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China: Which Century Are You Building For?

By on Saturday, February 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment

@GregoryLent on Twitter just pointed me to this article, A User’s Guide to 21st Century Economics, by Umair Haque which I recommend highly. After reading this article, some questions which came to mind: Chinese companies traditionally have not been good at adding value. How well can they adjust to the new 21st century economic situation? [...]

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Why Western Employers Are More Attractive To Many Chinese

By on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 | 13 Comments

China is a nation of entrepreneurs, and according to statistics, has 85 million businesses compared to the US’s 25 million. Considering that China has about four times the population of the US, the proportion is about right. These numbers reveal that China is in fact, not a socialist nation, but is instead one which has [...]

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China’s Biggest Challenge for Developing the West

By on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 | 7 Comments

The Chinese government has done much to encourage the development of China’s west, particularly Sichuan province, which is the home to some 100 million people, making it larger in population than any single western European country, including Britain, France and even Germany. From a business and consumers’ point of view, the region holds tremendous promise. [...]

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Is It Possible For A Western-Managed Business To Succeed In China?

By on Friday, February 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments

China’s increasingly important global role means that more and more businesses are coming to China. While there has been a significant presence among multinationals for nearly 30 years, now companies are coming in at earlier stages. Now some startups are even choosing to start in China instead of Silicon Valley. This trend has been encouraged [...]

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White Paper Comparing China/India Software Outsourcing

By on Sunday, December 9th, 2007 | 4 Comments

I have just published a new white paper called “Why Indian Software Outsourcing Companies Are Outsourcing to China”. The white papers covers the reasons why the Indian companies are coming to China, which mostly have to do with how tapped out the infrastructure in India is, the shortage of human talent, and lack of hardware [...]

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What’s Global and What’s Local?

By on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 | 3 Comments

With all the talk about globalization, as well as what is working and what isn’t about it, it’s time to drill down and find out what businesses are global by nature, and what businesses are local by nature. For companies who are entering China, or are planning to go from China into international markets, this [...]

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Where’s the Fantasy, Creativity and Imagination In China?

By on Monday, October 1st, 2007 | 6 Comments

I have been spending a lot of time recently with game developers in China. Didn’t plan it this way, but it has been interesting. I have a few thoughts about the industry based on my observations. Most of them apply to both gaming and animation. So far, the biggest takeaway I have had so far [...]

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