While it has been a while since I have posted anything on China’s interior, I was asked a couple of weeks ago to comment on a recent initiative between Chengdu and Chongqing to develop a new zo...
[700,000 dirty, low paid, unsafe #jobs have no place in US] #MadeinChina Apple products benefit US economy http://t.co/PTJ9RkV4 # [700,000 dirty, low paid, unsafe #jobs have no place in US] #MadeinCh...
Click here to view the embedded video. Research anything related to China and US jobs, and you are bound to come across some heated posts about China… and some celebrities punting “MAde i...
I have been here 10 years and my Chinese is probably 75-80%, but even at that level, one of the things that I have come to accept about my last 10 years in China is that I could have accomplished muc...
Watching last week’s SOTU, and thinking generally about the jobs situation in the U.S., it is hard not to be entranced by the President’s call for reshoring jobs. And it is not hard to kn...
Moral/ legal failures of #Apple #supplychain will become problem for other foreign firms in #china http://t.co/pfpNa1L5 #government #action # Is #Apple About to Bottom Out in China? http://t.co/vE31V...
One of the most spoken of markets in China is that of luxury. China is the #1 buyer all things luxury right now, and every day I pass by Shanghai’s Lambo store, and see two new colors in the wi...
Just finished reading the HBR blog post Truth Without Tears in China, written by Frank T. Gallo of Aon Hewitt in Beijing, and it is a PRIME example for me of how expats managing in China need to unde...
Apple is committed to driving the highest standards for social responsibility throughout our supply base. We require that our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and...
A great clip from Jon Stewart on Foxconn, and a timely one given Apple’s recent revelations that its supply chain is still a clusterfu*k, Apple makes over a billion USD a day in profit, and in ...
[will impact more foreign firms in #China NGOs upbeat over China's #environment #transparency progress http://t.co/h310gQKt #apple # #Shanghai Delays Unpopular Tax On Foreigners fm @rflannerychi...
It’s official. There are now more Chinese who call home in one of China’s urban centers than those who remain on the farm. It is a process that began in the late 70s with Deng Xiao Ping...
While the typical conversation about “quality” in China will be one of manufacturing failures, I was asked by a good friend to comment about my thoughts on whether or not the “Chine...
thanks for the RT! @alex_n_stone @MeetChina @chinahearsay @NiuB # [some real truth in this post] from Don't Move to China "So you want to work in China?" http://t.co/534VpdNf #jobs #Ch...
Click here to view the embedded video. Dan over at China Law Blog took a bold step last week by laying out (and accepting comments on) some of the common stereotypes that surround Chinese (some say A...
What Does #2012 Have in Store for Foreign Business in #China http://t.co/eCbCDzx2 #economics #politics # @leslieforman never a bad time to send chilean cherries to China. particularly if sending to m...
While I know I am coming in a bit late on this,many of you probably know that last week Hu Jintao put together an essay that was taken by foreign media that China needed to protect itself from the in...
Click here to view the embedded video. During the majority of my time in China (nearly 10 years now), one of the most active (and heated debates) surrounding China has been its role as a catalyst for...
Will 2011 behind us, and the 2012 campaign election (in the U.S.) and leadership transition (in China) under full steam, I thought it would be a good time to write a post about what I see coming up t...
Funds Expect Surge of Bad Loans in #China Funds Expect Surge of Bad Loans in China #finance # [but is it .... really?] Foreign #investment welcomed http://t.co/HqmO776I #China # SocGen to Stay Away F...
#China grapples with mass migration from villages to cities http://t.co/yMVSpgFE #urbanization # interesting RT @China_SignPost: we looked at commodity demand implications of #china #urbanization htt...
When I lived in Beijing in 2002-3, the first thing I would do is look out the window and decide whether or not I would go outside that day… or whether I would stay inside and have food delivere...
Speaking at a panel discussion at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women’s Summit, General Electric Senior Vice President Charlene Begley said that it was better to partner up with China versus be...
When I first arrived in China, I was having coffee with a friend who told me the best “China” strategy for expats was to rotate time between China and the US every two years. This would ...
A few years back, the Director of Sustainable Sourcing for a large electronics firms told me “I just want to get our Chinese suppliers to the point where I can trust them. That they will do th...
A number of articles lately have focused on the economic sustainability of the outsourcing model in China. The articles in many ways are simply the same as others that have popped up in the past. Wi...
Couple of articles came out this week that had me thinking about the speed by which trust in China can be lost, and the impacts that this lose of faith can have on China. It was an issue that was a h...
One of the most common statements I hear from visitors to Shanghai is that “China is able to move so fast” or in something along the lines of “When the government wants to, it has a...
Even as a number of websites are wetting themselves over Apple’s recent store opening in Shanghai, discussions of China’s economic strength have begun to take place. Largely catalyzed by ...
With the 2012 elections now in full motion, and candidates needing to show they are doing something “for the country”, it looks like China has once again find itself in the cross hairs. A...
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