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DHL Chooses Shanghai, and CMA CGM Chooses Xiamen
2007-12-03 08:12:00 Nearly 6 months have passed since DHL announced that it was down to Shanghai and Inchon.. and today DHL announced that they will build their 6th Asian hub in Shanghai. Coming as no surprise given the importance of China to logistics providers, this new hub will certainly provide a higher level of quality to DHL’s customers ... More About: News , Xiamen , Amen
If You Think China is ?Coming Out?? You?re ?Coming Out? of a 3 Year Coma
2007-12-03 08:09:00 This morning when I opened up the Shanghai Daily on my RSS, I found an article entitled Expo as China ’s ‘coming out’ party, and had a moment of inspiration as I like Stan Abrams at China Hearsay am just a bit tired of China’s perceived “coming out party” . First, if there were going to be ... More About: News , Year
Beijing
2007-12-02 13:26:00 I almost went to Beijing this weekend, almost in the sense that Emma said ?Let?s go to Beijing? and I said ?OK!?, but then my boss said ?Let?s work on Saturday? and I said ?OK!?. So now I?m not going. Forgive me father, it has been 11 months since I came to Shanghai and I still haven?t ...
At the funfair! (Part I)
2007-12-02 13:24:00 The thing with some people is that they do not respect the natural cycle of life. For every Spring there must be an autumn, for every snowflake, a sunbeam- for every death, a birth (unless loads of people die and no-one is born, like in Florida). In short, after a Friday night drinking binge, I should not ... More About: Part
Welcome, David
2007-12-02 13:22:00 Work has been, quite figuratively, insane these past few weeks. On Sunday I worked a shift from 10am until past midnight, with just occasional break for crying and thumping the desk. It?s not all weeping and wishing we were dead at the office however, another colleague just arrived from the UK this morning bearing gifts of ... More About: David
Opening a bank account
2007-12-02 13:19:00 Due to a combination of my shirty landlord and having my pocket picked at the weekend, it was finally time to get a Chinese bank account this week. Basically it?s easy- all you need is 1 x Passport 1 x Guy what speaks Chinese 1 x The patience of a saint. The patience is for when you first take a ... More About: Opening , Bank , Account
The Nerve Centre
2007-12-02 13:16:00 Here in a rare ?behind the curtain? glance is a look at the top-secret operations control room from which I oversee ISpyShanghai.com: This is my personal computer monitor on which I Gimp up images of fake bank notes, or airbrush out any minor imperfections from my otherwise immaculate face. (And yes, fellow geeks, that whole thing ... More About: Centre
Paris Hilton Exclusive!
2007-12-02 13:13:00 If you book 3 nights Bed & Breakfast, you?ll receive quadruple Delta Airways Air Miles and a complimentary fruit basket. (Valid until February 29th 2008) Source: ISpyShanghai More About: Paris Hilton , Exclusive , Paris , Hilton
KFC
2007-12-02 13:11:00 Top 3 things you?ll find in a Chinese KFC, but not its UK equivalent Toothpicks Mashed potato Egg tartlets The middle class Source: ISpyShanghai
Rapscallions! Jackanapes!
2007-12-02 13:10:00 Brace yourselves for some rather unpleasant news, I was pickpocketed at the weekend. Now I enjoyed ?Oliver Twist? as much as the next man, but in real life the whole thing isn?t half as much fun. Picture the scene, you?re a handsome gentleman in his mid to late 20s (alright then, 29) and you?re having ... More About: Kana
Amusement Park II - (the amusement this time, coming at their expense)
2007-12-02 13:09:00 During that whole Cultural revolution / ?Isn?t being Communist the best!? phase that China went through in the olden times, I bet they had statues of Mao everywhere. I?ll bet it was a statue-fest, a totem carnival, an icon-if-u-likem, a Mao-a-rama. These days though, no-one cares much for plaster busts of slightly dubious historical figures, ... More About: Time , Park , Amusement
What do you eat for your tea James?
2007-12-02 13:07:00 Family and friends back home often axe me what I eat for dinner now that I?m living in foreign climes. ?Is it all pigs snouts and dumplings full of ants and that?? they ask, like fools. Well, no. It seems difficult to me to order Chinese food for one, and I?m such a busy young go-getter that I?m ... More About: James
Chinese Hiring @ the Factory
2007-12-02 12:51:00 I?ve been working in China for 7 months now. It?s weird how fast the time has flew by. When I arrived at Toy State, I worked with 2 other project engineers, working and maintaining all of our new/old projects. In December, one of those engineers was fired. Within one day of being told that ... More About: News , Factory , Chinese , Hiring
Wal-Mart Bringing Sexy Back to Chinese Girls
2007-12-02 12:50:00 I love Wal-Mart . If you are able to look past their contributions in the deterioration of small communities, aid in shutting down mom & pop stores, as well as not giving their employees livable wages, you find a place with ?everyday low prices, always.? Look, they even got the #1 Ranking on the CNN Fortune 500 ... More About: Girls , Chinese , Wal-Mart , Sexy
Chinese Radio: Loveline
2007-12-02 12:50:00 Every time I go back to the US for a business trip, I?m lucky enough to go home and bring some stuff back to me to Shenzhen. Familiar DVDs, old family pictures and past books have made my Shenzhen apartment feel more like home. One of the things I?ve recently brought over from the US ... More About: Radio , Chinese
Chinese Children Get Married at an Early Age
2007-12-02 12:49:00 Work has been very busy lately. The toy industry never seems to stop pushing and I?ve been cought in the middle of it. Because of the job, I?ve been neglecting to read all of the Google Alerts on China and Shenzhen that I receive daily. Today while reading articles from the last few days I came ... More About: Children , Chinese , Early , Married
China?s Initiation into the World (Cat) Economy
2007-12-02 12:46:00 I call it the live-too-close syndrome. Whenever I live at or near a interesting place, I never take advantage of it. This happened during my 4 years at Columbia University?in which I didn’t go explore New York City close to enough?and it?s happening now in Shenzhen. I have such a great opportunity to explore China , Hong ... More About: Economy , World , The World
Shenzhen: Diversity in Languages
2007-12-02 12:45:00 On my last foray into HK, my friend, Jason, and I were waiting in the Luo Hu customs line. The paperwork usually goes by pretty quick, but for some reason, it took really long this time. So we stood there and exhausted all the small talk we could think off. In the middle of ... More About: Diversity , Languages , Ages
The wave of the supply chain acquisitions reaches pure-players
2007-12-02 00:39:00 The wave of acquisition is now moving from integrated solution providers such as SAP or Oracle to pure-player companies and a recent example of that is Sterling Commerce. Sterling Commerce has originally been an EDI service provider. After 2000, the company acquired a number of point solution vendors, such as Yantra (order management software), Nistevo (transportation ... More About: News , Players , Acquisitions , Pure , Supply Chain
Bank reserve ratio raised to cool economy
2007-12-02 00:37:00 (Agencies/Xinhua) Updated: 2007-11-11 09:12 China?s central bank will raise the reserve requirement ratio by 0.5 percentage points for commercial banks to 13.5 percent in an effort to cool the booming economy, the People?s Bank of China said late Saturday. It will be the ninth such move this year, aimed at ?strengthening liquidity management in the banking system and ... More About: Economy , Cool , Reserve , Serve
China HR: Orientation Programs
2007-12-01 23:59:00 Sometimes the most basic concepts are the hardest to explain. Fortunately you usually don?t have to worry about explaining the obvious ? unless you have decided to manage in China . Then you?ll need to figure out how to explain big-picture issues that seem obvious and ?common sense?. One of the things ... More About: Programs , Orientation
Big Guns of the Retention Battle: Health & Retirement Planning
2007-12-01 23:56:00 The team-building weekend was great and the new hires are fired up and optimistic. That?s important. But what do you do about the guys who have been with you for a few years now and are thinking about their lives. More money is great - and no matter what retention plan you choose you ... More About: Health , Retirement , Guns , Planning , Battle
Direct from the Hong Kong fair !
2007-12-01 23:54:00 Completing my previous posts on Canton fair, here is a word from the Hong Kong Electronic & Components fair, where AsiaInspection is exhibiting this year for the first time (after having exhibited at other HK fairs the previous years). The fair is organized by Globalsources, the leading online platform “connecting global buyers and suppliers”, who by ... More About: Direct , Fair , Dire
Management Flows Downhill
2007-12-01 23:50:00 China ex-pat managers: You shouldn?t be directly managing more than one layer of your organization?s stucture ? at least in your sales / marketing department. If you aren?t tagging your older guys to do the worst, most difficult management tasks, then you are passing up a great training/development opportunity ? and depriving yourself ... More About: Management
China Stands Tough Against US Imports
2007-12-01 23:42:00 The NY Times reports: WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 ? Few American industries have had more success in selling goods to China than makers of medical devices like X-rays, pacemakers and patient monitors. Which is why a recent Chinese decree was so troubling. The directive, issued in June, called for burdensome new safety inspections for foreign-made medical devices ? ... More About: News , Tough , Imports
ChinaSolved unfair to Salespeople!
2007-12-01 23:40:00 Chinasolved needs to come clean about something. We are blatantly unfair to the sales staffs that we train and manage. As your sales team grows, you will be faced with some difficult choices. Many long-term expats come to feel that fairness should be their moral compass when deciding on issues like […] Source: China ... More About: Unfair
Sales HR in China ? Strategic Sr. Manager Wanted. Experience Helpful.
2007-12-01 15:22:00 Just saying Sales HR is strategic to your China business is not enough. You have to step up and act it. That means getting engaged with a wide range of people and problems at every level of your sales department. I love watching managers and owners pass responsibility down the line ? ... More About: Manager , Experience , Strategic
Are your China sales managers really managing ? or just doing their old job
2007-12-01 14:23:00 Sales management in China has two aspects: operational and leadership. Good sales-managers are usually the best sellers that the company can lay its hands on. But they also usually have to lead a team that is probably quite management-intensive and is prone to personality and relationship issues. Maybe it?s a […] Source: China Business ... More About: Sales , Managers , Ager
Novo increases diabetes research in China
2007-12-01 13:19:00 This was a recent article which was posted on the DrugResearch er.com website, by Mike Nagle, on March 5, 2007. It explains the new joint venture between the Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk, and the Chinese Academy of Science. Novo Nordisk will continue to exploit the emerging importance of China in pharma research by establishing a ... More About: News , Diabetes
Frontier Biosciences settles in China
More articles from this author:2007-12-01 13:19:00 This was a recent article which was posted on the DrugResearcher.com website, by Emilie Reymond, on March 8, 2007. In it, she discusses the recent Acquisition of a Chinese firm by Frontier Biosciences, a US services provider. US services provider Frontier Biosciences has announced that it has bought a majority stake in a China -based preclinical contract ... More About: News 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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