All Roads Lead to China:

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 & [...]