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Here's my favorite: "If things worked well here in China, then there would be significantly fewer opportunities for competent westerners. Try not to get too frustrated by the challenges you face."
All 10 are worth a read.
During 2007, China changed a lot. There were new regulations, a strengthening RMB, consumers starting voicing their opinion, the Hu Wen Administration implemented numerous new LARGE regulations that affected everyone doing business in China… and I am pulling them together to see what is next.
That is a famous quote by PT Barnum, and perhaps it is a phrase that best sums up how a foreigner can find himself paying 675USD for coffee on Nanjing Road.
Mask of China has a great post warning people of the trials faced in doing business in China. The post contains the complete text of a South China Morning Post article that cites excellent examples of what you can expect when doing business
Andy Weiderhorn, Chairman and CEO of Fatburger talks to us about the American restaurant chain's market entry strategy in China and its most recent success of its new location in the Venetian Macau.
While we in the West think of Oreos as round with a sweet white filling, Chinese think of a four-layered rectangular bar filled with vanilla and chocolate cream covered in chocolate.
Carson Block, Managing Director of YSB Investment shares some key points from his recently published book Doing Business In China For Dummies.
Apple's iPods are made by mainly female workers who earn as little as ?27 per month, according to a report in the Mail on Sunday yesterday.
The report, 'iPod City', isn't available online. It offers photographs taken from inside the factories that make Apple music players, situated in China and owned by Foxconn.
The Mail visited some of these factories and spoke with staff there. It reports that Foxconn's Longhua plant houses 200,000 worker...
Latest going ons (shakeouts?) at Western law firms in China.
In what appears to be a first, and perhaps an insider view into the discussions surrounding the Draft Energy Law, the State Council Information Office published a White Paper on Energy on their website.
Shaun Rein, Founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group gives us some recommendations on key Chinese stocks to invest in and some to avoid.
Greg Bissky, Founder of Treasure Mountain Consulting draws upon his 22+ years of Chinese business experience and outlines the 3 different types of Westerners that do business in China. Which category do you fall in? Have a listen to this very candid and informative interview.
Over my almost 6 years in China I have run into many who thought that they did not need Chinese in China, and in Shanghai there are more who will say that than in Beijing.
However, for many companies and industries, Chinese skills are important as Richard Ong has come to find out
I have been thinking a lot about the Chinese mindset vs. the American mindset. The two mindsets are vastly different. And what works in America and what works for you now won’t necessarily work on a global, international scale... or in China for that matter. “When in Rome..."
The 2009 Summer Davos will be in Dalian, again, having had it's inaugural meeting in the city in 2007 and moving to Tianjin in 2008. Xinhua hint it will be in Dalian in the future. Is China's 'New Champion' (the sub title of the meeting) Dalian?
OneManBandwidth in their second part on doing business in China has some great ideas along with the best China blogs out there for your own niche (mine is obviously not included)rnrnThe third strategy in our series on Doing Business in China involves: “Besieging Wei to Save Zhao.”
This New York Times report shows how the demographics in China's most prosperous and populous city are quickly changing ... leaving a lot of retirees and not enough people to fill the gap in the cheap-labour workplace that's been the city's, and the country's, rise to glory.
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