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  • Real Estate Developments and Restrictions in China

    In an effort to cool China's property market and prevent a real estate bubble, authorities have already put in place restrictive measures to curb speculative buying in so-called first-tier ...

  • Focus Shifts to Economic Growth as China’s Inflation Rate Eases

    During her visit to China this week, managing director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, commended the country for developing domestic demand in its current economic ...

  • China Business Spurt from the Olympics (Part 1)

    It is common knowledge that every Olympics means big business, but exactly how much is that? A glance at the web site for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing will show what the event means for China ...

  • Renminbi as International Trade Currency

    As China prepares to launch its renminbi (RMB) as international currency, a number of overseas institutions are reported to have bought up in excess of RMB 10 billion in tradable bonds on ...

  • Beijing Hosts APEC Summit

    As leaders from member countries gather in Beijing for the APEC summit, China is reportedly taking advantage of the opportunity to promote its plans for a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific ...

  • CAFTA: China-ASEAN Free Trade Area

    Wherever you may travel in the world, your are very likely to find goods in local stores and markets that are stamped "Made in China". But despite this global presence, many of China’s ...

  • Beijing Olympics Opens Up Potentially Lucrative Trade Opportunities

    With the beginning of the 2008 Beijing Olympics just a few days away, these prestigious summer games are dominating news headlines all over the world, as participating countries prepare to ...

  • Capital Gains Tax Impacts China’s Housing Market

    In response to a new rule allowing China's government to implement a 20% capital gains tax on housing sales, investors who have gone the route of buying and selling homes for profit are ...

  • Central Bank Intervention Boosts Market

    In an effort to deflect a repeat of the cash crisis experienced by China's economy in June, the People's Bank of China reportedly pumped Rmb17 billion via seven-day reverse repurchase ...

  • Business Hospitality Etiquette

    A business trip to China is likely to include some form of entertaining and hospitality, so it is a good idea to become familiar with customs related to the social side of doing business in ...

  • Australian Trade Delegation Visits China

    Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson is currently leading a delegation representing more than eighty Australian businesses in a visit to a number of China's so-called 'second tier' ...

  • Expo 2010 Shanghai

    Starting on May 1 and running through to October 31, Expo 2010 Shanghai has as its theme “Better City, Better Life”, drawing attention to the fact that all over the world humankind has a ...

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