No matter how well you plan, there are almost always problems that arise prior to shipping quality product from China. It’s debatable whether China itself is inherently problematic or not, but sourcing, managing production and doing quality control from 5000 miles away (more or less) certainly is. Problems typically

I was told in once in a sales course that if you can name the game you don’t have to play it. It’s just as true in China as it is in the US, although the Chinese version I was told this week “Doing business in China you

I’ll be the first one to admit that I just don’t get face. My wife would certainly confirm that as well. After I graduated and for my first few years working in Asia, I thought I knew what was up. But as the years have passed and I&

We’ve been involved in the sample and testing processes for 4 different clients and about 18 different SKU’s of product for the last year and a half. Why has it taken so long to get the testing done? you might ask. And I’d be glad to tell

It’s be more than 20 years now since my first work experience in Asia, 15 years this month since I first came to China. So much is different, so much is so new, so much is much more developed. Buildings are new, technology has not just made it here,

Part I is here.6. You will never know when you’ve gone “too far.”Once, back in ’95 in Chongqing, people were gathering on the street and huddling around me yelling advice at me crowding around me and staring at me while I was trying to take care of

First a quick Healthy Department update:I just had my annual “health check” for my new visa and my hospital experience was surprisingly good. “Not really news,” you may be saying. But the last time I was in a hospital in China I was quarantined for (not) having swine flu.

If you've got kids at home, you're probably worried about, or at least interested in the decisions made by your local school board, PTA and teacher's unions. You may even be involved to some extent in the process (kudo's to you if

First, Whither Shanghai? As I've been saying for years now--Shanghai, smanghai. Who really needs 18 million people all in one place and all those overpriced-buildings and traffic jams?! It's not like the mag-lev is really helping out your daily commute, is it? Now,