http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog Putting China Business News in Context. From China Business Services. Sat, 10 May 2008 09:39:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en China is a big, fast-moving place, and it generates A Lot of statistics. These statistics get fed in to economic models, are relied upon when making business decisions, and are even written about in blogs…but can they be trusted? We have noted problems with Chinese statistics before – restated GDP numbers ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=653 China Law Blog is on top of things as usual. It points to useful updates on the very topical labour and environmental laws. Environmental Law The environment in China has become a key policy focus, and presents real challenges. China Daily reports on legal developments: “In order to protect its environment ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=652 It was hard to miss the cover of last week’s “Angry China” edition on the Economist. It was also hard for a lot of people to accept. Paul Denlinger, at China Vortex blog, wrote a good piece on it, and noted: “The main gist of the article is that the Chinese ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=651 We reported in March 2007 that China was, by some estimates, the biggest polluter in the world (but not, thankfully, in a per capita sense – something comfortable western consumers, and their media, would be well advised to remember when comparing and contrasting lifestyles). Anyway, now it is doubly official. ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=650 China Business Services continues to sponsor the China Insider series, which offers business people, professionals, executives and anyone interested in China a unique insight into how to succeed in communication with Chinese. We are pleased to announce the latest event at Great Eastern Studio in London – which could ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=649 A message from our friends at Mothers’ Bridge of Love (MBL)* - a registered UK charity, supported by China Business Services, that helps Chinese children. MBL has registered as an affiliated member of the Edinburgh Marathon 2008 which takes place on Sunday 25th May. We need runners to join the MBL ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=648 GDP growth sets the pace in the latest round of economic statistics out of China – with thanks to Bloomberg. • “China’s economy grew 10.6 percent, faster than estimated… from 11.2 percent in the previous three months”. • “Consumer prices climbed 8.3 percent in March, the statistics bureau said”. • “The yuan closed at ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=647 While some have already commented eloquently on how business blogs might deal with Big (political) issues, this one will continue to do what it says on the tin (i.e. put China business issues in context). But some political things are having a business impact (no great surprise there!). Right now Carrefour ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=646 If you do the crime you can increasingly expect to do the time, whatever the Party affiliation, as Chen Liangyu might tell you these days. He did the crime some time ago, and now at least knows how much time he must do: “The former Communist Party boss of Shanghai, Chen ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=645 Many people are reportedly being tripped up by changes to the visa issuing system in China. Over the past few weeks it has become clear that the regulations (including for foreigners living and working in China) are being more strictly enforced. Now further restrictions are being announced, according to Radio ... http://www.chinabusinessservices.com/blog/?p=644