A WPA in the PRC? November 21st, 2008 One of my Chinese staff recently told me she has heard that some of the South Korean and Japanese plants in Suzhou with thousands of assemblers each have been laying off people since the beginning of October. …
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A WPA in the PRC?
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http://silkrc.com/chinadialogs/2008/11/20/care-and-feeding-of-sea-turtles/Care and Feeding of Sea Turtles November 20th, 2008 My latest column “Challenging China” came out in the November 2008 issue of Eurobiz Magazine came out a couple weeks ago. Eurobiz is a publication of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. …
Absolute Power …
http://silkrc.com/chinadialogs/2008/11/19/absolute-power/Absolute Power … November 19th, 2008 A Western expat friend who lives in Suzhou told me how the monthly rent he is paying on his stand-alone house (with a small back yard) is increasing from 15,000 rmb to more than 30,000 rmb within the next month. It seems that quite recently a high-ranking Suzhou official got caught with his hand in the till. …
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Experience Not Logic - Business and Law in China
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GS Show Final Day Questions and Related QC News
http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2008/11/01/gs-show-final-day-sh...to snuff, but that line of response is just going to be ridiculed by the west and MNC’s. China needs to pick up this gauntlet and answer the call. There is a great review of the Wal-Mart position of China suppliers right now from Bill Dodson at This Is China! Blog. This, by the way, is a fantastic blog with a lot of good info about what it’s like to do business on the ground in China (from long boring car trips, to bad food, to negotiations, to actually business—that’s what it’s really like).
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Asian matching, Recruitment for the Dating Game in Shanghai
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Experience Not Logic - 不经一事，不长一智
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Sourcing Phase: Finding the right supplier to manufacture your products in Asia.
http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/09/08/sourcing-phase-find...potential” because unless you had done previous orders with that supplier (in other words gone through the entire process from start to finish) they should all be considered “unproven.” Even then, staff turnover is a major issue in China and there is also the issue of quality fade which is not to be ignored.
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