Archive for the ‘All about China’ Category

Lai Changxing Does Serious Damage to Canada’s Tourism Industry

China has agreements with more than 80 countries but will not let Canada have an "Approved Destination Status" agreement.
There are two reasons for this hurt on Canada’s tourism indust…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 30th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

China Can Make a Difference In Africa

Jeffrey Sachs is an advisor to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Sachs thinks that China can make a huge difference in Africa for several reasons.
1. China knows how to use high-yield seeds
2. China …

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 29th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in China

OEM is short for original equipment manufacturers. This is when a company makes a product for others to repackage and then sell, most notably electronics.
A company can be quite successful in expandin…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 29th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

China Infotainment Set To Take Off

Strategy Analytics estimates that the Chinese domestic market for infotainment – car entertainment and navigation systems – will be worth about $4 billion within the next 6-7 years.
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Posted by Bill Belew on August 28th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China | No Comments

China Punishes Illegal Miners

Much of China’s mineral reserves lie close to the surface, making it relatively easy and profitable to mine, even with very basic equipment.
The international price of gold has skyrocketed since…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 28th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Online Travel Companies in China Don’t Have Level Playing Field

Eye For Travel reports that overseas Internet travel companies wanting to do business in Chinaa do not have a level playing field in China.
Like elsewhere, a segment of the travel market in China uses…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 28th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Chinese Company Fined for Spamming

China has more than 111 million Internet users.
There is an estimated 700,000 Chinese websites, says www.allheadlinenews.com
Each year about 50 million spam messages are sent/received.
One company in…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 27th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Rare Chinese Photographs Up for Auction

Informal snapshots. Social scenes – street scenes of people. River and harbor scenes. Photographs of typhoons and tea picking.
These photographs of China and Hong Kong are all captioned and date…

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 27th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Stripteasers at Chinese Funerals Given the Curtain

In Donghai County of Jiangsu Province it is popular to have striptease performances at funerals. Well, it was popular until a day ago.
It seems that according to officials in Donghai, local villagers …

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 27th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Georgians Are Buying Chinese

Georgians are buying Chinese. Not that Georgia…the other one, the country of Georgia.
At the end of last year there were some 550 Chinese citizens registered in Georgia. As of the first half of …

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Posted by Bill Belew on August 25th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China | No Comments