12/9/2009 -  Columbia University student Gavin Newton-Tanzer is President and Co-founder of Global China Connection, the world’s largest student-run non-profit organization dedicated to building bridges between China and the international community.  He is the next generation of China experts who have more in mind than business objectives. 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...

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...