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Competing in the China Truck Market - An Introduction
Driven by strong economic growth and infrastructure investment, the China auto industry has enjoyed explosive expansion in the past decade, at a compound annual growth rate of 25% over this period. However, the year-over-year growth rate slowed down (...)
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Bigger, better, broader: A perspective on China’s auto market in 2020
China will drive over one-third of global growth in the auto sector.China’s automotive sector grew at a compound average rate of 24 percent a year between 2005 and 2011 and, in 2010, overtook the United States as the largest single-countr (...)
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China Automotive Monthly - Executive Summary - February 2013
The auto industry is shrouded in Heavy Smog and facing more challenges.Since last winter, the sun has not been shining quite as much as before in the most areas of China. On the 30th January, The Ministry of Environmental Protection annou (...)
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China Automotive Monthly: Executive Summary - January 2013
Asia Pacific and ChinaChina light vehicle sales (including imports) rose by 6.2% to 19.1 million units in 2012, which was higher than the annual growth rate of 4.4% in 2011. This improvement was largely due to the phase-out of the pay-ba (...)
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Audio Interview: China’s Auto Aftermarket – Discussion with Alex Ashmore of TRW
Steve Crandall of Technomic Asia discusses trends in China’s auto aftermarket with TRW’s Alex Ashmore. To listen to interview, please (...)
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China's new electric cars subsidy to expand
China is expected to subsidize electric vehicles sold in 25 model cities, expanding from the current five cities, and adopt a unified national subsidy standard, 21st Century Business Herald reported Wednesday citing China Association of Automobile Ma (...)
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China-EV Blog: PHEV maker Fisker hunts for money in China. Is it worth an investment?
Wanxiang’s purchase of battery maker A123 may turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to Fisker Automotive. Huh? Yeah, now Fisker not only has a battery supplier, but I bet Wanxiang will give Fisker some kind of bridge loan to keep it aflo (...)
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Deals for getting big in China—fast
French appliance manufacturer Groupe SEB and Danish brewer Carlsberg sell in vastly different industries, but they both had similar experiences trying to get ahead in the treasure chest that is China. In 2002, Groupe SEB was inching forward—growing b (...)
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Chinese firms urged to buy abroad
United States is major target for mergers and acquisitions.The United States is expected to be the No 1 destination for Chinese companies seeking mergers and acquisitions in 2013, industry experts from international accounting firm KPMG s (...)
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Intellectual Property Guide - China
This guide provides an overview of the legal regimes in China relating to intellectual property. To download 160-page guide, please (...)
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This '60 Minutes' Video Of China's Ghost Cities Is More Surreal Than Anything We've Ever Seen
We have written about China's ghost towns — neighborhoods with massive new buildings not inhabited by any people. Many see this as the clear evidence of overbuilding and a housing bubble.Some economists, like Yale's Stephen Roach has sai (...)
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China Labor Cost Rise to Boost Rivals in Asia
China's rising labor costs will help other South Asian countries gain a foothold in low-end manufacturing, a report from Capital Economics said on Thursday."Although many countries can now compete with China on labor costs, it is cou (...)
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Manufacturers scramble to find workers
Chinese low-cost manufacturers are trying various ways to retain workers and attract new ones after the Lunar New Year holiday, as the country's economic recovery brings in more orders.Factory workers, mostly rural migrants, usually go ho (...)
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How to get a Chinese supplier to accept a letter of credit
Some importers start buying in China and are lucky. They find a proper manufacturer and they get good product quality.Their challenge will be to keep this quality level in a consistent manner and for a competitive price. But in the short (...)
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What can be the decisive difference maker for challenging development projects in China? EPCM: One of the preferred project delivery models.
It is no great secret that 21st century China is the greatest property development and construction opportunity in the world’s history. And yet immediately beneath the surface of that unprecedented opportunity lurk great demands and challenges on man (...)
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China's unions target foreign businesses
China's top trade union organization will prioritize setting up unions in all overseas-funded businesses that have been operating in the country for more than five years, particularly the world's four-biggest audit firms, which have a strong presence (...)
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More policies to support cross-border use of renminbi
China is likely to issue more supportive measures to encourage cross-border use of the yuan amid growing global demand for the currency, said an industry insider.Such measures include a larger quota for renminbi qualified foreign institut (...)
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China to relax rules on foreign investment under RQFII: Xinhua
China will soon relax rules for qualified foreign investors when they channel their offshore yuan holdings into China's securities market, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.Under the revised rules, Renminbi Qualified Foreign (...)
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Upward Trends in China’s Salaries and Staff Turnover
Our research showed upward trends in both China’s national average salary increase and its staff turnover rate for 2012. The 2012 national average salary increase was 9.1% was accompanied by a turnover rate of 18.9%. In the four first-tier cities, th (...)
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CEIBS ‘Business in China’ Survey 2013
Adapting to China’s New Business Climate.InterChina is happy to publish the results of a recent CEIBS business confidence survey conducted by Professors Juan Antonio Fernandez, Xu Bin and Zhou Dongsheng. This survey of 1,214 senior execut (...)
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Will “Chinese HR” Hamper U.S. Companies?
As China grows prominent on the world stage, the management style and human-resources practices that are commonly found there could seep into the West.The February issue of Foreign Affairs predicts that China’s economy will surpass that o (...)
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SEMI: Taiwan investments in equipment to soar
Semiconductor equipment spending in 2012 declined a lot in the second half of the year as sluggish conditions in the global economy dampened some investments in the industry.However, Taiwan was the exception.According to SEMI, (...)
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China: Talent Availability in Second-Tier Cities Tighten
Higher salary increases and rising staff turnover rates have increased the risks for employers in second and third-tier Chinese cities. For example, in Chongqing and Nanjing, the voluntary turnover rate in 2012 was 22.3 percent and 19.4 percent respe (...)
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China: Tianjin short of skilled workers
Tianjin’s Binhai New Area is short of 55 kinds of skilled workers this year, including safety inspectors and home appliance fixers, according to a list of technician shortages recently released.The desired skills fall into 10 fields, incl (...)
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China Denounces U.S. Sanctions
China on Tuesday denounced U.S. sanctions against a leading state arms maker and other companies over alleged illicit dealings with North Korea, Syria and Iran.The U.S. State Department on Monday said that Poly Technologies Inc. is among (...)
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China faces great wall to No. 1
In this piece, EBN's editor in chief Bolaji Ojo shares his opinion on the belief that China is on the fast track to overtake the United States economy. Ojo discusses his hesitant view on China while also comparing the country's similarities to tech g (...)
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What’s next for China?
As China gradually shifts to a more consumer-driven economy, companies must adapt their offerings and ways of doing business.China’s economy is starting its historic shift to a more consumption- and service-driven model that should help s (...)
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HP Sets New Labor Guidelines in China
Seeking to take a lead on ongoing issues around labor standards in the electronics industry in China, Hewlett-Packard today issued some new standards and guidelines for companies in that country that handle its manufacturing.The big chang (...)
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Chinese Graduates Say No Thanks to Factory Jobs
Despite the wide availability of factory jobs, unemployment among people in their early 20s is very prevalent in China today. With 11 times as many college students in 2013 compared to 1989, and with the number of college graduates quadrupling every (...)
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Why a Labor Shortage is Good News for the Chinese Economy
New figures released by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics showed that the population of the working age (15-59) decreased 3.45 million from 2011 to 2012. Already in the midst of a labor shortage stemming from the Great Recession, China now fa (...)
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China update: global headlines
Below are the latest articles from around the world featuring articles on China. China’s Manufacturing Expands at Below-Forecast Pace: EconomySource: (...)
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