All Roads Lead to China:

While visiting Chengdu this week on some non-profit work, I took notice of the fact that the city of Chengdu has become a work zone. Reminding me of Beijing 8 years ago, the sky is absolutely filled with cranes and half built buildings are EVERYWHERE. Speaking to friends, many of these buildings are selling well, [...]

Important News: DHL sees early signs of Asia stabilising

For the last 20 years, China Post has held the sole right to deliever China’s mail, domestic China express packages, and express letters. It is a situation a regulation that has been frustrating for many of the global express carriers (UPS, FedEx, TNT, and DHL) becasue Logistics is in its simplest form about control of [...]

Even before the economic recession became to take shape, the question of China’s new labor law and the All Chinese Labor Union were being asked.  the former went into effect January 1, 2008, and by September of that year there were thousands of HK firms were saying the new law was forcing costs up, and [...]

Yesterday, while having coffee with another member of the Shanghai halfpat community, we were discussing the fact that the bar was rising in China. That for a foreigner to land in China, hole themselves up in serviced apartments, drink at the local pub, and succeed was getting more difficult. It was ironic that we were [...]