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The Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok is set to experience a boom as concerns over China’s aggressive slashing of mineral exports dictate the need for new supplies. Circumnavigating the need to export vital commodities either through or from China is fast becoming a major policy.
Posted: 2011-05-24
Category: Business
While China’s auto market has grown in leaps and bounds fuelled by cheap credit and increasing middle class wealth, one aspect of the auto industry is strangely absent in China. There are very few auto repair and service stations.
Posted: 2010-12-20
Category: Business
As North Korea grabs the headlines again for all the wrong reasons, we take time to look beyond the saber rattling and consider life inside the hermit kingdom. Few tourists or businessmen have ever been. But what is North Korea really like?
Posted: 2010-11-28
Category: Politics
Several claims have been made by China recently over the need for it to maintain the RMB position, and that any large correction of its position against the U.S. dollar would have serious impacts on rising unemployment, factory closures, and in the word’s of Li Ruguo, the chairman of the Import-Export Bank of China, that Western nations would have to be prepared to accept an influx of Chinese immigrants. Prices of China made goods would also, naturally rise.
Posted: 2010-11-16
Category: Business
Interest in the China-India comparison has begun in earnest, and it’s not something that is going to disappear. While eyes have been on China for much of this year over currency issues, we finish 2010 with a U.S. presidential visit – but to India, where Barack Obama is visiting in a little over a week’s time. Inevitable China-India distinctions are going to be made, and you can bet that of these, a greater understanding of India, rather than China will follow.
Posted: 2010-11-01
Category: Business
As labor costs rise in China, and especially along the eastern and southern coastlines, many foreign investors are now considering the logistics of relocating their China WFOE. While cost comparisons are relatively easy to make in terms of land and labor, difficulties can then arise with your existing location. Local governments can be reluctant to see a tax paying enterprise leave, and there are issues especially concerning the incumbent staff.
Posted: 2010-10-25
Category: Current Events
As India starts to replace China as the darling of the global investment community, we look at nine reasons that India has been able to turn itself from “has been” into “is becoming.”
Posted: 2010-10-25
Category: Current Events
As increasing numbers of senior level overseas executives with several years of China-work under their belt get transferred to India, what awaits them? In a manner similar to the way the first early executives dealing with large projects in China were often ex-Africa hands, the same is doubly true in India. Considered a hardship posting, the financial benefits of the battle hardened global expatriate of relocating to India having gained China or Africa experience can be highly rewarding.
Posted: 2010-09-29
Category: Business
A new dynamism in Africa has emerged, according to the China-Africa Dialogue – a think tank and conference held at the Beijing Capital Club last Friday.
Posted: 2010-09-23
Category: Current Events
In my quest several years ago to obtain clients for Dezan Shira & Associates in every single province in China, it was obvious from the outset that in order to speak sensibly about each location, I would need to travel there.
Posted: 2010-08-30
Category: Business
As China has developed rapidly over the past two decades, the dynamics of trade and the opportunities have changed. Investors looking at grabbing part of China’s continuing growth should now start to look beyond the main cities of Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing and begin to explore ways to learn about and exploit the tremendous opportunities that lie along the border regions.
Posted: 2010-04-26
Category: Business
As winter finally throws off its chilly mantle and spring is well and truly sprung, thoughts turn to more outdoor pursuits. And this summer provides an extravaganza in sports, with the 2010 World Cup of Soccer and Commonwealth Games all taking place, let alone the usual plethora of various regional competitions. But once again, in our somewhat tongue in cheek look at China and India, it’s time to compare the two.
Posted: 2010-04-12
Category: Recreation & Sports
Commentary, occasionally popular, that China has reached a plateau, is full of asset bubbles, and will begin to decline is off the mark. There are several important reasons for this.
Posted: 2010-04-06
Category: Business
With news that the two new franchise owners of the Pune and Kochi India Premier League (IPL) cricket teams acquired the rights to the teams for US$370 million and US$320 million, respectively, the time is right to look at India as an advertising market and examine its inherent wealth.
Posted: 2010-03-24
Category: Business
China's economic growth slowed to 9% in 2008, raising fears of social instability and job losses. The Chinese Government is working hard to try and stave off the slow down using stimulas packages which include support to industry and decreased taxes.
Posted: 2009-01-22
Category: Business
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