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Smarter Manufacturing in China to Make Room for Services Sector

10/30/2010 - David Wolf has been based in Beijing for twenty years, and founded a consulting practice, Wolf Group Asia, in 2005. He has seen a very noticeable shift in China's manufacturing strategy. Once known as the "world's manufacturing floor," China will soon be seen as leading the services sector. Since opening to the west in the 1980s, the Chinese have been studying and learning from multinational organizations, and services are no exceptions. Read More...

"4. Nationalism is far from over. China is still the most interesting thing to Chinese."

Learning From Las Vegas. Notes on the 2010 World Expo

by Janet Carmosky

7/7/2010 - Fireworks in New York on July 4? Pretty enough. But I want more noise, more flash, bigger crowds, and an obvious historical context. Thanks to China, I’ve gotten used to having my symbolic moments more orchestrated. Something more heavy-handed, over the top, and obvious. Like the Beijing 2008 Olympics or the Shanghai 2010 World Expo.
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"Hong Kong companies are building partnerships with mainland companies, with overseas companies, and this sort of ‘network approach’ operation is going to increase."

In China's Future, Where's Hong Kong Fit In? pt 2

Interview with Alex Fong

6/5/2010 - Alex Fong is the CEO of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, a driving force in the structure and focus on Hong Kong's economy for the past 150 years. As Hong Kong integrates more deeply into an ever-more global China, we wanted to ask Alex, who was previously in charge of security during Hong Kong's handover to the PRC, how the economic, financial, and cultural aspects of the integration are proceeding Read More...

"With China’s new Five Year Plan, there will be differentiation in the roles of Hong Kong and Shenzhen – the two will actually reinforce each other’s roles."

In China's Future, Where's Hong Kong Fit In? pt 1

Interview with Alex Fong

6/4/2010 - Alex Fong is the CEO of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, a driving force in the structure and focus on Hong Kong's economy for the past 150 years. As Hong Kong integrates more deeply into an ever-more global China, we wanted to ask Alex, who was previously in charge of security during Hong Kong's handover to the PRC, how the economic, financial, and cultural aspects of the integration are proceeding. Read More...

"Artists in China, specifically on the music side, don’t have a lot of outlets to get compensated for their work, and because of piracy, it’s very difficult for these artists to be encouraged to do music full time."

The Music Where East Meets West, and Dances

Interview with Dave Liang

5/4/2010 - The Shanghai Restoration Project blends traditional eastern music with western hip hop and electronica, producing a unique sound. Together with Neocha, Dave Liang, founder and producer of The Shanghai Restoration Project, is about to release a new compliation of Chinese independent musicians at the Shanghai World Expo on May 4. Read More...

"You really need to identify the potential investors, or financing sources if it's for a construction loan, and you've to go to China and meet with people there and build a relationship. "

Looking For Chinese Direct Investment? Get a Construction Loan

Interview with Malcolm Riddell

4/27/2010 - With more than twenty years in advising western real estate organizations on how to secure Chinese investments, Malcolm Riddell, President of RiddellTseng, has seen a recent increase of contruction loans from China-based firms - namely China State Contruction and China Export-Import Bank. Two specific recipients are Baja Mar and Revel Entertainment. Read More...

"As a Chinese representative office, we try to build up a platform our Shenzhen Chinese companies can take advantage of."

Shenzhen Satellite Office Provides Comfort of Home for Businesses Entering US Markets

Interview with Andrew Pan

4/21/2010 - Andrew Pan, the primary official contact of the City of Shenzhen in North America, talkes about the services his team provides to Shenzhen companies - including Huawei, BYD, Tencent and others - as they invest in the USA. Read More...

"For Chinese people it is important to know what is the place to be, the place to go. It is not so much about leisure and personal enjoyment and recreation, it's much more about gaining status and bragging power."

Ten Years Transformed "Penniless Blue-coat" Chinese Into the World's Most Desirable Tourists

Interview with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Arlt

4/13/2010 - The wealthiest 5% of China's population - with the resources to travel internationally - is a sizable market at 65 million. Based in Germany and with a new office in Shanghai, Wolfgang Arlt's company China Outbound Tourism Research Institute helps direct Chinese tourists to destinations all over the world. Read More...