15 Mar 2010 Business China Culture Labor, Sub-suppliers and Time--3 other ways to lose money in China A quick story before I get to the issues at hand. An interesting thing happened on the way home from church… I was picking strawberries
05 Mar 2010 Business China Culture Reasons why a factory doesn’t want you to come see things. Before I get to the post today, everyone working in China should read this great article on corrupt QC (h/t China Law Blog).----------------We’
26 Feb 2010 China Culture Reading the (Western) Media on China UPDATE, 01/03/10: Apple Admits Child labour was Used to Build iPods and iPhones in Chinese Factories.This is at best an (educated) guess
23 Feb 2010 Business Culture Under-promise, Over-deliver, Part II, Vietnam So I’m sitting in a factory office outside of HCM city as the factory General Manager is talking with another client. The inevitable discussion
03 Feb 2010 Business China Culture Even if it's not your fault... On of the things that I’ve learned, the hard way, about doing business in China is that as a (foreign) buyer when there are