Archive for the ‘Asia News’ Category

Thomas Friedman, Columnist, New York Times

At the 15th Annual Conference of the Committee of 100, Thomas Friedman, NY Times Columnist, received the Headline Award for his contribution to Asian Businesses through his writing.
Friedman was the k…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 24th, 2006 in Asia News | 5 Comments

What’s Good for Toyota is Good for America

It used to be, ‘What’s good for GM (GM) is good for America’ right? Not any more.
TOYOTA (TM)will overtake GM as the world’s largest car maker this year. It is also tryin…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 23rd, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

China needs Business Managers – Beijing Gets Involved

In two previous posts, I wrote that businesses in China are facing shortages on both ends. There are not enough workers AND there are not enough managers.
According to one consultant, only about 10% o…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 22nd, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

Introducing Chinese Cars – Great Wall Motor Co.

Great Wall Motor is the largest privately-owned automobile maker in China.
Great Wall took the lead in the pickup

and SUV markets.
 
And now, it plans to take aim at the passenger car…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 21st, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

Introducing Chinese Cars – Changan Auto

Changan is the next car maker I want to introduce.
This company has three joint ventures to build automobiles.
With – Suzuki, Ford and Mazda.
Changan is the fourth largest producer of cars in Ch…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 20th, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

Moltech – First US Company to be Shanghaied

Long before Lenovo it seems that Moltech Power Systems was thee first US company to fall into the hands of the Chinese a full three years prior.
Moltech is located about 12 miles northwest of Gai…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 20th, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

Chinese President Visited Microsoft

My wife cracked me up last night.
As I mentioned in my introduction way back when, isn’t one month on the web similar to dog years or something like that?…anyway, my wife is "made in …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 20th, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

Introducing Chinese Cars – BYD

BYD AUTO is the next Chinese car maker.
  

 

 BYD auto is a subsidiary of BYD Co. Ltd, which sits in the top 100 in the Chinese electronic industry, the top 100…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 19th, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

The Oldest Company in the World – Japan

The oldest company in the world that has been continuously owned by the same family can be found in Japan.
The name is Kongo Gumi. And it is now run by the 40th generation of the same family.
It is a …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 18th, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments

Google Plans to do Business in Russia

Google plans to do business in Russia.
Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin is from Moscow. It only seems natural that he would go back to his birthplace and show his old classmates what he has done…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 16th, 2006 in Asia News | No Comments