Never one to knowingly miss a good speaker (or lunch), I attended a China Association event last week at the rather grand National Liberal Club in London. James Kynge, former FT writer and author of the excellent China Shakes the World was the speaker. As readers of China Law Blog and Peking Duck will already [...]

US Treasury Secretary Paulsen seeks common ground in the form of the environment on his latest China trip. While that might usefully take discussions away from the RMB (and the latest Senate bill) it also comes at a time when the environment in China is again hitting the headlines (The Star): “Residues from a local [...]

Given the spate of recent horror stories on dangerous Chinese products, many have been reminded of the value of factory audits, quality testing, and pre-shipment inspections. China Success Stories has a timely article (courtesy of Nicholas Binse from Cotecna) on this subject. Key points include: • Use a professional: “By experience they know what to [...]

The China Business Blog and China Business Services are pleased to support – for the second year – “China – the Future of Travel” at the WTM-ChinaContact forum in November. Please see the details below. China – the Future of Travel WTM-ChinaContact forum 14 November, 2007, London De-mystifying China’s tourism industry A full day of [...]

Last time it was “China The Biggest: Polluter”. This time it is something a bit more positive (at least commercially). Recent news (thanks to Bloomberg) is that China’s mobile phone users may have passed the 500 million mark in June, adding that: “…At the current pace, China will reach the government’s target of 520 million [...]

As the economy continues to fly, the Chinese government has taken more action to try and reign in growth. According to the FT: “China on Friday responded to a surprise acceleration in growth during the second quarter and a jump in inflation by announcing it would slash its tax on bank deposit interest income and [...]

Chinalyst’s China Blog Awards are now entering the final week of voting (ending 31 July)… so please vote now for China Business Blog. You can register your vote by following this link and clicking on the plus (+) sign under the number. Thank you in advance for your support! The Awards cover 6 categories and [...]

On this (cold and wet) side of the “pond” we variously revere and resent our cousins in the US (size matters in business). So it was when the newly formed Chinese state investment authority bought into Blackstone, the US private equity firm. However, the latest news is that the UK bank Barclays may also be [...]

“Bribery”, “corruption” and “fraud” in China all are regular features of the business headlines. But readers (at least many of them) often assume that they are “Chinese” problems. Often they are, but it is not a safe assumption. In recent months I have come across three cases of employee fraud at foreign companies operating in [...]

The environment is high on the government agenda, as President Hu Jintao made clear recently, but there is still much to be done. The FT notes an OECD report that has some scary conclusions: “China’s air pollution will cause 20m people a year to fall ill with respiratory diseases, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and [...]