DiligenceChina

The owner of the café has just come over with my diet coke. I restrain myself from complaining about the music – it’s just a touch too loud, but that’s one of the crosses we expats have to bear in Shanghai these days. Standards are rising steadily, but expectations are moving into warp […]

What’s old is what’s new in China management for MNCs. China has moved from enigmatic splotch on the map between Europe and Japan to Center of the Universe so quickly that C-Level bosses and HQ staffers have barely had time to update their misconceptions about operating here. Decision-makers and policy-enforcers in NY […]

Thomas Wetherell at Innovatizer.com ( http://www.innovatize.com/blog/ ) is back on the interweb to rain on the China M&A parade — but at least he’s telling us where to buy umbrellas.
Many new entrants to the China market survey the business environment and conclude that HR, marketing and regulatory obstacles can all be solved in one fell […]

The Chinese PR landscape is looking tougher and tougher, quality control seems to be moving in the wrong direction, and big ugly political troubles seem to be brewing between the US and China. Which one of all the headline-grabbing potential crises is the biggest threat to your profitability in China? Finding a […]

The good news for Small and Medium Enterprises is that Mainland China - the greatest commercial opportunity of our generation - is still firing on all cylinders. The bad news is that China has a well earned reputation for crushing the dreams and hopes of entrepreneurs and opportunity seekers – both home-grown and overseas. […]