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• Which Hotel to Choose for a First Visit to China

  A hotel can make or break your trip to China. Vacation or business, your schedule needs a good night’s rest. Laundry, a filling breakfast, and reasonably priced telephone calls home, are ...

• Clean Energy Innovations Hampered By Policies

  With a new round of Strategic Economic Dialogue between the United States and China looming on the horizon, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will be heading up a trade mission to China, ...

• 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 ...

• The China Business Route to Switzerland (Part 1)

  Only the features of people can remind you that this is not Switzerland! China business may be furthest from your mind when you feast your eyes on the pristine scenery of Heilongjiang. The same ...

• China’s Car Sales Continue to Soar

  In a report based on statistics from China's Public Security Bureau it was revealed this week that the total number of vehicles using the country's roads has exceeded the 250 million mark, ...

• China Voices Concerns Regarding Trade Protectionism

  January saw the fourth consecutive monthly decline in foreign direct investment in China as companies cut back further on spending in an attempt to weather the global financial crisis. The ...

• China and Cuba Discuss Trade and Investment

  As the last stop on his four-country Latin American tour, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Cuban President Raúl Castro to discuss, among other things, increasing bilateral trade and ...

• Realities of Business Ethics in China (Part 2)

  Realities of Business Ethics in China (Part 1) How Should Foreigners Deal with Chinese Business Ethics Guanxi or networking is central to the Chinese way. All Chinese concessions to modernity ...

• China to Upgrade CNAPS for Cross-Border Trade

  In its ongoing efforts to promote the use of the Chinese yuan as a cross-border trading currency, the People's Bank of China has revealed that it is in the process of upgrading its National ...

• 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 ...

• Gaming Console Ban Lifted in Shanghai FTZ

  One of the latest developments for the new Shanghai free trade zone is the lifting of a ban on foreign-made arcade and home entertainment gaming consoles imposed in 2000. For an unspecified ...

• China Clicks onto Online Shopping

  China has not escaped the global financial crisis which has had an impact on its export market. To counteract this negative effect, China's manufacturers, retailers and other suppliers have ...