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 The CHINAtalk eJournal - August 2012
 

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China automotive...
China economy and manufacturing...
China-EV.org Blog by Alysha Webb...
The Fragile Bridge: Conflict Management in Chinese Business...
China logistics and supply chain management...
China 'doing business in ...'...
Doing Business in China? What You Need to Know About Health Care...
The Importance of Guanxi when Negotiating in China...
China human resources...
"Doing Business in China" recorded On-Demand Seminar...
White Paper of the Week...
Recorded On-Demand Seminars on China...
China finance, mergers and acquisitions...

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China automotive
   
China Leads World in Global Light Vehicle Assembly Growth
Presenting challenges and opportunities to automotive suppliers.  There has been a great deal of media coverage regarding the growth in new vehicle demand in the BRIC countries, with much of that growth taking place in China. This is related ...   Read on

Overcapacity: A Potential 'Speed Bump' in the World's Largest Automotive Market
Overcapacity in the auto industry is not an issue across the board. Rather, it is a structural issue with "over" inefficient capacity and "under" efficient capacity.  To ease the problem, there needs an industry consolidation by eliminating ...   Read on

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.). The question is whether and how ...   Read on

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VIDEO: China's small electric vehicles are gaining ground

China Automotive Monthly: Executive Summary (June 2012 report)

China's Auto Sector Hit by New Caps on Car Purchases

Industry group warns more than half of Chinese brands will vanish in 3 to 5 years

China economy and manufacturing

SocGen's Presentation On The Slowing State Of The Chinese Economy
Everyone agrees that China's economy is slowing.In a year of political transition, the Asian giant has to grapple with a deflating housing bubble, job creation, an economic slowdown, a massive shadow banking system, and reforms that would ...   Read on

Multinationals refocus in China to offset wage inflation and increased domestic competition, finds report
China remains a strategically important market for multinationals (MNCs), however they also face a number of challenges as they expand their footprint in the world's second largest economy, according to a recent report.  The report ...   Read on

China to expand high-end equipment manufacturing sector
China is looking to expand the sales revenue of its high-end equipment manufacturing sector to six trillion yuan ($951 billion) by 2015, according to the industry's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) published by the Ministry of Industry ...   Read on

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Chinese Manufacturing. Delivery Date? What Delivery Date?

Is China Losing Its Luster to Manufacturers?

China Embarks on a New Push for Quality

China-EV.org Blog by Alysha Webb
   
China official EV plan short on details, long on optimism. Good news is that China has a plan.
China's State Council finally released the official "Plan for the Development of the Energy Efficient and New Energy Automotive Industry (2012-2020)" last week. The plan is dated June 28, 2012 but the complete document wasn't posted immediately.  Read on

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 shopping ...   Read on

The Fragile Bridge: Conflict Management in Chinese Business

Conflict management in Chinese business. Negotiating in China means dealing with conflict. China is a paradox when it comes to conflict and disagreement. Local Chinese talk about harmony, but seem quick to enter into disputes. They put a ...   Read on  

China logistics and supply chain management

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 an ...   Read on

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Taiwan Export Control Regulatory Reform: China is No Longer a "Restricted Area" Under the Strategic High-Tech Commodity ("SHTC") Regime

VAT for transportation and logistics sector - key impacts, issues and solutions

China 'doing business in ...'

Expanding Your Business in China: What You Need to Know
Tips on how to grasp the nuances of operating your supply chain, warehousing and distribution operations within China. It is an exciting time to be working in the supply chain industry in China. The logistics sector lies in the cross-section ...   Read on

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When is a mooncake a bribe?

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

Recorded On-Demand Seminar - recorded June 1, 2012

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China human resources

China labor shortage may help deal with slowdown
Despite the sharpest economic slowdown in China since the global financial crisis, wages are still climbing rapidly and many companies are having trouble filling jobs--evidence of a structural shortage in the labor market that may help China ...   Read on

Flexible Benefits: An Effective Prescription in China
Since its first appearance in the 1970s, flexible benefits (flex) have become a common benefits element in western countries. Flex is a benefit program that provides a variety of supplemental benefit options to employees based on a ...   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 that in 2010 they will pick 120 ...   Read on

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China labour market now favours workers

Employers Beware: The Changing Landscape of Assignments to Hong Kong

Business travel tips for Shanghai

"Doing Business in China"
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China finance, mergers and acquisitions 

Merger Control in China: Think Twice Before Deciding Not to File a Notifiable Transaction
MOFCOM, the Chinese antitrust agency responsible for merger control, has unveiled draft guidelines1 which will alter the way in which companies approach the need to make merger filings in China.  The draft guidelines introduce a formal ...   Read on

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

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