Going to China & Meeting Suppliers
The first meeting with a potential supplier is likely to be and exploratory meeting. If you act simply as a buyer, your negotiations will be much easier than if you try to have yourself appointed as his official agent or distributor. In a simple buying and selling situation, you will be negotiating such matters as prices, payment terms, delivery terms More...
Planning the visit to China, Hong Kong, Shanghai
Every time you visit an overseas market, plan your trip in advance, making sure you have confirmed appointments with all your existing suppliers and potential suppliers that you wish to meet. Since you are the More...
Business English a sound investment in China
There is little doubt that English is the international language of business. Whether your staff are serving customers, attending meetings, making sales, or simply communicating by email with someone on the other More...
Nokia Wants To Be the Biggest in China
Nokia plans to merge its four Chinese JVs into a single corporation to produce CDMA mobile handsets. Pending approval from the Chinese authorities, the newly merged company would become one of China’s largest More...
China MBA to increase your annual income
Have you ever thought of taking a full-time MBA course? Will it allow you to say goodbye to your low salary, routine work and difficult boss? That sounds really fantastic. But, according to some employers, taking More...
China Warned of New Round of Real Estate Bubbles
The amount of unsold housing rose sharply to 14.1% during the first eight months of 2002, according to the latest estimates made by the National Bureau of Statistics on the performance of the country’s real More...
China Uses WTO Rules to Give Steelmakers a Breathing Space
China has again made clear its stance in providing transitional protection to its and steel industry. The Chinese Government announced that from November 20, 2002, it would impose so-called “final safeguard More...
Chinese Consumer credit a Fashion in China “Spending Beyond One’s Means”
The use of credit has become a mature and improving form of consumption. The current attitude of Chinese residents is shown by the results of a survey of over 462 families in four cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou More...
China quantity bubble fears as Speculators leave apartments empty
A recent media story, which power companies denied, claimed that almost 65 million power meters in urban China had registered zero consumption over a six month period, which raised a theory that there are enough More...
Yuan forwards post best gain in 3 months
Yuan forwards posted their biggest weekly gain in almost three months on mounting speculation China will loosen its grip on the currency after data showed an economic recovery is gathering pace. China should return More...