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 The CHINAtalk eJournal - June 2012
 

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In this issue
China automotive...
Special Announcement...
China headline articles...
China-EV.org Blog by Alysha Webb...
China economic articles...
Doing Business in China? What You Need to Know About Health Care...
The Importance of Guanxi when Negotiating in China...
China update - global headline articles...
"Doing Business in China" recorded On-Demand Seminar...
White Paper of the Week...
Recorded On-Demand Seminars on China...
Additional CHINAtalk eJournal June articles...

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China automotive
   
Impact of China on Central European Automotive Industry
China has emerged as a key market for European automakers - and the boom keeps on going. On the other hand, Central European manufacturers face growing pressure from Chinese carmakers (SAIC, Changan, Geely-Volvo etc.).   Read on

China's Auto Market Revved Up In May
China's auto market revved to life in May despite the weakening economy, with vehicle sales jumping nearly 16 percent from a year earlier to 1.61 million units, industry figures showed Saturday. Sales for May in the world's largest ...   Read on

China's Electric Cars No Better Than Ours
If you follow the electric car market, you may have noticed a curious business phenomenon taking place in China. Leaders there are said to be scaling back plans for selling 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) per year by 2015. The problems ...   Read on

How US Automotive Manufacturers Can Improve Sales of Premium Cars in China
Read on

China Automotive Monthly: Executive Summary - May, 2012
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CHINAtalk headline articles

China's Mid-Market Innovators
A new category of competitor - low-price, medium-quality Chinese B2B upstarts - is shaking up the global competitive landscape.  China's largest maker ...   Read on

China - New Government Policy Goal: More Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector
At the start of the new year, the Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Shenzhen All-China Federation of Trade Unions ("ACFTU") and Shenzhen Enterprises Co-Federation jointly announced ...   Read on

China manufacturing moves up the value chain, as labour and currency costs rise, says survey
Rising costs in Mainland China have triggered a shift of labour-intensive manufacturing further inland and in some cases, overseas to lower cost countries across Southeast Asia and South Asia, according to a recent global manufacturing ...   Read on

China Customs Implement an Advance Valuation Review System for Imported Goods
The General Administration of Customs promulgated Notice on Promulgation of the Provisional Regulations on Advance Valuation Review on Import Goods, (Circular 419) on 29 November, 2011, requiring all the PRC customs houses to implement ...   Read on

Part 2: VAT for transportation and logistics sector - key impacts, issues and solutions
Read on

China firms on global buying spree
Read on

Chinese Reverse Mergers Spawned U.S. Class Actions, Report Says
Read on

China Copyright Infringement: It Could Be Worse
Read on

China-EV.org Blog by Alysha Webb
   
Another PHEV powertrain company looks to U.S. for funding and China for customers
Seems China is becoming the Yellow Brick Road for U.S. companies with plug-in hybrid electric drivetrain technology. Or rather, it is becoming the hoped-for Yellow Brick Road. Will be interesting to see how many of the companies ...   Read on

CHINAtalk economic articles

What China's Latest Data Means For Markets And The Chinese Economy
The first string of Chinese data is out but before we jump into what the numbers mean, here's a quick recap ...   Read on

Here Are 15 Reasons Why Everyone's Suddenly Freaking Out About China
In an effort to cool its hot property bubble, China put in place measures to curb speculation in the market. Policymakers also deliberately moved to cool growth with successive RRR rate hikes to curb lending as the economy continued ...   Read on

Doing Business in China? What You Need to Know About Health Care

Is your company struggling to understand the Chinese health care system, the spectrum of medical insurance in China and how the new Social Insurance Law affects your non-local employees? The recently launched ...   Read on 

The Importance of Guanxi when Negotiating in China

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China update - global headline articles

Below are the latest articles from around the world featuring articles on China.   To read these articles, please click here.

 

Ballmer Says China Intellectual Rights Protection 'Weak'
Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek

China's Talent War
Source: Time

China's Chongqing Is First City to Offer Car Subsidy
Source: BloombergBusinessWeek

Volkswagen Reshuffles Management, Eyes China
Source: Fox Business

Factory closures stir China labor disputes
Source: MarketWatch

Outsource of labor tightened in China
Source: China Daily

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Additional CHINAtalk eJournal June articles

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- Now China Wants Law And Order

- Tough times for China's exports warned

- China's Rate Cut Is More Panic than Reform

- Chinese machinery makers seek to buy more European companies

- China: Future foreign investment 'unpredictable'

- Robots lift China's factories to new heights

- Is China Losing Its Luster to Manufacturers?

- Chinese firms keep seeking overseas M&As

- Chinese Rare Earth producers to consolidate and create rare earth giants

- China grants more quotas for rare earth exports

- Focus on Shanghai: An ancient city bustling with au courant exuberance

- Flexible Benefits: An Effective Prescription in China

- Housing prices in China cities down in May

- Selling abroad, China eases slump at home

- Recent China Tax Developments Affecting Private Equity Investment
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