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China's Soft Power. Use It Properly Or Lose It.

Posted on November 14, 2008
Very thoughtful piece on The Hypermodern on how China cannot take its position and status in the world for granted. The post is entitled, "The Loss of Soft Power," and it is well worth a read....

China Gets Back In The Rebate Game

Posted on November 14, 2008
For years, China gave partial to full VAT (Value Added Tax) rebates on many of its products shipped out for export. Recently, however, China had begun to reduce and/or phase out many of those rebates. On November 1, 2008, China's State Council reversed itself and raised tax rebates on 3,486 items...

China: CleanTech Me Baby, One More Time.

Posted on November 13, 2008
The Joint US - China Cooperation on Clean Energy Forum (JUCCCE -- Is that pronounced Juicy?) recently ended and China Environmental Law was there and has posted on it, in its aptly named post, "The Morning After." This post nicely summarizes went transpired and links over to various other sites for those who just can't get enough clean with their tech...

I Have Seen Wuhan's Future And It Is In Downstate Illinois

Posted on November 13, 2008
So maybe spending three days with the in-laws in rural Central (a/k/a downstate) Illinois has diminished my faculties a bit (certainly having to use dial-up AOL did affect my mood), but what I saw there, along with my conversations with fellow blogger, Steve Dickinson, who just returned from Wuhan, China, have convinced me that Wuhan is the next Central Illinois...

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China Shipyards -- Buying Opportunities Amidst The Rubble?

Posted on November 11, 2008
The following is Steve Dickinson's second day report from the 2008 Maritime Conference he is attending in Wuhan, China. Today I acted as the moderator (in Chinese) for a series of presentations on ship financing. As with yesterday's discussion on shipbuilding, the presenters were mostly experienced lawyers from Hong Kong and Singapore...

China As Downturn Neophyte. If I Stick My Head In The Sand....

Posted on November 08, 2008
CLB's own Steve Dickinson has just returned from the annual China Maritime Law Conference, made up mostly of China's leading maritime lawyers. This year's conference was in Wuhan. Steve reports as follows after the first day: I just finished the morning session of the first day of the All China Maritime Law Conference being held in Wuhan...

"Fly Me." Airplane Seizures In China And Why This Is Important:

Posted on November 06, 2008
Bear with me here non-lawyers as I promise there will be some manna for you at the end. Just read a very good article in International Law Office by Harvey Lau of Baker & McKenzie (and no, my firm is not and has never been in merger talks with Baker & McKenzie, though we are honored by the rumors), on airplane seizures/arrests in China...

President-Elect Obama: The China View

Posted on November 06, 2008
The Wu Way blog, provides the best analysis I have seen on how China views last night's election of Barack Obama as America's next president. The post is entitled, "How does China view an Obama Presidency?what does China think of Obama?" and it sees China (to the extent one can generalize about 1...

China Products. Be Gettin' 'Em While The Gettin' Is Good.

Posted on November 06, 2008
So I just had an interesting conversation with a client today. This client manufactures really big things in China (sorry, I have to be so vague here) under his company's name and then sells these big things in the US. He was bragging about how good business has been for him lately...

China Maritime Law Conference. Wuhan, November 8-9.

Posted on November 06, 2008
The 2008 China Maritime Law Special Topic Research annual meeting will be in Wuhan, China, this weekend, November 8 and 9. The conference will be at the absolutely gorgeous Shangrila Hotel in Wuhan. The meeting is jointly sponsored by the All China Bar Association Maritime Law Section, the Yangtzi River Maritime Law Association, The Hubei Province Bar Association, The Hubei Province Vessel Construction Trade Association and The Wuhan City Bar Association...

President-Elect Obama Quotes CLB In Acceptance Speech. Well Sort Of.

Posted on November 05, 2008
"To those who would tear the world down --- we'll defeat you. To those who seek peace and security -- we support you." President-Elect Barack Obama, During his acceptance speech I like this division of countries and it corresponds with the argument I have often made as to why the United States should seek to work with China, not against it...

What Every Buyer Of China Product Must Do BEFORE Buying.

Posted on November 05, 2008
David Dayton over at Silk Road International sets out what every buyer of China product must do before buying product from or having product manufactured in China. A summary of Silk Road's list: 1. Pay $150 or so and get a report on your company before you send any money over to China...

China: When Cultural Differences Matter.

Posted on November 04, 2008
Regular readers know that I am not a big fan of going overboard on the need to know Chinese culture to do the typical business deal. Better to be a good businessperson than to know what color flowers to bring to a funeral. But, in other contexts, like managing an enterprise, or selling consumer products, culture can be everything...

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About China's Carbon Markets.

Posted on November 03, 2008
In its post, "China Carbon Forum 2008 Review," The Green Leap Forward blog provides an in-depth review of the China Carbon Forum, along with an excellent overview and prognosis of China's primary and secondary carbon markets. I recommend this post to anyone interested in learning more about China's carbon markets...

These 15 Chinese Cities Are Everywhere You Want To Be.

Posted on November 03, 2008
Mastercard recently came out with its list of the 65 key cities driving growth in emerging markets worldwide. Fifteen Chinese cities made the list. (h/t China Business Blog) The top ten cities worldwide were as follows: 1 Shanghai China 2 Beijing China 3 Budapest Hungary 4 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 5 Santiago Chile 6 Guangzhou China 7...

America, China, And The World. We're No. 1.

Posted on November 02, 2008
As good a foreign policy article as you will find in a US newspaper is a piece is by Washington Post "World Columnist," Robert Kagan, entitled, "Still No. 1." I learned of this article from foreign policy expert Thomas P.M. Barnett, who stated he agreed "with it 100%...

Ten Ways To Take Your Business Global (To China Too). A Podcast.

Posted on November 02, 2008
Laurel Delaney of The Global Small Business Blog was on blogtalkradio the other day talking about 10 ways to take your business global. Ms. Delaney is one of the foremost experts on taking small businesses global and she shares a lot of good information in her thirty minutes here...

A China Real Estate Overview. What Next On Prices?

Posted on November 02, 2008
Figuring out future real estate prices in China is "above my pay grade," but for those interested in an in-depth review of the current thinking on this issue, I recommend you go to the China Economics Blog post, "Housing Crisis in China: An overview." The post sets out an all-star lineup of articles on China real estate, pulling from Forbes, The Economist, The International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, and Danwei...

Barack Obama And Krispy Kreme Want To Get Into China's Business. But What Will China Do?

Posted on November 01, 2008
Two things the United States should not be exporting to China right now are our economic mess and our fat-laden diet. Yet, Barack Obama and Krispy Kreme are planning/seeking to do exactly that. In a Wall Street Journal story, entitled, "China-Trade Issue Thrust Into Races as Vote Nears," (h/t to China Journal) Obama makes clear that he believes the United States should be dictating to China what China should be doing with its own economy:...

China Dairy Farming The American Way

Posted on November 01, 2008
Interesting post at MSNBC World Blog, on an American-style dairy farm in China. The post is entitled, "Dairy Farming American-Style in China," and it does a nice job setting out how to operate a business in China that produces quality product. Not as in depth as I would have liked, but certainly well worth the read...

China's Upcoming Circular Economy Law. What Goes Around..... Well, Not Exactly

Posted on October 30, 2008
CLB co-blogger Steve Dickinson wrote the following article for the China Economic Review. Steve is the monthly legal columnist for the Review, which BizCult rightly raves about today in its post, entitled, "China Economic Review: In Review." Steve's conclusion: As written, this law is no big thing: For all the hype about recycling,the purpose of China?s Circular Economy Promotion Law (CEPL) is not to reduce waste...

China Is In A Pre-Consolidation Stage, But No Billy Joel Please.

Posted on October 30, 2008
China Business Blog and Podcast has a great post up on what it calls China's pre-consolidation stage. The post is entitled, "Signs: Observing the pre-consolidation stage in China," and its gist is as follows: But I think there are some signs that are quite clear that are telling us what stage we are at in China?s growth ? and one of the defining features of this stage is what I call ?pre-consolidation,? meaning, generally, that...

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About China Trade Shows.

Posted on October 30, 2008
Chris Carr over at Cal Poly MBA Blog just did a post on trade shows in China, with a lot of really good and helpful links regarding the same. The post is entitled, "Visting a Trade Show in China," and in it, Chris rightly points out how "trade shows are a much, much more prominent marketing and promotion channel [in China] than in the US" and how "when that day comes when you have the...

Now Everyone Can Try China's Great Firewall At Home

Posted on October 28, 2008
In its post, "The Great Firewall of China: Coming to a Browser Near You," Sinosplice alerts us to a new Mozilla Firefox that allows one to "have the frustration of the Great Firewall of China in the comfort of" one's own home: The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China...

Shenzhen: No Manufacturing Jobs, No Cry.

Posted on October 28, 2008
Very interesting post on Shenzhen Undercover, entitled, "Shenzhen's Greater Plan: No Manufacturing, No Problem." Grossly summarized, put into my own words, and infused a bit with what I think is happening, the post essentially says that the reports of the death of China's economy, as evidenced by the closure of thousands of toy factories in and around Shenzhen, is greatly exaggerated...

Beijing Gourmand Blog: China Through The Food Door.

Posted on October 27, 2008
There are two kinds of people. Those who hate going grocery shopping, and those who love it. I fit into the second category. I love it for various reasons. I love food. Going to the grocery store is for me what going to a stereo store is for an audiophile or going to a book store for a bibliophile...

Reading The Tea Leaves Of China's Economy -- An Official View

Posted on October 27, 2008
Very interesting post on the Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics Blog, entitled, "Reading Tea Leaves: China?s Zhou Prepares For Crisis Impact." The post is by Andrew Batson, Wall Street Journal China reporter extraordinaire, and it sets out "a few key excerpts" from a special report Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People?s Bank of China, delivered to China?s legislature on Sunday on ensuring the stability of China's financial system: At present the external dependence of...

China Conference 2008. Dalian, China, October 30 to November 1.

Posted on October 27, 2008
The third annual Global China Financial Forum will be taking place at the Dalian Expo Center in Dalian, China, from October 30 to November 1. This year?s conference will be co-hosted by ChineseWorldNet (out of Vancouver, Canada) and by the Dalian government and it will again focus on the financial side of investing in China and on Chinese companies securing equity financing from overseas...

China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XX -- Diet Centers Getting Bigger?

Posted on October 26, 2008
http://shenzhenundercover.blogspot.com/2008/10/chinese-health-is-trending-towards.html Chinese Health is Trending Towards Obesity China is getting fat and less healthy. It's true. I first wrote about this problem more than a year ago with my analysis of McDonald's in China...

Go Ahead And Quote Me: $100 = 100 RMB

Posted on October 25, 2008
Jeremy Gordon at China Business Blog is out with his latest in his emminently quotable "Don't Quote Me" series. This one is entitle, "Don?t Quote Me (On When US$100=RMB100)" and it quotes Jack Perkowski, of ?Managing the Dragon? (the book and blog) on how Chinese view money...

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