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China Online Gaming Company Sets IPO
Giant Interactive, the maker of the Zhengtu (one of China's most popular online games) has set the terms of its upcoming NYSE initial public offering. The share price will be between $12 and $14 per share, according to the China Post. Giant Interactive expects to offer about 57 million shares. Giant Interactive's Zhengtu game is [...]
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 [...]
Venture Capital 101: Know What You Want to Become
You know that venture capital is data driven and time consuming. We've told you how expensive it can be but that it can be a big asset with the right partner. We have one final note for you as part of this series: as Amar Goel points out in his blog, venture capital works best [...]
Guanxi – Chinese Business Practices Are Built on "Trust"
One of the biggest difficulties Western business people face when they go into China to find partners is a cultural one. Most Westerners don't fully understand that Chinese business people value what they call guanxi, or “trust” – and they need to feel it before the enter into a business relationship. China Success Stories has [...]
Dot Asia
According to the BBC, Asia is getting its own domain extension: dot asia. Remember the days when there were basically only half a dozen or so Internet domain extensions? Dot com meant that it was a commercial site. Dot org meant the site belonged to a non-profit organization. There was dot net for Internet providers [...]
Survival Tips and Bubbles…
Dan over at the China Law Blog looked at a list last week of the Top Ten China Business Survival Tips. I loved the post. I'm like Dan: lists are hard to resist because they tend to reduce information to manageable forms… The first item on the list struck me because we'd just talked about [...]
Leave Your Religion at Home…
I ran across an interesting blog post this week that could have an impact on your philosophy of business in China, maybe… The blog post was entitled Tough Times for Jesus in Xinjiang. It commented on some documents from China's Bureau for Ethnic & Religious Affairs; the documents were obtained by the China Aid Association, [...]
Noah Education Sets Terms for NYSE IPO
China education firm Noah Education Holdings Ltd. has set the terms for its upcoming NYSE IPO, according to the Associated Press. According to the AP, “Noah Education is selling 8.7 million ADS and a shareholder, Baring Asia II Holdings, is offering the remaining 1.1 million ADS. Each ADS will represent one ordinary share.” Noah Education [...]
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