DiligenceChina

At some point, you are going to need someone to listen in English and speak in Chinese, or vice versa. Translators. If you have a lot of positive experience dealing with translators, this may not be useful to you. For the rest of us, here are a few ways to avoid problems […]

American companies approach developing market economics differently than Europe and Asia. Asian and European MNCs are good at building markets. They get in early, they learn, they teach, they build an emotional commitment with the market.
American MNCs – contrary to popular opinion – are not usually the trailblazers. For […]

Myth – China is a seething cauldron of pent up energy and creative spirit – and now that the shackles of repressive collectivism have finally been cast off, the Chinese nation will stand and rush to the forefront of global society.
Otherwise known as “The New York Times Syndrome”. It’s a well-meaning but condescending attitude […]

There have been 2 China business headlines in the last couple of days that may slip through the cracks if you’re not careful.
Wal-Mart has hired Ed Chan to take over its China operations. He will succeed Joe Hatfield – probably around February. (http://www.rttnews.com/sp/breakingnews.asp?date=10/23/2006&item=10)
The good folks at China Economic Review report that Starbucks […]

China’s HR situation may look complicated on the surface, but once you probe beneath the surface it turns out that it is even more complex and unstable than you thought. The big problem now facing senior managers and HR departments is figuring out how to deal with young local Chinese under the age of […]