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Private Equity Faces Hurdles in China
Forbes published a report recently saying that private equity continues to face hurdles in China. China's private equity industry is in a state of change and is experiencing growth. We reported earlier this month on the debut investment of China's first home grown private equity fund. Foreign private equity funds face a number of hurdles. [...]
Hundreds Arrested in Product Safety Crackdown
Remember back in August when China's Vice Premier, Wu Yi, China's most successful troubleshooter, was named as head of a cabinet level panel to address the issues of standards, product safety, and quality control in China's food industry? China just announced the arrest of 774 individuals in what the Associated Press called “a crackdown on [...]
Peking Duck to List in Shenzhen
If you think that venture capital opportunities are confined to the technology sector, the solar industry, manufacturing, and perhaps finance, here's an upcoming IPO that will make your mouth water… The oldest continuously operated restaurant in Beijing, China Quanjude, is going public. The IPO will be listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, according to AHN. [...]
Fifth China International Exposition on Internet Culture Starts Oct. 25
The Beijing Exhibition Centre is set to be the scene of the China International Exposition on Internet Culture starting October 25, according to the Xinhua news service. The exposition will be a four day event, ending on the 28th. This is the fifth International Exposition on Internet Culture in China. The 2007 event will showcase [...]
Coming This Month: Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights in China
The nice people over at the China Law Blog brought this to my attention today: the Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights in China starts on October 23rd in Beijing. The event is at the Grand Hyatt in Beijing. Asia Business Intelligence Blog has a short but sweet blurb on the conference. The roundtable is [...]
The iPhone and China: Possibly Not a Match Made in Heaven
The Mezzanine, China World Tower 2 Sitting at a coffee-free Starbucks 1022 hrs. Longtime Hutong readers will remember that right after Steve Jobs announced the iPhone in January, a very noisy hedge fund guy emailed around an article saying that the iPhone was the “ultimate China-friendly gizmo.” Despite being an Apple partisan for over two [...]
Beijing
I almost went to Beijing this weekend, almost in the sense that Emma said “Let’s go to Beijing” and I said “OK!“, but then my boss said “Let’s work on Saturday” and I said “OK!“. So now I’m not going. Forgive me father, it has been 11 months since I came to Shanghai and I [...]
What do you eat for your tea James?
Family and friends back home often axe me what I eat for dinner now that I’m living in foreign climes. “Is it all pigs snouts and dumplings full of ants and that?” they ask, like fools. Well, no. It seems difficult to me to order Chinese food for one, and I’m such a busy young [...]
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