Archive for the ‘Qingdao’ Category
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
China Briefing posted an article a few days ago on the dramatic drop in export activity in Guangdong Province.
I asked a Dutch friend what his impression of the transition was. I written about conversations with him before: he’s the fellow who hates Dongguan and figures off the top of his ...
Posted in Qingdao, China Development Trends | No Comments »
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 »
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 »
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 »
