10/22/2012 -

For the past 30 years, China's State Owned Sector has been the focus of lending and industrial policy. Ava Chien's view is that China's next generation of leadership - awaiting their appointment in November 2012 - will be pragmatic enough to see that only a diversion of resources toward the private sector - that is, away from overfed SOE's and toward vibrant small private enterprises - will generate needed growth.

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10/20/2012 - In which a corporate finance executive becomes a PhD in Political Science, decides to write a book based on asking and answering: "If State ownership of industry is so bad, then why has China been able to do so well with it for so long? Further, is the growth that China's model has been generating sustainable?" Read More...

9/18/2012 -

TCBN Charter Member Ava Chien attended the Bloomberg Markets 50 Summit, and reports this: despite social issues and hiccups in Beijing's leadership succession plan, China is expected to keep the priority firmly on economic growth. At least, that is the opinion of the China Panel invited by Bloomberg. 

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1/17/2012 - TCBN Charter Member James Chan, President of Asia Marketing & Management based in Philadelphia, PA, was recently interviewed by BusinessWeek. Chan encourages small and medium sized business to work hard for success in the complex and evolving Chinese market. See full article below. Read More...

9/9/2011 - New China What? video blog issue by Janet Carmosky about the trade imbalance between China and the US, and why China may or may not be manipulating the value of the RMB. Read More...

8/31/2011 -

Water resources are the next big concern after oil. Watch the China What? video blog with Janet Carmosky to get some background. You can use the charts and links below to get more information.

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8/17/2011 -

A popular podcast series, Sinica is published by Popup Chinese and republished with permission. View the original here.

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5/17/2011 -

Charter Member Malcolm Riddell, President of RiddellTseng and founder of ChinaDebate was recently interviewed on NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams.

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5/10/2011 - Our first Boston event! Janet will teach her famously entertaining and authoritative Doing Business in China class to everyone who buys a ticket - we can fit up to 150 people. Group discounts are attractively priced, and attendees get a complimentary Profile Membership. Read More...

4/20/2011 - The People’s Republic of China recently released its 2011 White Paper on National Defense. As a result, there were a lot of discussions on the impact of the rise of China’s military power and the perception of its threat to United States interest. It is interesting to observe that there is a lack of comparisons of the military capacity between these two countries. It will be helpful to take a look at China and the United States military budgets and see how much each side has devoted to defend its land, protect its people, and ensure no disruption to its economy. Read More...