Business Thai Economic News...Worse Than Expected...ouch! Worse than expected? That must be really bad!Really, with all the bad news about the world economy lately, how could anyone be surprised by bad economic numbers from anywhere at this point? The numbers out of Thailand are indeed “dismal” and the fact that things are going to get
Business QC Blog “I have your salary envelope right over here; you can take it when you go.” That’s what he said to me over tea just before I left his office to QC the product. Of course, I didn’t take it. I didn’t even let them buy my lunch.
Business “To get rich is glorious!” First, It’s no surprise that Human rights and the environment are taking a backseat to economics. This is point of the 3rd world’s whole argument with any US/EU sponsored HR and Green legislation—“we’re decades behind you in terms of economics, we need to feed people
Business Third Party Contracts This is a post by my friend Matt Kowalak, on a topic that just about everyone exporting from China has questions about--What is a Third Party Supplier/Service Provider actually responsible for? This a question that comes up in many of the New Buyer Seminars that I teach for
Business Q & A about Importing into China This is a conversation that I had with a friend who is considering getting involved in importing into China. Since I get some variation of this question a few times each month, here's my response. (Original email first.) Hey David,I am really interested in importing some stuff
Business Sorry, it's not only as bad as the news is saying...it's worse. I know that I was complaining that Obama was predicting world destruction and had no hope the other day. And I don't want to add to the doom and gloom crowd. But that doesn't mean that people should be seeing silver linings where there really aren&
Business Post CNY Review--Thailand, China and the Hopelessnes in the US Feb 6 UPDATE--Like I said. "6.8% growth might as well be 0. " And guess what? It actually was (more here)!___________________________________________________________I purposefully tried to avoid Asian news for the CNY Holiday. A change is as good as a break, right? It was nice to spend some
Business Finding Work in China, Part II Here’s what I’ve been telling people about starting a business here.First, you have to really understand what China means for you. China is not competitive in commodities. China is not competitive in small qtty’s. China is not a billion people just waiting for (enter-your-brand-
Business Finding work in China Since Thanksgiving I’ve had 4 people call me about working with SRI or information about new jobs elsewhere, two people talked with me about starting their own companies and a couple others talk with me about networking for other work options. I also met in the airport a new
Business Expecting the Unexpected, Part II The much anticipated part II:6. No one can control Chinese workers around national holidays.Despite the iron fist that most use to control their workers the rest of the year, Chinese New Year is the exception. Workers rule with their feet. They leave when they want and come back
