Baby Business: China’s Maternity Hotels Expand At Home and Abroad
Maternity hotels in China are a booming business in the Middle Kingdom and overseas
By Lisa Sun
Learn the Most Common Chinese Characters with Tuttle Chinese
Over a year ago we bought Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters, Vol. 1: A Revolutionary New Way to Learn and Remember the 800 Most Basic Chinese Characters. Out of 74 reviews on Amazon, this new method of learning the most common Chinese characters received (as of 9/15/2012) a whopping 4.5 stars out of five, so it...
Huawei Chinese Government Concerns Valid?
According to this Washington Post article, back in 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry rolled out the red carpet for Plano, Texas bound Huawei (www.huawei.com), a worldwide telecommunications giant, operating without obstacle in many countries in the world–except the USA. Despite widespread security concerns, Mr. Perry ushered Huawei in with open arms, while onlookers sited national...
Chinese Don’t Like Meetings, Unless They Are Purely Ceremonial?
We received an email from a reader that inquires about the Chinese protocol around having meetings. Here in the paragraph below is the classic protocol or understanding about how Chinese meetings work, which stresses the importance of resolving conflict outside of public meetings in order to avoid causing any lose of face, etc.: Chinese like...
“All Business Is Local,” for Shanghai-based CEIBS Dean, John Quelch
Dr. Quelch’s book All Business Is Local: Why Place Matters More Than Ever in a Global, Virtual World is a different spin on the old “buy-local” argument, whereby the argument is that all business is, indeed, local. It might be obvious to anyone that really considers why any business would consider selling product anywhere without understanding...
China Looks to North Carolina for Quality Lumber
Because North Carolina, along with many other states in the USA have employed sustainable forest management and logging practices over the last century, there is a lot of supply sitting in the lumber yards. And that supply isn’t being sold domestically, because new construction is still weak because of the poor economy in the USA....
Chinese Jobs in America: 5 Reasons Why Chinese Professionals Might Not Be Promoted in American Companies
By Rae Cook As I travel from company to company as a communication expert, I often hear from and about Chinese engineers, scientists, and marketing professionals who are obviously underemployed in the US, meaning that they are not being promoted at the rate that might be expected. They have advanced degrees from good schools, are...
Manufacturing EPO Foam Mold RC Planes in Shenzhen China
Advertisement: Great Starter RC Plane: Hobby Zone Champ Champ RTF Below are a few photos and descriptions of EPO Foam mold RC plane manufacturing in Shenzhen China via Jack Luo ofEasy Sky. Thus far most of the orders are coming from Russia, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, etc. You can reach Jack Luo here. Advertisement: Great Starter...
Will Automated Robot Labor be the Death of China?
Manufacturing is where most of the jobs are in China, and thus China is married to its role as the world’s manufacturer, with little recourse for divorcing it to pursue other national interests. However, China’s role as the world’s manufacturer may change in the near future, raining devastating consequences on a country that has sacrificed...
Review Call: Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing
Some years back, American born of Chinese descent (via Taiwan), Jeremy Lin, of the NY Knicks kick started a sport in China that had before been largely ignored. But, because of Lin’s rising fame on the court, and China’s full embrace of this 6’3 star, it became easy to recognize a palpable change in China....
China Sourcing: Setting Goals
By Gary Young Having been in the China sourcing business for almost 11 years now, I am often asked what is the most difficult aspect of working in China. My short answer is “Communication”. China manufacturers want to create the product you are asking for. What I have come to appreciate is just how nuanced...
Beijing Review Hiring for Copy Editor (Journalism Jobs)
Update via Huang Wei “Beijing Review Job Vacancies: Copy Editor (Printed English Weekly Magazine) Native English speaker holding a master’s degree in journalism or with a journalism background; 3-year work experience in magazines and print media. Beijing Review is China’s only national English weekly news magazine encompassing websites in five languages—English, French, German，Japanese and Chinese....
“How to Start a Mandarin Chinese Club” Any-town USA to Learn Chinese
Tired of using Mandarin Chinese language learning software, or books guaranteed to teach you Mandarin Chinese in as little eight days? What’s the point in learning Mandarin Chinese anyway if you don’t plan to move to China permanently. And no one in their right mind is going to put any real time into learning more...