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Dear Reader, ‘Working With Chinese Factories’, ‘How to Avoid a Crisis’, ‘Pirates of the Middle Kingdom’; only three China Business topics we cover this week. And if you’re serious about learning Chinese, don’t forget to read ‘Master Chinese in China’ too! Feature article Master Chinese in China
China Expert Guest Blog Summary of the Registration for Foreign-Invested Enterprises in China  1. What business forms for foreign investors to develop activities in China(1) Forms of enterprise I Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures, II Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures III Foreign Capital Enterprises. (2) In addition to establishing enterprises, there are following business forms for foreign investors to develop activities in China: I Foreign countries (regions) enterprises can be engaged in business activities of specific areas in China without establishing enterprises, but only with business registration. For detail of those specific areas, please... Read the rest or post a comment>> Facts & Figures Captured You never know when these statistics might prove to be of value to you. So without further ado, here's our weekly top 10. Top 10 countries with the highest amount of prisoners
(Source: International Centre of Prison Studies) China Expert Guest Blog Pirates of the Middle Kingdom  China and the US have been in the news again, and this time it’s about intellectual property rights. The US is accusing China of not taking intellectual property laws seriously. China has responded by giving the US the proverbial middle finger. Here’s my take.From the American Perspective Piracy of software, movies, and music in China is not just rampant, it is the default. Read more or post a comment>> China Expert Guest Blog Working With Chinese Factories - Part I: The Initial Visit  Once again, I'm in a factory working through production issues that would be impossible to solve over the phone, with email, or even with photographs. What's the issue this time? Among other things, my primary task this trip is to define the factory's actual capabilities compared with the overly-optimistic sales pitches presented in their brochures. Qualifying a factory is definitely something that you can't do from across the globe-or even from a great distance within the same country!Today I'm at the largest Chinese domestic supplier of a specific stamp product. And while I believe that this fact may be true, as soon as I'm on ground at the factory... Read the rest or post a comment>> Site of the week China Solved The information about China you find surfing the web tends to be cluttered and often tainted. Notwithstanding the fact there are many excellent Web sites as well. In every edition we briefly credit some of those good ones out there. This week we rate: ChinaSolved
China Expert Guest blog Mentality, Mindset, Mianzi - How to Avoid a Crisis  In 2005 numerous public relationship crisises have haunted multinationals operating in China. Big brands such as P&G, Nestle, KFC, Johnson & Johnson, and Sony have suffered severe damage to their brands’ reputation. An analysis of the underlying reason for the problems encountered shows that they are due to a fundamental misunderstanding of the intricacies of Chinese culture on business. This reaches far deeper than most people think. Impact of Culture on Business It is a well known fact that personal and professional relationships are much more blurred in China than in the West. But this has a much deeper impact than most people coming to China understand. For example, many ... Read the rest or post a comment>> |
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