14 Apr 2008 Business New Buyers Seminar in Hong Kong It’s that time of year again—The semi-annual Global Sources Tradeshows. This week is electronics and swimwear and lingerie. It don’t quite
04 Apr 2008 Politics Mekong Meetings In 2001, when I was running a tour company, I was warned by an industry insider “If you want to go anywhere in the world
30 Mar 2008 Business Three and a Half Kinds of Factories It goes without saying that not all factories are created equal. Not all factories with international experience are equal either. Certainly there is a level
27 Mar 2008 Business Would you like a gas shortage with your inflation? Amazing!Only in China can having an almost complete monopoly on a protected domestic market be a bad thing. The two largest suppliers, Sinopec and
25 Mar 2008 Business Culture The best comment ever (not) made about China I apologize in advance for not being able to source this comment. It was aired on a TV show about media and education to a