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• Developer’s Default Indicative of Economic Slowdown

  In addition to experiencing a slowdown in its property sector, China's property market received a blow this week with the collapse of real estate developer Zhejiang Xingrun Real Estate Co. ...

• China-Africa Trade Booming

  The China-Africa Co-operation Forum, established in the year 2000, has been a project that has grown from strength to strength each year. Its growth has enjoyed an average rate of 33.5 % ...

• Pak-China Friendship Year Focuses on Youth

  During a recent visit to Pakistan, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, with the approval of Pakistani authorities, declared 2011 to be ‘Pak-China Friendship Year’, with a number of projects and ...

• China Takes Steps to Cool Down “Hot Money”

  A spokesman for China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) revealed that, together with the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs, it will be drafting ...

• China and UAE to Strengthen Trade Ties at China HomeLife Expo

  Taking place at the Dubai World Trade Center on 4-6 December 2012, the China HomeLife exhibition is set to feature more than one thousand suppliers of Chinese goods, introducing more than ...

• G20 Policy Challenge

  The G20, a group of twenty finance chiefs from around the world, will be meeting to discuss a new policy that will create a system that will be capable of warning the financial market of any ...

• World Business Implications for Governance in China

  Natural disasters test governance. Satellites help in some cases, but not always. You can guess that a storm could be brewing. It is more difficult to predict extremely heavy and incessant ...

• Is China Business Alone in Quality Complaints? (Part 2)

  Is China Business Alone in Quality Complaints? (Part 1) How to Meet China Business Quality Expectations The country’s domestic consumers expect international quality and service standards, ...

• China Marks Decade of WTO Membership

  China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on December 11, 2001, the culmination of a process that stretched out over a period of almost fifteen and a half years. In the ...

• US-China Trade Disputes

  President Hu Jintao will be arriving in Washington on 17 January 2011. With the news of his visit came the letter from approximately thirty-two senators urging China to welcome talks in ...

• Upgrade of ASEAN-China FTA to be Negotiated

  At the 13th AEM-MOFCOM conference held earlier this week in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, it was agreed to upgrade the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACTFA) in order to ensure that it remains relevant ...

• The Skill Secret of China Business Success

  The ‘cheap labor’ formula is history in China. Cut your losses and exit if you are in. Look elsewhere if you the sweatshop type. Every human exploitation attempt is bound to fail in China. ...