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China In Transition (Sep 2)
Over the past several weeks, I have spoken to literally thousands of students, university professors and corporate executives about China and doing business here. Not surprisingly, interest in the country has never been higher. China’s continued economic growth and the upcoming Olympics are two obvious reasons, but my sense is that China watchers have begun to [...]


Diagnosis and Treatment for the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown (Aug 29)
As the subprime woes continue to grab headline worldwide, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (Working Group) released its Policy Statement on Financial Market Developments in March 2008.  In this 17-page document, the Working Group identifies and discusses the many causes of the subprime crisis, and it recommends specific measures to be taken by [...]


China Environmental Law Blog, A Breath of Fresh Air! (Aug 29)
China Environmental Law Blog, written by Charlie McElwee, an international environmental & energy lawyer based in Shanghai. I’m going to add it to my blogroll! The environment gets a lot of attention these days, in America, in Europe, and even in China. Indeed, it is a global issue for us all. But, it is really personal [...]


Food safety standards being incorporated into a draft law (Aug 28)
The China Daily mentioned in an article last week ( h/t  to China Digital Times today) that some of China’s new ideas for a food safety system won’t just be suggestions: they are being drafted into a new law. Well, I have many thoughts regarding this sort of a law.  First, it is very encouraging that [...]


When the u.s. economy tanks, “go west young man” (Aug 28)
There were a pair of articles last week at the Financial Times that talked about how companies are investing in the Asian M&A market while the western markets (American and European) aren’t do so well. The West’s pain will ultimately be China’s gain it seems. The first article is entitled, “Asia’s M&A market shows its mettle” [...]


IMF Urges China To Raise Rates More (Aug 25)
The International Monetary Fund has warned China about the dangers of over-investment in sectors such as construction and property and recommended further monetary tightening following the small rise in interest rates imposed by the central bank last week: Wanda Tseng, deputy director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific department, praised the Chinese authorities for reacting “relatively [...]


Sino-Indian military exchanges another step in bilateral relations (Aug 25)
China and India are set to begin joint military exercises in October, just another example of the two nations growing bilateral relations. The decision to begin military exchanges and cooperation has focused on two areas: counterterrorism and joint military exercises. In June we reported on India Army Chief of Staff General Joginder Jaswant Sigh’s visit to [...]


McKinsey China Survey (Aug 24)
The McKinsey Quarterly, has just reported a new China survey, based on responses from 253 C-level executives in Asia (around a third of them actually have operations in, just under a third trade with, and around half earn revenue from, China).One of the surprising messages is that “nearly 40 percent of executives in Asia say [...]


Employment Rules (Aug 24)
HR issues are already among the most pressing faced by managers in China (see here on the talent squeeze and war for talent and retention), but the FT reports even tougher times ahead due to employment contract law and increasing unionization pressures. The article, written by lawyers at Baker & McKenzie provides the following summary of [...]


China’s Media Coverage of Environmental Issues (II) (Aug 22)
Following up on my post  about the coverage of domestic environmental issues by the Chinese press, I draw your attention to a press release from Internews headed “China’s Top TV Journalists Learn to Report Green: Internews’ Earth Journalism Network [EJN] Trains CCTV in Environmental Reporting.” The Inter news EJN team and US trainers “currently and formerly [...]