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When the RMB first moved from 8.28 to 8.11 per USD, it was rumored that Beijing would look to hold the RMB at the HKD/ USD peg for a while, then remove the HKD. It was one of those rumors that made some in my circle begin to wonder just how much longer Hong Kong [...]

While the Sanlu scandal was perhaps the single largest food scandal that China has publicly faced, I have always had a healthy sense of foods that I should not consume (see my previous post Even My iPhone May Have Melamine). It is a sense that has kept me from eating all sorts of food while [...]

Last week’s Newsweek article Generic Giants: Why China Can’t Create Brands took a stab at answering the question many have been asking: Whee are China’s brands. It is one of those debates that has been ongoing throughout the duration of my time here, and is usually partnered with the equally unanswered question. When will Chinese [...]

Later that week, while walking from Xintiandi to Huai Hai plaza (roughly 1km) to an event, I took out my iPhone camera to capture one of those moments where I realized that all the good economic recovery news was not translating to the street. In short, over the course of my 1km journey, I captured [...]

the recently released 8 page report Manufacturing in China Opportunities in a competitive market (download here) is the first in a series of regular reports from AMCHAM, and it is well worth the read. A report that draws on AMCHAM’s large membership of firms operating in China, its Small Manufacturers Business Council, and Booz & [...]

Friend Pierig Vezin of WethicA (one of my recommended vendors) has put out one of his more compelling newsletters to date where he offers readers Untouched Pictures of Factory Conditions around Asia. We are posting real untouched photos of factory working conditions from about one year ago. We have decided this summer to show you [...]

Port Shenzhen Port sees 10.8% increase in export to ASEAN in H1 Logistics World’s largest bulk cargo port company founded in Hebei DHL Unit to Add 10 Transit Hubs in China Air Shanghai carriers caution investors Water Jiangsu Rongsheng signs $483m Oman Shipping VLOC deal Kawasaki’s China venture to delay shipbuilding dock Road Overloading caused [...]

When visiting Beijing several weeks ago, I was clear that the traffic issues that were began shortly after the SARS epidemic were out of control.  What ws once a half hour drive, was now an hour.  3rd ring road was a parking lot… connected to another parking lot.. and the only way to get around [...]