DiligenceChina

(Yes, I am paraphrasing Lisa Simpson. A voice of our times.)
The FT and some other mainstream media is reporting on an unusually successful Sino-western JV – the arrests of a gang of software pirates and the confiscation of US$500 million worth of contraband – and apparently very high-quality – fake software. (China Joins FBI […]

Enough trade & politics. Let’s just let that one simmer on the back burner for a while — it’s not going anywhere for a while. Start your week off by learning more about China than you every thought you would want to by going to www.zonaeuropa.com for EastSouthNorthWest. They translate local Chinese […]

A full-blown trade war between US and China is not a foregone conclusion. Tensions and quality issues are natural, and bureaucrats on both sides seem to be making all the right moves to guide the emerging trade relationship in the right direction. Just today there was a positive-sounding announcement about mid-level governmental consultations. […]

Is there a chance that the growing US-China trade tensions can be averted – or at least minimized? Well, sure – theoretically. The reality, however, is that we are probably already in the early days of a trade dispute that will characterize relations between China and the US for months or years to […]

A quick glance at this mornings headline will help persuade even the most Pollyanna-ish trade doves that US-China business relations are in for a rocky road. Just as CNN was announcing the execution of Zheng Xiaoyu, former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, business daily’s and sites were reporting on China’s […]