12/1/2009 -  On November 3, 2009, TCBN hosted China Business Boot Camp Cleveland. Seventy of Cleveland's most global business people joined us for training and networking.  This video features an excerpt from the presentation by Len Komoroski, President of the Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as clips of some panelists and program participants. Read More...

11/6/2009 -  Casey Wilson co-founded Wokai as a microfinance institution to help rural Chinese entrepreneurs lift themselves from poverty.  In the two years since they began, Wokai has helped over 200 people in China begin new businesses.  They are staffed by volunteer chapters around the world. Read More...

11/1/2009 -  If the cultures of every nation on earth could be plotted along a spectrum of similarity, I think we’d find the USA (as an institutionally-based system that seeks the full implementation of western ideals) and China (as a culture with ancient roots, representing the origins of eastern values) at the two extreme ends. Every two other cultures might conceivably be graphed somewhere in between. Read More...

7/30/2009 - Much has been written about drinking and the role it plays in doing business in China. Someone should write about how not to drink in China. Our CEO has been doing business in China since 1985, and has not had a drink (in or out of China) since 1990. Here’s Janet’s take on Not Drinking in China. Read More...

7/24/2009 -  For all you deal people who didn’t make the China Panel at Asian Venture Capital Journal’s Private Equity Forum in New York on July 9, you missed the chance to hear three veterans, each with their own theory on value creation and control; all agreeing that with capital markets slow and valuations depressed, local M&A is the best exit; and that a geographic focus is still critical for success. Read More...

6/18/2009 - If you haven't been following the Green Dam mess...here's a synopsis.  First of all, It’s not hydropower, it’s software that screens out porn, which pleases Chinese parents of web-addicted kids. Read More...

5/12/2009 - According to Jim Trippon, Editor-in-Chief of China Stock Digest, this week's sale of Hummer to a Chinese automaker is likely to become a pattern: China is highly motivated to improve its automotive sector, and USA assets are on the block. In our Feb 2009 interview with Jim, he talks about the role of Hong Kong, business culture in China, and the importance of making "an emotional investment" in business. Read More...