Posts Tagged ‘Asia News’

Take that China…

America has a trade deficit with China.
In 2005 it was $201+ Billion. That’s all those things that says "Made in China" minus what we sold to them.
US Trade Representative Rob Portman…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 15th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

Outsourcing

Time for a quick test -
1. Four of the top 10 Business services can be found in what country?
2. Five of the top 8 Software development companies can be found in what country?
3. Three of the top…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 15th, 2006 in All about India, Doing business in India, India | No Comments

Toyota Takes on France

According to Toyota’s Vice Chairman, Fujio Cho, "France and Japan are a winning partnership."
Adapting to the French way – nope, the French adapt to the Japanese way – empl…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 15th, 2006 in Doing Business in China, Japan business, Japanese Products | No Comments

White Day

Japan knows how to capitalize on gift giving = make money.
Feb. 14th is Valentines Day in Japan like it is everywhere else. One difference is that in Japan only the women folk give gifts…chocola…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 15th, 2006 in Doing Business in Japan, Japan, Japan business | No Comments

Nude Wedding Photos

This post has been moved to -
http://www.eastasiafair.com/2008/09/24/nude-chinese-wedding-photos/

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 14th, 2006 in All about China, Business in China, China, Doing Business in China | No Comments

How to Mess Up a Good Thing

The best way to mess up anything, good or bad, is to let a politician get involved. It’s no different in Japan.
Takafumi Horie, founder of www.livedoor.com was all the rage of the busi…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 14th, 2006 in Doing Business in Japan, Japan, Japan business, Japanese Products | No Comments

We’re Number Two!

What is the fastest growing internet search company in the world?
Google  right? Nope. Their stock climbed 103% in 2005. But there’s another company that grew more than twice as much.

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 14th, 2006 in Doing Business in Korea | No Comments

How do you say, ‘Good Morning’ in Japanese?

Good morning in Japanese is said "ohayo."  It is pronounced Ohio…just like the state. Seriously. Next time you see someone Japanese say "Ohio" to them real slow. Make su…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 14th, 2006 in All about Japan, Japan, Japan business, Japanese Products | No Comments

Put Up Your Dukes (Part 2)

My first duke blog was about a little guy, a blogger no less, in China being pushed around by a very rich guy.
This one is about a very very rich guy going after one of the richest (the  ric…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 14th, 2006 in All about Japan, Doing Business in Japan, Japan business, Japanese Products | No Comments

Japan Makes Enemies, Too

Who would have thought that by doing something good you could make so many enemies?
The Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrids, not only get 50 mpg, they also get to travel solo in the diamond land …

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 14th, 2006 in Doing Business in Japan, Japan, Japan business, Japanese Products | No Comments