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on May 10, 2010
Venture Beat doesn't focus a great deal of its attention on China (in my opinion), but they had a great interview recently with Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China.
The article loo...
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Entrepreneurship
on February 15, 2010
I came across an excellent example of marketing a product in China. The story interests me both as a a China geek and an educator. The product involved is virtual world software designed help Chine...
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on December 24, 2009
The China Law Blog had a couple of good pieces (here and here) early this month on starting a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity (WFOE - a business) in China. The two pieces go into substantial detail abo...
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on November 27, 2009
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BusinessWeek had a piece earlier this month on the alternative energy market in China and how attractive it is at the moment for startup enterprises. As Chinese cities have become inc...
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on January 7, 2009
From a business perspective, the main barrier to success in China is culture. Cultural difference between a European, Australian or American businessman and his Chinese partner can lead to problems in...
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on April 22, 2008
I came across a blog post by James McMullen back on February 16: China Is a Budding Business' Best Friend. I saved it. I intended to comment here on it, but I just never got around to it. Then a c...
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on February 12, 2008
China's economy is hot. And money in China is changing hands at an incredible pace. That leads many Western business people to assume that the average family in China has lots of disposable income...
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on January 23, 2008
It's easy to say or do something "wrong" when you're in an unfamiliar culture.
I remember one of my first meals in an Australian home. As a male raised in the southern US, I though...
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on December 2, 2007
I found an anonymous blogger recently who reckons that China is a joint venture playground. Do you agree with him?
I think we're all waiting to see right now whether China's new labor law wil...
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on October 30, 2007
I came across a blog by Anima a couple of days ago and I felt like I just had to mention it - for two reasons.
First, the blog is about an excellent idea. anima's concept of bilingual business ...
