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• A Feather in the China Business Cap (Part 2) - Editor, 21 January 2008

A Feather in the China Business Cap (Part 1)

Alliance Alternatives and Imperatives of China Business

It is easy but erroneous to exaggerate the attractions of China business. This is a sophisticated and demanding market. The commercial environment will not suit all global players. China business has strong roots in social responsibilities, and the administration is active in discharging its regulatory duties. The culture is distinct and has pervasive influences on all China business operations. The system is relatively inflexible, and China business entities expect their foreign associates to adapt to local ground realities. Take it or leave it, though the local people are too courteous to actually say as much!

• Green Stars of China Business (Part 1) - Editor, 10 December 2007

The Ministry of Science and Technology in Beijing has been internationally recognized for its sterling role in promoting clean forms of energy for China business. The World Energy Congress of 2007 has chosen a bureaucrat from this country for a special award related to achievements in hydrogen energy applications. It is significant that a government entity has been honored by global peers for a matter of such importance. It flies in the face of a misconception that China business is an incorrigible polluter! The Beijing and provincial governments have been seized of greenhouse gas emissions. It has taken assertive and long term measures to protect China business and the environment at the same time.

• Green Stars of China Business (Part 2) - Editor, 10 December 2007

Green Stars of China Business (Part 1)

The country is not especially rich in crude oil but China business has access to some of the largest coal deposits in the world. Mining is very extensively developed in the country. China business also has some unbeatable cost advantages in sourcing energy from coal. The government has responded to inherent contradictions of the matter by promoting better safety and thermal efficiency norms. China business has a clear segment which is served by energy from coal. This in turn helps to earmark sectors which can lead in alternative energy forms, and cap total air emissions from the country as a whole. Hydrogen fuel cells for example, have been allotted a vanguard role in future public road transport.

• Chinese Business Opportunities in Environmental Protection (Part 1) - Editor, 10 September 2007

The Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River is an astonishing event in the modern history of China. The construction has impressive overtones in engineering terms, but represents a colossal rebuttal of global issues of human rights and ecological aspects. Are environmental concerns of any relevance to China’s rulers, or is the country determined to chalk its own course? What are the implications for the amazing business opportunities which the entire developed world hopes to enjoy with this vast country? It is widely believed that the thinking and priorities, which allowed the Three Gorges Dam to be built, have pervaded all sectors of China’s economic and national development.

• Chinese Business Opportunities in Environmental Protection (Part 2) - Editor, 10 September 2007

Chinese Business Opportunities Related to Environmental Protection (Part 1)

The methodology of the International Standards Organization is a suitable way for China to improve its conservation and pollution abatement standards (ISO 14000 Series, 2004). Consultants, well versed with the procedures of the ISO 14000 series, have exceptional potential throughout the industrial centers and urban managements of China. Obviously, this is on top of engineered hardware and equipment which companies and administrations need to use. The China National Cleaner Production Center is a central body in the country to establish ISO systems.

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