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How Much Has China Grown? Really?
2007-11-16 22:31:00 Anyone who has lived in China at any point in the last 10 years will attest to the growth of China’s east coast cities. For many who watched China’s rise, one of the most amazing measures was GDP growth, and the fact that China has been able to sustain double digit growth for so ... More About: News , Grown
Demands for Currency Revaluation Ad Infinitum
2007-11-16 15:54:00 Once again the helpless cry in the Western wilderness. Won’t China allow the Yuan to “strengthen at a faster rate?” No, indeed. How is doing so in China’s interest? The movers and shakers of the so-called great economic powers, who have, it is said, the power over the purses that pay ... More About: News , Demands , Currency , Demand , Valuation
People and Power: Moving China
2007-11-16 15:30:00 While All Roads is the medium I typically focus on pure business (and more recently some poltical issue), and Crossroads is the medium I typically use to highlight and discuss social issues, this youtube is an exception. People and Power : Moving China is an excellent film showing a bit of the underbelly of Shanghai. for ... More About: News
Trade jitters, anti-China sentiment rouse US voters
2007-11-16 08:29:00 I have been told by a couple of people that I might have been a little harsh on Kerri Houston in my recent post, and in my defense, I would say it is because I fear that the ongoing protectionism in the US is going to severely damage relations. I wil agree that changes to the ... More About: News , China , Trade , Voters , Anti
Chengdu vs. Chongqing: Logistics Hub(s) of the Southwest
2007-11-16 01:29:00 While working on some research for a report, I interviewed a member of the Chengdu foreign investment bureau to better understand why foreign firms in general were choosing Chengdu, what the obstacles were, and what the future looked like.. Of the 20 or so questions we went over, one of my favorites was in response to ... More About: News , Southwest , Logistics , Chongqing
Paulson: China, Yuan Out-of-Step With markets..
2007-11-14 14:26:00 In yet another attempt to put pressure on China to revalue the RMB, Secretary Paulson is out on his stump.. and I am beginning to wonder if perhaps he is off his rocker as I hardly see how rising interest rates in the U.S. (see below) is going to improve the situation in the States…. Correct ... More About: News , Markets , Step
Employ Anyone in China? Employ a Lawyer!
2007-11-13 18:12:00 The Labour Law has been bubbling away as an issue for some time, but now that it is almost upon us, calls to action are starting to be heard. One of the louder (and always well-informed) voices can be found on China Law Blog: China’s New Labor Law — It’s A Huge Deal. Huge I Tell ... More About: News , Lawyer
Stampeding to Regulation
2007-11-13 18:12:00 While foreign retailers are making inroads in China, harsh lessons are being learnt when things go wrong and consumers react in unexpected ways. Xinhua reports on a tragic accident - and the rush to regulate: ?China’s Ministry of Commerce issued an urgent circular on Monday banning time-limited sales promotions in shops following a deadly stampede at ... More About: News , Regulation
Trade Surplus Hits US$27 Billion in October
2007-11-13 18:12:00 Record trade figures no longer surprise. They are right up their with the stock market and property prices! The latest figures show China?s trade surplus reached a record US$27 billion in October . Malaysia Star reports: ?China’s trade surplus rose to a record US$27.05bil in October, adding fuel to US complaints yuan is undervalued as Treasury Secretary ... More About: News , Trade , Hits , Surplus
Employ Anyone in China? Employ a Lawyer!
2007-11-13 18:12:00 The Labour Law has been bubbling away as an issue for some time, but now that it is almost upon us, calls to action are starting to be heard. One of the louder (and always well-informed) voices can be found on China Law Blog: China’s New Labor Law — It’s A Huge Deal. Huge I Tell ... More About: News , Lawyer
Trade Surplus Hits US$27 Billion in October
2007-11-13 18:12:00 Record trade figures no longer surprise. They are right up their with the stock market and property prices! The latest figures show China?s trade surplus reached a record US$27 billion in October . Malaysia Star reports: ?China’s trade surplus rose to a record US$27.05bil in October, adding fuel to US complaints yuan is undervalued as Treasury Secretary ... More About: News , Trade , Hits , Surplus
CHaINA?s 2007 China Supply 20
2007-11-13 17:19:00 For those of you who are stil not reading Chaina, take the opportunity now to reduce you carbon foot print and expand your knowledge and download the November/ December edition now. This edition is particularly important for me as All Roads was included in the 2007 China Supply Chain 20: Over the course of the past 12 ... More About: News
China Mobile Eyes iPhone Deal
2007-11-13 17:19:00 According to a premarket release on The Street, Apple is reportedly in talks with China Mobile to bring the iPhone to China (a lot of people already have one). First, as an investor in Apple all I can say is BUY BUY BUY. give one to your friends, collegues, and don’t forget your boss! Next, I am ... More About: News , Eyes , Iphone
Tianjin Economic Development Zone News: Issue 70
2007-11-13 17:19:00 Perhaps it is because I have a project in Tianjin, or perhaps it is because they saw the news from Chengdu, I have just received the newsletter below from the good folks over at the Tianjin Economic Development Zone (TEDA). I tried to put links to further sources, but only one source shows in the ... More About: News , Economic Development
ChinaSolved unfair to Salespeople!
2007-11-13 15:10:00 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 […] ... More About: News , Unfair
In the public service?
2007-11-13 15:10:00 www.ShanghaiPersonalFinance.com Because gravity happens everywhere. Read Original Post Here More About: News , Public Service , Public , Service
Alibaba IPOs, Curious George & Aqua Dots, Rudy?s China Platform, & Yahoo Ge
2007-11-13 03:16:00 Alibaba IPOs While Alibaba is a company I have covered before, and this was probably one of the most OVERHYPED stories of the week, it was an event I did not have time to cover. In the end, Alibaba raised 1.5 billion USD and nearly tripled in its first day… or a whopping 155 times earnings. ... More About: News , Yahoo , China , Curious , George
Feeling Restricted in China?
2007-11-12 20:16:00 In my nearly 6 years in China , it has been incredible to see the interest in China (and the money that followed) skyrocket. It is a topic that I find myself having more and more as friends talk about how easy it was 5 years ago to buy apartments, as we speak to government officials ... More About: News , Feeling , Strict
6 Minute ABS on a 3 USD DVD
2007-11-12 13:16:00 2 years back a foreginer names Randy Gutherie was made headlings when he was arrested for his part in the company 2 Dollar DVDs. It was an operation run from his apartment in Shanghai… and he was making bank! We’ll, just 2 years later, it appears that Paramount and Warner Brothers are now going to be ... More About: News , Minute
Bank reserve ratio raised to cool economy
2007-11-11 17:33:00 (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: News , Economy , Cool , Reserve
Chinese cars land in Europe !
2007-11-10 02:53:00 … and they are not cheap ! Brilliance, the main Chinese car manufacturer (who also produces BMW cars for local market) has made a discrete but noticeable entry at the Geneva 77th Motor Show this week, with 3 car models on display. The 500 first cars from the production line in Shenyang, will arrive this month in ... More About: News , Europe , Cars , Land
All bets are on with China gambling craze !
2007-11-10 02:53:00 I read earlier this week about how Macau’s gaming revenue surged 22% in 2006, surpassing for the first time the Las Vegas (where AsiaInspection will exhibit next week - by the way…) as the world’s biggest casino market. Seven new casinos opened in Macau last year, bringing the total to 24. The number of gaming ... More About: News , China , Gambling , Bets
Guest Analysis: Yunnan Province and the Hukou Registration System
2007-11-09 23:40:00 [Editor’s Note: I’m grateful to Carl Minzner, author of the China Law and Politics blog, for permitting the reposting of his analysis below. His post represents a scarce example in modern Chinese Studies of a laudable skepticism towards a claim, the import of which, if unquestioned, would have lead to an unfounded assumption regarding ... More About: News , System , Analysis , Guest , Yunnan
We Got a Plan.. An Import Safety ?Plan? - Part 2
2007-11-09 22:01:00 After reading the transcript of the press conference, I knew I had to get my hands on the report itself and read through it for myself (Action Plan can be downloaded here). I needed to see just what the findings were, and more than that, I needed to see what their recommendations were…. Now, given ... More About: News , Safety , Part , Import
China To Restructure May Golden Week. NOOOOO!
2007-11-09 14:57:00 The chum has been in the water for a couple of years, and we all new that like the VAT rebate… our 3 weeks of holidays were soon coming to an end. According to the Shanghai Daily report Draft: Drop May golden week the May Day holiday will get the ax from a full week to ... More About: News , China , Week , Golden
Don't mess up with Quality in China?
2007-11-09 07:42:00 These past weeks have seen a number of stories unveiled about quality issues on China productions, mainly on the food & drugs industries - and recently in the Toys industry. There are stories about this bun maker using cardboards found on the streets in his products, the counterfeit drinking water sold in Beijing, or the ... More About: News , Quality , Ality , Mess
AsiaInspection receives 'E-Business of the Year' Award from Alibaba !
2007-11-09 07:42:00 Early September, AsiaInspection was extremely pleased to be rewarded for its successful online platform with the "E-Business of the Year " award from Alibaba .com, the leading online trade platform for global importers.Out of 1,200 initial candidates, AsiaInspection was eventually selected as one of the 10 winners for the Hong Kong region, and attended the Alifest event ... More About: News , Award
Attention all buyers !
2007-11-09 07:41:00 I heard rumors these last days saying China was going to cut tax rebates granted to local exporters on a wide range of goods… Today for the first time I read something official here on the matter. This is big (bad?) news ! From 1st of July (that is, in about 10 days), we are very ... More About: News , Buyers , Attention
From China to Europe? by car !
2007-11-09 07:41:00 Another step in the cultural exchanges between the West and China : one of AsiaInspection’s employees in Shenzhen just told me about how her brother has started with his wife on last July, 12th a 60,000 kms road trip from China to Europe !They will cross nearly 20 countries, for about 6 months, and keep ... More About: News , Rope
10 years of magic
More articles from this author:2007-11-09 07:41:00 Today, is exactly the 10th year anniversary of the incorporation of my first business in Hong Kong, SEBO : it was indeed launched on the first working day of the China ruling. At that time I was confident the business environment wouldn’t be affected by the China ruling, and I think time has proved me ... More About: News , Magic , Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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