“China’s relationship with the West” is a giant space that needs to be aggregated and indexed. That's what The China Business Network is all about: providing the platform where everyone who bridges the gap between China and the West can meet each other, learn from each other, find ways to work together.

The point is, all of us in this enormous space need to get in touch, present our abilities and professional goals to each other, and together become more effective in what we do. Yet we’re in Shanghai and Seattle, Houston and Hunan, IP law and HR consulting, in school and in supply chain management. How will we make those connections?

Founders

Christine Lu, Chairman

Christine Lu is the Chairman and founder of The China Business Network and Executive Producer and Host of The China Business Show, a weekly talk radio show focused on doing business in China. After earning a bachelor's degree in International Relations with a focus on East Asian Studies from Boston University, Christine moved to China in 1999 to assume the role of Marketing and Business Development Director for her family's joint-venture clothing business in Shanghai where she successfully designed and launched two lines of women's ready to wear clothing that retailed in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. During this time, she also founded, with partner Janet Carmosky, a women's portal and e-commerce dot-com. The concept was incubated and rolled into TV Shopping Network (TVSN), a joint venture funded by Duty Free Shoppers founder Robert Miller's private equity firm Search Group, Prudential Assets Management Asia and IAC's Home Shopping Network. Following the 2000 dot-com crash in China, Christine served for five years as Marketing Director for TV Shopping Network and oversaw the company's business developmement, internet, direct marketing and mail order strategies in China.

In 2004, Christine returned to the USA and launched an online kitchenware business that maintains eBay Gold Powerseller status and is a featured merchant on Amazon.com's Seller Network. In March 2007 Christine created and served as the Executive Producer and Host of Entrepreneur Magazine's The China Business Show which has since evolved into The China Business Network, a media and networking platform for those in the international business community doing business in China. 

Janet Carmosky, CEO

Janet is a career China business specialist who completed a BA Chinese Studies, (University of Pennsylvania 1985), then resided in China – Xi’an, Hong Kong, Shanghai – from 1985-2003, with sabbaticals in USA: Washington, D.C. 1988-1990, Berkeley, CA 1999. In her first decade working in and with China she managed import-export, sourcing, and buying agency programs. Since 1993, she has worked in senior management of consulting and operations, with posts including: Director of Burson-Marsteller PR (Shanghai 2001-2003):  Director of Operations for Web Connection/chinadotcom, (Shanghai 2000-2001); General Manager, Richina Fashion Retail, (Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong 1997-1999); Asst Vice President Richina Capital, (Shanghai, 1994-1997); Senior Manager, Coopers & Lybrand Strategy Consulting, (Shanghai 1993-1994); Senior Account Executive, William E. Connor & Associates, (Hong Kong and Xian 1990-1993); and Sales Manager, Beijing Trade Exchange, (Washington, DC and Beijing 1986-1990). Her past and current clients for China strategy and implementation include: Office Depot, Wella AG, Bacardi, Marriott, Continental Airlines, Wal*Mart, Corning, Waste Management, Sony, Citroen, Alcatel, PR Newswire, Ethicon Endosurgery, Briggs & Stratton, Unilever, Alpharma, Givenchy, Yue Sai Kan. She also works on USA commercial and communications strategy for the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC and other Chinese agencies.

Janet Carmosky’s publications include Alcatel in China: Business as an Adventure (2003) a case for MBA students at Switzerland's IMD, also published as an article in Harvard Business Review (Chinese edition) as well as numerous essays and chapters in various Economist publications, (1991-2003). As President of her consulting firm China Prospects (2005-2007) she performed strategy and training projects, and frequently speaks publicly in both English and Chinese. She was married to a native of Xi’an, China for 18 years. Janet speaks Mandarin and Cantonese fluently, reads and writes Chinese, and is completing her first book, Cracking the Code: A Guide to Bridging the Cultural Gap that Separates Americans and Chinese  

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