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Split Personality New Order

I'm really trying to get past the 0lympics, but there were just so many good quotes and pieces that I'm still referring to some of them. But this post is about how attitude affects business, and only slightly related to the 0lympics.Great article by Orville

Yeah! I'm a llama again!*

So now that it's all over, what's next? First a couple of comments on the 0lympics and then some application to doing business here. I’ve said for 8 years—this will be the best Olympics ever—and it appears that it was. Was there any

Where should you be?

I've written a number of times about Inland Western China vs. Eastern Coastal China and the advantage and disadvantages of each and how to decide where to locate. There are certainly hundreds of other city and country specific comparison pieces online too. Some of the best are at

Is this really news? It's not new!

Is this really news? It's not new!

There is a fine between news that caters to the LCD and just a waste of paper. The headlines on this morning’s Drudge Report cross that line. Seriously, how is this news? Is this really cause for “shock and dismay,” Senator Brownback? Has no one heard of the Great

(maybe) China Will (not) Rule The World

John Pomfret, previous Bureau Chief for the Washington Post, has a great article that summarizes why so much of the hype about China is just that-hype. In this year of hype and media feeding frenzies, it's nice to read a voice of reason. Like John, I'

Announcement: We are Now Following the Laws

Sorry for the lack of posting this last month. Contrary to popular opinion (wishful thinking?) I was not arrested for protesting. I was on vacation, and then at two different trade shows in the US, and then in a couple of factories for almost all of the last week. Some

So are you Hunanese or Sichuanese?

A couple of really good articles that indirectly have some significance for business in China. First, of course, if you didn’t know, gas prices in China just went up 18%; but they are still relatively lower than the EU or the US because of remaining government subsidies. While the

Which is worse for the future of the US Chinese relations?

Not sure which is more foreboding for the future of the US Chinese relations. The fact that the Chinese publicly don't think that Obama can handle the pressure or make any significant change (smarter than we give them credit for, eh?). OrThe fact that "it's

A new Chinese adventure.

A new Chinese adventure.

For whatever reason(s), we just went back to my wife’s family’s village for the first time this past week. We drove from SZ to Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, about a 12 hour trip each way. Along the way up and back I gained a new appreciation for driving

ASEAN Tidbits

One visa for all countries in ASEAN—great idea! The fact that you’ve got Thailand,Malaysia and Vietnam all fighting over the same pool of potential business clients and ton of tourists going to both Cambodia and Thailand (and to a lesser degree Vietnam) this is a great deal