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UPS Nails Down Staples in China
Without a doubt, 2007 has been one of the most active in the logistics in China. this is primarily a result of WTO restrictions passing their final milestone on Dec 1, 2006.. but it is also a result of the business in China improving on a macro level. For me, while I found working in [...]
Event: WTM-ChinaContact Forum on China’s Travel Industry
WTM-ChinaContact forum on China’s travel industry takes place on 14th November from 10:00-17:30 in South Gallery room 21/22, World Travel Market (ExCel, London). As China gets ready for its initiation onto the world events stage with the 2008 Olympics next August, ‘China – the Future of Travel’ forum looks at how the growing Chinese interest [...]
4-3-2-1: China in the World Economy
The CCPIT sponsored “Made in China 2007” seminar on Saturday featured two very impressive speakers – Dr. Shi Zhengrong, founder of Suntech Power (and one of China’s richest entrepreneurs), and Professor Lin Yifu, leading economist (and advisor to the Chinese State Council). Professor Lin started off by putting China’s economy into a global context. He [...]
Contain(er)ing Export Costs
While China’s trade statistics continue to soar – despite creeping appreciation of the RMB, removal of export tax rebates , higher interest rates, and restriction on bank lending . But the growth in demand has also resulted in higher costs for energy and materials and, as noted by the Telegraph, shipping: “Container shipping rates are [...]
Christmas Is In The Bag…
We are pleased to present a special pre-Christmas offer to all our readers on behalf of our client – the edgy, new London brand TinTac (Cockney rhyming slang for Sack). TinTac’s new range of bags can be viewed at www.tintaclondon.com, and readers of China Business Blog can take advantage of a 20% discount by entering [...]
China The Biggest: Company
The latest chapter in our “China The Biggest” series reports on what is now the biggest company in the world by market capitalisation – PetroChina. The FT reports: “PetroChina shares nearly tripled as trading started in Shanghai Monday of the oil company which raised $8.9bn in mainland China’s largest initial public offering this year. The [...]
BOC posts 40% leap in profits in 1st nine months
(Xinhua) Updated: 2007-11-01 14:33 The Bank of China (BOC), one of the country’s four largest State-owned commercial banks, said its after-tax profits rose by 40 percent to 45.5 billion yuan (US$6.1 billion) in the first nine months of the year based on the international accounting rules. The bank contributed the leap in profits to the [...]
Motherbridge of Love – A Book For The Children
We are delighted to help promote the new book “Motherbridge of Love” that has been published to support the children’s charity Mothers’ Bridge of Love: “This book shares its name with a London-based organization dedicated to promoting greater understanding of Chinese life and culture among adoptive families in the West. The text, credited to an [...]
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