives conducted regularly by the management consulting firm AT Kearney."
Read more...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
The Financial Times reports that Chinese suppliers are taking currency matters into their own hands.
“’They are moving to euros, pounds, Australian dollars or even quoting prices in renminbi,” David Wei, chief executive, told the Financial Times. Moreover, he added, prices quoted in dollars were now often valid for just ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Wujiang, a city just south of Suzhou - within the Suzhou municipality - has ready-built workshops available for lease. Contact us for further information.
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
It’s always fun meeting the writers behind books you enjoy. Earlier this month at Suzhou’s Bookworm was no exception. Bookworm is a café cum bookstore newly opened in Suzhou, with locations in Chengdu and Beijing. I had gone to check out the talk by Rob Gifford, author of the highly ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
The Kuomintang (KMT) won the national election in Taiwan this past Saturday, and I don't think the powers that be in the Mainland have been this happy since the international travel ban on China was lifted after the SARS outbreak.
My buddy Mark Forman, who's lived and worked in Taiwan for ...
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