Miscellaneous

• Currency Reform and Inflation Highlighted at 2012 National Peoples’ Congress Meeting

  In a news conference following an annual parliament session today, Premier Wen Jiabao said that China will increase efforts to reform its currency program, in order to allow the yuan to ...

• China and Taiwan Continue to Strengthen Trading Ties

  Having won the country's elections with 51.5 percent of votes cast, Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou will continue to push for the strengthening of ties between his country and mainland ...

• New China Opium War and Peace

  History cannot repeat itself entirely in this case. It is about 200 years since European traders first landed in China. Missionaries followed soon after. Foreigners were as amazed then as they ...

• 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 ...

• China Business Contributions to the Business Management Profession (Part 1)

  China business has important distinguishing features. It is not the same as running a company in the western world, or in countries that are content to use US and European templates for their ...

• China Business Contributions to the Business Management Profession (Part 2)

  China Business Contributions to the Business Management Profession (Part 1) China Business Stamps What are the defining characteristics of China business There are three dimensions to this ...

• Is China Business Alone in Quality Complaints? (Part 1)

  It cannot be that people care more about toys than the medicines they take to safeguard health. Yet, the media coverage for lead in toys manufactured on outsourcing bases through China business ...

• 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, ...

• 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 ...

• The China Business Route to Switzerland (Part 2)

  The China Business Route to Switzerland (Part 1) China Business Prospects as a Meat and Dairy Products Supplier The world trade situation with respect to farm produce is in flux. Issues of ...

• Business Strategy in the Age of Globalization Part 1

  The industrial climate and opportunities for commerce today are akin to those, which prevailed, in the early days of the Industrial Revolution (Hamel, and Prahalad, 1994). Fundamental changes in ...

• Business Strategy in the Age of Globalization Part 2

  Business Strategy in the Age of Globalization (Part 1) How the Chinese Perceive Business Strategy China, the most populous nation on earth, has been forecast to overtake the U.S. GDP and to ...