UPDATE 20.07.2011: Same conclusion, much larger scale. Is China becoming a country where rioting is the best way to get anything done? ____________One of the things that I’ve learned (through painful experience) while working in China over the years is that Chinese and Westerners (Americans at least)

12 July 2011 UPDATE: Very interesting post by Steve at CLB on Foreigner on Foreigner Fraud in China. I've never had any clients come to us with this specific type of case, but I agree with Steve that it's surprising that business people from well developed

We work with a client whose buyer chronically asks for us to lower their costs. Every order, every item, every time, multiple requests. It’s their MO. It’s like they were taught in MBA school that “if you don’t try to cut the price, you never now what

First, for those who attended the presentations and couldn't receive the email with the PDF of the presentation, here are downloadable files of presentations from the Dubai show. Parts One and Two.Second, this is another follow up on the “feeling” of the Global Sources show in Dubai.