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Striking against inflation (Jul 3)
Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog The world is flat when it comes to inflation. As oil exceeded US$139/barrel, in the last week, truckers across Asia and Europe protested. The strikes arrested transportation links that bring food to people, leaving many more in the lurch. Exerpts from a Reuters report say -   In Asia, governments are struggling to prevent rising [...]


Case Study in Fitting a Triangle into the Global Market (Jul 3)
Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog This week’s Economist print edition has an interesting case study about Chinese tire manufacturer that’s On a roll, Triangle Group. Triangle Group was founded by the Weihai government in 1976, and has since grown into one of the six largest domestic tire companies in China. The article notes that with its [...]


Fostering common bonds (Jul 3)
Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog India’s new youthful politicians met Chinese officials to foster common bonds between the two countries on Monday. Trying to bring about a much needed change in India’s political image in the eyes of the world, the politicians were led by Sachin Pilot, a member of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) [...]


Carbon Emissions and Chinese Forest Fires (Jul 1)
Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog DISCLAIMER: I don’t want anybody getting any funny ideas about thinking that this post has anything to do with human GHG emissions being relatively harmless in comparison with the amount of emissions released by nature. Though climate change has happened quickly in the past, the data largely shows that the [...]


China Manufacturing PMI June 2008 (Jul 1)
Submitted by China Economy Watch Blog China’s manufacturing expanded in June at the slowest pace since August 2005 as the growth in export orders weakened for a third month, according to a purchasing managers survey. The Purchasing Managers’ Index produced by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing fell to 52 from 53.3 in May. The index [...]


Posts of the Week: 6/23 - 6/29 (Jun 30)
Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog Williams Loft Case Study About Sourcing in China at All Roads Lead to China Restructuring Restructuring: State-Owned Enterprise Reform in the PRC (Part 3) at Boulder2Beijing China Environmental Torts at China Environmental Law is “no more chinese knock-offs” an empty threat? at China Esquire China, India and Oil Prices at China Hearsay Why Western Employers [...]


Surfing for the best deals (Jun 30)
Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog A growing consumer demand in India and China means that citizens will not only be spending their disposable income in shops, but will also be surfing online for the hottest deals. A recently concluded Master card survey said that by 2010, China will reign as the highest online shopping turnover at about [...]


Anti-Circumvention: “We Must Find a Way, or We Will Make One” (Jun 27)
Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog At some point I stumbled upon this 2007 article from King & Wood attorneys Seagull Song Haiyan and Xu Yuezhu, Computer Software Protection in China. Yeah, there’s some interesting legal technical stuff in there about the different avenues to protect software in China, but what really interested me was a [...]


Three’s a Crowd (Jun 27)
Submitted by 2point6billion.com Blog A recent editorial in the Peoples daily, ran a piece on the Chinese view of India-Pakistan relations, something it hasn’t done too often. At a time, when China’s soft power in the region is being questioned, the editorial seeks to comment on the people’s view of India-Pakistan anti-terrorism efforts, saying that although [...]


Tools: Shanghai FID Board (Jun 26)
Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog Way back when I directed visitors to a MOFCOM site full of laws & regs., news, and (somewhat aged) cases related to foreign direct investment in China. Today, I stumbled across a Cliffs Notes version of the same material with a specific focus on Shanghai, Shanghai Foreign Investment Development Board. [...]