Janet Carmosky, co-founder and CEO of The China Business Network shares her thoughts on international news coverage of the Beijing Olympics based on initial reaction by Christine Lu to an article in Financial Week titled Olympics seen as biz bribe tar pit .

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About Janet Carmosky

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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