As many of you know, we recently formed a China Law Blog Group on LinkedIn as a forum for open discussion on China law and business issues. That group has been thriving with nearly 600 members already and a ton of fascinating and enlightening discussions under its belt, including the following:
– Do Chinese professionals have [...]
I had a great conversation the other day with a nurse who called me with what I think is a killer product. I spoke with her for a while and found myself really enjoying the conversation because she had done such a good job in terms of laying the groundwork both here and in China [...]
Every few weeks some publisher emails me and asks me if I want a book on China to review and every few weeks I say yes, in a vain attempt to trump Milton Friedman. I read maybe half the books I receive (virtually always on an airplane), like probably 75% of them, and tend [...]
During one of the breaks in the recent Berkeley Asia Business conference, I took part in a conversation with an American guy whose wife was expecting her first baby and an American woman with a toddler. Both of these people had spent many years in China and loved it and both were still very [...]
News Flash: Chinese do not like being treated as “second class citizens.” It appears Toyota has failed in this most basic of business propositions.
I have written of how I am of the view that foreign companies doing business in China would be wise to employ their highest and best environmental standards, and not “dumb [...]
Geraldine Johns-Putra over at the View to China blog (just added it to our blogroll) just did a post I really love, called, “Ten things about doing deals in China that are different from the West – Part 1.” I love it both because it is helpful and because it does a great job [...]
I of course cannot prove it, but I am convinced (and I am not kidding here) that the failure rate for a business whose owner has gone to a Chinese wedding is at least ten times higher than for those who have not.
Let me backtrack a bit and explain.
The Quality Inspection blog recently [...]
Now I know that one of the overriding themes of this blog since its inception is that China is stepping up its enforcement of laws against foreigners, but I am getting a strong vibe that things just ratcheted up another notch or two.
Two times in the last few weeks, two clients in two [...]
I long ago created an arbitrary rule saying that I would not put a blog onto our blogroll until it had been around for at least three months. I instituted this rule after raving about a brand new blog, putting it on the blogroll, and then having it never put out another post. So [...]
The Start In China Blog has updated its previous post on various health insurance options for expatriates living in China. The post is entitled, “Health insurance for expats in China,” and it really does a superb job setting out and comparing various expat insurance plans.
If you are an expat needing health insurance in [...]