Archive for March, 2008
Booz Allen/AmCham Shanghai Study Finds Key To China Success
Press release just went out that Booz Allen & AmCham Shanghai have teamed up to study American businesses in China, and how they are doing.
The first collaberation between the two (AMCHAM Shanghai previously conducted the survey on their own), the 12 page China Manufacturing Competitiveness 2007-2008 offers [...]
Looking For a Job In China? You Are Not Alone…
h/t to China Digital Times for this picture posted on Netease.
It is timely as my director and I were talking about the difficulties of new graduates finding good jobs now, and the fact that all the babies born in 2007 (year of pig) and 2008 (Olympic babies) are probably going to create a very tight [...]
Factory Closing: Why Is Anyone Shocked? This Was Coming…
The last couple of weeks has been an absolute flurry of reports and posts on the factory closings in the south, and I am a bit surprised by the coverage.
It has been linked to snow, labor shortages, to the RMB effect on trade, and a move to new low costs bases, and so on… and [...]
Jim Jubak: Inflation is Back! Worldwide!
for the last 18 months or so I have been a fan of Jim Jubak’s work over at MSN money, particularly when he is tying in China, and this youtube clip is no different.
What is interesting is that he has tied a few events, surely just a fraction of the dynamics, to show how linked [...]
Guangdong Kangli Household Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Kangli Household Co. Ltd is a Hi-Tech enterprise which specializes in the research, production and the selling of household. After more than 20 years development, we can supply a wide selections of kitchenware such as: kitchen scales, egg beaters cutlery and dinner set, knifes and forks and BBQ series etc. [...]
Visa Warning for China Residents
Just saw the article in Shanghai Daily entitled Visa warning. Not linked to the F visa issue I posted a couple of weeks ago, it pertains to those foreigners who have alien resident status and forget to update their visas.
Brought in a few years ago to replace the Z visa and resident permit, this combination [...]
Editor Profiled By World Journal （世界日報）
I am honored to have been profiled by World Journal （世界日報）, a newspaper with the largest circulation among Chinese readers in North America, in their Sunday magazine section article on the teaching of Chinese in the U.S （《美國現象》中文課走紅美國大學 written by Jeff Han 韓傑 ）.
The interest, I think, and the reason for my inclusion in the [...]
Weekly Roundup: Airbus’s Woes; Increased Costs Coming; Tunnel to Korea; U.S. Labor Hurdles
With so much going on in China, and only a limited amount of bandwidth, I have created this weekly post to highlight articles that I feel are (1) important, (2) relevant, and (3) interesting.
This week there are 3 articles and a Youtube clip that I have chosen to highlight as each are [...]
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