Comments on: Understanding Trial Spots http://www.chinavortex.com/2008/10/understanding-trial-spots/ China | Business | Economy | Internet | Technology Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elliott Ng http://www.chinavortex.com/2008/10/understanding-trial-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-5586 Elliott Ng Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:49:03 +0000 http://www.chinavortex.com/?p=411#comment-5586 Fascinating. This gives me more insight into the need to shop around when locating one's operation in China, and that you must have a compelling reason to locate in Beijing and Shanghai if you are a foreign company. If you can't come up with a compelling reason, you probably shouldn't be there and should be shopping around furiously for the right second tier city. So where are the mavericky equivalents of Sarah Palin and John McCain in China? :) But seriously, what are the best locations for software/BPO/KPO outsourcing businesses? Hangzhou, Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Wuxi, Nanjing, Wuhan? Where are the "trial spots"? And what is to prevent a 2nd tier city from becoming like a 1st tier city in 5 years? <abbr><em>Elliott Ngs last blog post..<a href="http://cnreviews.com/shanghai_transportation/2_new_shanghai_metro_observations_patience_top_gear_20081020.html" rel="nofollow">2 New Shanghai Metro Observations: Patience & Top Gear</a></abbr></em> Fascinating. This gives me more insight into the need to shop around when locating one’s operation in China, and that you must have a compelling reason to locate in Beijing and Shanghai if you are a foreign company. If you can’t come up with a compelling reason, you probably shouldn’t be there and should be shopping around furiously for the right second tier city.

So where are the mavericky equivalents of Sarah Palin and John McCain in China? :)

But seriously, what are the best locations for software/BPO/KPO outsourcing businesses? Hangzhou, Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Wuxi, Nanjing, Wuhan? Where are the “trial spots”? And what is to prevent a 2nd tier city from becoming like a 1st tier city in 5 years?

Elliott Ngs last blog post..2 New Shanghai Metro Observations: Patience & Top Gear

]]> By: Laughingcow http://www.chinavortex.com/2008/10/understanding-trial-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-5585 Laughingcow Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:44:37 +0000 http://www.chinavortex.com/?p=411#comment-5585 Great article! If we talk about the education industry, where would you say the trial spot is now? Great article! If we talk about the education industry, where would you say the trial spot is now?

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