Guanxi and Contracts–A Chinese explaination from the US.
Some fantastic opportunities to learn about China are more and more available in the US. While in the US this month I attended a couple of sessions of the UVU Doing Business with China seminar in...
View ArticleCulture of Copy
The money quote from Bianca Bosker, the Author of Original Copies, in an interview with the WSJ China Real Times Reporter James T. Areddy: “In the West there is a sense that copy is very taboo. It’s a...
View ArticleHow to get off the negotiations carousel.
Great post by Dan over at CLB again today. Talking about the difficulty in getting your supplier/manufacturer to give you and then stick with a fixed price. Basically, it’s not going to happen. But...
View ArticleCreativity–It’s not that they can’t…
…They’ve just never been asked to do it before. Interesting article in the WSJ about the lack of creativity in Asian graduates. But I think that the article misses the point. The conclusion is that...
View ArticleThe more things change…
…the more they stay the same. Shocker: Official and unofficial numbers for China 2012 economy are not the same!!! And, hold your breath…..the official numbers not only aren’t accurate they’ve erred on...
View ArticleWhen 5%-10% more is a bargin
The background on this great idea comes from Wired Magazine. But more than the great idea, and a Utah company to boot, the look into their issues dealing with China are insightful. From the article:...
View ArticleIs China a Threat? Part 20457948571-048571
Last month I was given a copy of an email from the local head of a national political party in the US with an all too common sentiment—China is a threat! We need to limit our international exposure...
View ArticleAh, the memories; The Made in China Diary
Wow. Wish that I’d thought of this! (h/t Wired Magazine) Kudos the to (Swiss) authors/photog’s that did though. Great idea. Some really good shots of “what it’s really like to manufacture in...
View ArticleChinese Middle Class Values…anyone? Anyone?
This is an older post, from 2015, that I just found in a drafts folder today (2018) and thought I should post anyway. I wondered how much has changed in the ensuing 3 years? One of the things that...
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5 Years Later…Back Home in Shenzhen.
After a few years in school, being back in Shenzhen, where I lived for almost a decade, has been an enjoyable readjustment. I moved back into our own home in Futian and now conduct PhD research in an...
View ArticleWhat’s the Difference Between a Duck? (AKA: Nonessentialized Chinenessness)
What’s the Difference Between a Duck? When I was a kid my dad used to always joke around and ask me this question. We’d be in the car or at dinner and he’d get serious and look me in the eyes and then...
View ArticleReadings and other Conversations
Over the last month in Shenzhen not only have I been blessed to have a very cooperative and generous host company allow me to observe their daily work, but I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to...
View ArticleQuestions about how do deal with a Global China (in Hong Kong)
I love to listen to the witty and very knowledgable banter of Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn over at the Sinica Podcast on SupChina. I’ve been listening to these guys for years now—long before they...
View ArticleNational Security and Chinese Businesses
National security fears. With two large Chinese projects being halted or terminate in the US this last month (ANT and Huawei), the specter of Chinese state sponsored corporate espionage was center...
View ArticleAdaptation vs Innovation? Maybe it’s the wrong question.
One of the critiques of China is that it doesn’t have a creative, innovative domestic business environment. But two recent articles made me question whether that is really necessary, or even advisable,...
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