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Thoughts on avoiding Quality Fade

Every manufacture or buyer will, at some point, have to deal with quality fade of some type. But there are two types of quality fade. And while each result in the same end result, bad quality products, one is significantly more nefarious than the other. The first type, as detailed

"China is Killing China"

With all the recent news about the Mattel problems and the resulting suicide I found it interesting what the Chinese were saying about the issue. First, the view of the boss that killed himself is very very positive. Apparently he borrowed a ton of money and paid all of his

This isn’t your father’s Monolithic Authoritarian China.

The popular image in the West is often “the Chinese government” as a single, wealthy, corrupt and motivating force driving 1.5 billion people to world domination. This monolithic image continues to wrongly be the scapegoat for many of the world problems—from environmental pollution to mercantilist energy purchases to

IP reality in China

I’ve had two questions come to me this week about tech in China—both about IP protection, really. First was a question in response to the news that Microsoft is lowering its prices (drastically) for Vista in China to compete with pirated copies. The new price of real software

Personal Responsibility in China Exporting

Great article in the NYT about the current state of Chinese exports and regulations. It’s not much in the way of application but it does detail the current state of affairs here and what to expect. So now that we know what’s going on—heads are literally rolling

Reputation Crisis part II

The NYT reported that China is increasing enforcement on exports in response to the recent round of tainted products and rejections of China manufactured goods. This is good

To have a crisis of reputation--you need a good reputation first

For those of us that follow the daily news about China we may think that China is the center of the world

The elections are coming, the elections are coming!

Good balanced article from Bloomberg today on the cost of pegging or floating the Chinese Yuan. The article discusses the pros and cons for both sides of the Pacific, something that you rarely see in the US press. The essence of the article is this (from the article):``After years

Welcome to China--where 11% growth is bad news!?

In terms of sheer numbers of new articles it was a banner day for China today. And the news highlighted the completely different animal that China is. It’s like nothing the world has ever seen before. Even growth is bad and old words mean new things in China. In

Link to some Danone-Wahaha analysis

China Law Blog has some great links and analysis on the Wahaha Danone story that's unraveling. It's worth a read for anyone considering partnering with a local factory.