Received an interesting email the other day from a loyal reader complimenting us for having maintained our “Alexa ranking” through the “downturn” in blog readership. I then checked our Alexa ranking, which ranking is allegedly based on the number of readers and it looked pretty good, at least as compared with other leading China blogs. [...]
A few weeks ago, a reader e-mailed me with an article regarding the jailing in Shanghai of California businessman Brian Horowitz over a debt he (his company?) allegedly owed a Chinese company. I have been assiduously following the case in the press for many reasons. First, cases like this could prove very important to my [...]
Every time I go to China, I come back planning to write an excoriating post on the place. I mean, let’s face it, it is one of the (if not the) most exasperating places on earth. I found it even more exasperating this last time because before hitting China, I spent two and a half [...]
Though the World Bank’s Doing Business Report for 2011 has already been out for a few months, I just saw a really good analysis of it today. The analysis is in the Fiducia Management Consultants’ “Market Focus” Newsletter and it can be found here. Though I have never worked with Fiducia directly, I have heard good [...]
By: Steve Dickinson
In an earlier post, entitled, “Cambodia: China’s Newest Appendage,” I commented on the rumors of extensive investment by China into Cambodia. The rumor at that time was that the “Chinese” had agreed to make over $3.0 billion in investment in Cambodia’s energy and transport sectors. I mentioned in that post that the Cambodians [...]
Just read a really good International Herald Tribune article, entitled, “Avoiding Pitfalls, and Forging Success, in East-West Contract Negotiations.” The article concisely sets out the basic underpinnings of what it takes to succeed in negotiating with Chinese companies.
It starts out by emphasizing how Westerners need to be patient:
“The first lesson is to understand that the [...]
Recently came across a very basic but very concise and accurate article setting forth the “five biggest practical challenges for foreign SMEs” doing business in China. The article was written by Anthony Goh and Matthew Sullivan, of US-Pacific Rim International and it is entitled, “The 5 Biggest Challenges Businesses Face When They Expand To China.“
Here [...]
By: Steve Dickinson
Earlier this month the PRC National Audit Office 审计署 issued its first two reports of the year. Report 1 provides the results of a major audit of state owned agencies and banks conducted at the request of the National People’s Congress. Report 2 details 28 court cases involving fraud uncovered during the audits. [...]
A few weeks ago, Steve and I spoke at AmCham (Beijing) regarding the China legal issues of which SMEs need be aware. After our talk, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Matt Wisla for around 20 minutes. That interview focused on the issues currently front and center for foreign businesses operating in China.
Matt: [...]
If your company has done anything in China (even just sending someone there to meet with a supplier), you have probably received a somewhat official email offering, at a steep price, to “help” you stop someone from taking your domain name.
DO NOT RESPOND.
Near as I can tell, every single one of these that I have [...]