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China Economic Review writes that “China’s foreign-bank rules are set for change“. The changes, while inconvenient and a bit pricey, are not really all that onerous. Actually, they bring the rules for foreign banks closer in line with the regulations for local banks.
BUT there is an underlying pattern here that newcomers […]

Chinese market need and Chinese market demand are completely different things. If you are in the process of developing or localizing a product offering for the Chinese market, you need to test that consumers or businesses are actually willing to PAY for it.
In China, this is particularly true for the service sector. Companies […]

Maybe it’s really a sign of how far China has progressed and an indication that the market is attracting a new crop of businessmen and investors that are new to this market, but lately I’ve seen a re-emergence of the “Chinese business card brigade”. Guys giving advice about how to do the two-handed business […]

Having lived in China for several years, I tend to spend a lot of time with other “old hands” who are already jaded and cynical about the ways of business here. Recently, however, I had the opportunity to sit down with a US manager who was in China for the first time. Unfortunately […]

or: “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Protectionists”
Learn to love Chinese trade restrictions. They are great news for overseas investors. Or at least, they can be if you handle them correctly.
Chinese regulations and trade restrictions are the great equalizer. They turn the Chinese market from a chaotic mob-scene […]