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As a “China alternative” in overall production efficiency and quality, there is no doubt that Vietnam is up-and-coming, but industry and market development play a key role in the decision to move to Vietnam.
Posted: 2011-05-24
Category: Business
Kazakhstan lies to the west of China, bordering Xinjiang Province. In 1991, Kazakhstan became the last Soviet-occupied nation to declare independence and like many former Soviet strongholds still retains a very authoritative political and economic nature.
Posted: 2011-05-24
Category: Business
As it stands, China an advantage over India in six key areas: scale, integration of value chain, research and development capability, productivity, ease of conducting business, and infrastructure.
Posted: 2011-04-20
Category: Business
Presenting an opportunity for investors, Vietnam’s banking industry seeks to apply more advanced information technology and security infrastructure in the near future, the government said on Thursday.
Posted: 2010-12-15
Category: Business
From December 1 to 3, 2010, United Business Media held Asia’s biggest pharmaceutical event in Mumbai, exemplifying the increasing importance the region plays for the industry.
Posted: 2010-12-06
Category: Business
Heixiazi Island, a 327 sq km sandbar in the middle of the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Wusuli Rivers (Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island, and the Amur and Ussuri Rivers in Russian) has long been a source of conflict between China and Russia and a major border irritant since it was seized by the Red Army in 1929.
Posted: 2010-11-28
Category: Destinations
Accusations of a domestic oil production monopoly that might have caused the ongoing diesel shortage appeared in China’s major media after the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) imposed penalties for diesel overcharge cases involving six oil suppliers, three of which are subsidiaries of Chinese oil magnates Sinopec and CNPC.
Posted: 2010-11-28
Category: Current Events
A new circular recently released by the Chinese government reiterates a four-year-old regulation that limits housing purchases by foreigners and imposes more restrictions on the amount and region of the properties.
Posted: 2010-11-22
Category: Business
The U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) released its “2010 Member Priorities Survey Results” for U.S. investors on November 17 after interviewing a cross section of leading American companies. The survey says while most U.S. companies still hold strong commitments to the Chinese market and stayed profitable in China over the past year, the market is in general less FDI friendly compared to three years ago.
Posted: 2010-11-22
Category: Business
China, facing the positive problem of being a capital surplus economy, is diverting more funds to assist with the development of Asian infrastructure, and is in high level talks with several countries to provide funds and loans for high-speed rail and related projects across the region.
Posted: 2010-11-22
Category: Business
At the start of the fourth China patent week in Chongqing on November 7, the Chinese government has expressed an interest in improving the nation’s intellectual property rights protection system.
Posted: 2010-11-17
Category: Business
India will overtake Japan as the world’s third largest economy and China will be nearly double the size of the United States by 2030, according to a report released by Standard Chartered on Monday.
Posted: 2010-11-16
Category: Business
In his opening remarks at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin on Monday, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao outlined several of China’s new economic policies and highlighted the government’s new initiatives to level the playing field for foreign investors in the country.
Posted: 2010-09-15
Category: Business
Asia has emerged into a global economic power in the last decade. With China and India leading the way, the region has become the world’s manufacturer as factories from Dongguan to Dhaka pump out everything from shirts and shoes to televisions and computers and the growing economic clout of the region has led many to label the first hundred years of the new millennium as the “Asian Century.”
Posted: 2010-09-15
Category: Politics
The social security system in China is based upon guidelines issued by the central government, although the specifics and administration of the system is managed at the local level. This is the only practical method in a country as diverse as China, as any rigid system defining specific contributions to be made and benefits receivable could not be expected to meet the needs of citizens in cities as diverse as Lhasa, Harbin, Shanghai or Zhongshan for instance.
Posted: 2010-09-15
Category: Business
