All Roads Lead To China



DHL China Updates Their Olympic Contingency Plan for Logistics (Jul 4)
I have just received the latest contingency plan from my friends at DHL. Major update includes: Traffic control Traffic to skirt around BJ AFR DG embargo regulation OFR Tianjin Standby warehouse For the previous plan, you can go to DHL’s Beijing Olympics Memo & Contingency Plan If you would like me to send to you, please send me an email rbrubaker (at) [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "DHL China Updates Their Olympic Contingency Plan for Logistics", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/07/03/dhl-china-updates-their-olympic-contingency-plan-for-logistics/" });


It’s “Official” - First Round of Olympic Shutdowns are Coming (Jul 4)
Was just forwarded an article from Reuters entitled China to shut factories ahead of Olympics-sources where the lead paragraph says: Authorities in Tangshan, an industrial city in Hebei province north of Beijing, have ordered 267 firms to shut down operations by July 8 to improve air quality ahead of the Olympics, government and industry sources said [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "It’s “Official” - First Round of Olympic Shutdowns are Coming", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/07/03/its-official-first-round-of-olympic-shutdowns-are-coming/" });


Suzhou Investment Newsletter: June 2008 (Jul 3)
Marketing Status Total 3262 projects with total contractual foreign investment of US$ 33.38 billion 30 new projects with total contractual foreign investment of US$ 425.08 million in May, 2008 Foundation-layings & Openings The largest 5-star deluxe hotel in SIP, Suzhou Jinji Lake Kempinski Grand Hotel, held opening ceremony on May 18. Managed by the top-class [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Suzhou Investment Newsletter: June 2008", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/07/03/suzhou-investment-newsletter-june-2008/" });


Jude Shao Released From Prison (Jul 3)
Normally I am not the type to ambulance chase a story about a foreigner getting himself into trouble in China (ok… there that one story There Is a Sucker Born Every Minute), but the release of Jude Shao from prison is one story that I think is important for readers to read and learn from. The [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jude Shao Released From Prison", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/07/02/jude-shao-released-from-prison/" });


China Turns Green Going Green (Jul 2)
I really could not resist this one, but on my RSS feed I received two hits on my China youtube fee entitled China Goes Green… and the show just how going green in China has a number of meanings. China Going Green #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKELr24AFxQ China Going Green #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmiezfscgGo As you know through my writing here and at Crossroads, [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "China Turns Green Going Green", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/07/02/efforts-in-china-to-go-green-have-mixed-results/" });


Do You Really Think You Can Just Leave China and Go Home? (Jul 2)
Now that everyone has come off their China high, and it seems like an endless stream of editorials about China’s days being over, I think it is time to ask a critical question. Even if you wanted to go home… could you? There is a lot of talk about how labor is hard to find in China, [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Do You Really Think You Can Just Leave China and Go Home?", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/07/02/do-you-really-think-you-can-just-leave-china-and-go-home/" });


Weekly Roundup: Renewable Energy, Don’t Give Up on China, and Real Estate Markets in China (Jul 1)
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 4 articles that I have chosen to highlight as each are quite interesting, they are all relevant, and [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Weekly Roundup: Renewable Energy, Don’t Give Up on China, and Real Estate Markets in China", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/07/01/weekly-roundup-renewable-energy-in-china/" });


Chengdu Investment News: June 30 (Jun 30)
1. Invested with 1.5 billion yuan, first northern five-star hotel to be built in Xindu The Hong Kong-based Regal Hotels International signed an investment agreement with Xindu District Government on June 14th. According to the agreement, the company is to invest 1.5 billion yuan to build the first five-star hotel in the northern part of [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Chengdu Investment News: June 30", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/06/30/chengdu-investment-news-june-30/" });


China’s Water Woes… part 2: New Algae on the Yangtze, Lakes Losing Water, and Qingdao’s Olympic Mess (Jun 29)
Earlier this year, I was really hammering away the point that China has a water problem. Given the north is a desert, and the south experiences yearly flooding, what I had to say was not necessarily new, but what I had to say then was that essentially China had developed to the point where [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "China’s Water Woes… part 2: New Algae on the Yangtze, Lakes Losing Water, and Qingdao’s Olympic Mess", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/06/28/chinas-water-woes-part-2-new-algae-and-lakes-losing-water/" });


Williams Loft Case Study About Sourcing in China (Jun 28)
Last week while being interview for a piece on sourcing in China, the reporter asked me if I had seen a March press release from Williams Loft. At the time I had not, so he sent me the link over Skype, and as I have spent more time on it I have come to realize that [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Williams Loft Case Study About Sourcing in China", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/06/27/williams-loft-case-study-about-sourcing-in-china/" });