Google Translate, or, Attack of the Robot – China Business

CLB shares some advice and an e-mail from a reader about a scam they were exposed to after registering their WFOE in China. A good preparatory read for anyone registering a business in China.

Adam Minter analyzes the recent taxi fare hike in Shanghai and puts it in (recent) historical context -- particularly when compared to the USD and rates in New York City, a city he believes Shanghai is aspiring to be like, somewhat at the expense of its residents.

After months of brisk activity, China’s torrid economy is finally growing a little more slowly.

But data released on Tuesday and Wednesday leaves unclear whether the slowing is enough to bring down inflation — particularly as long as the central bank is pumping tens of billions of renminbi into the economy each week to keep the Chinese currency from rising more quickly against the dollar.

The three of us look up and squint into the tropical sun. The hotel's huge; six storeys high, half the length of a football pitch and all baby pink. There's me, my wife Joanna Tinhat, and our business partner, Nuhi Bunyak. We're all foreigners and we want to open our own guesthouse in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna. It's a serious project, much bigger than anything Jo and I have tackled before.