All Roads Lead to China:

Over the past few months, a new trade related story has begun to pick up steam, the settlement of crossborder trade in various currencies other than the US Dollar.  At first glance it is a story that does not catch the eye, because it is often laden with economic analysis that is less than exciting, [...]

Whether it is the entrepreneurs of Wenzhou who have developed the informal lending circles, those returning from Silicon Valley, your local delivery man who represents 6 delivery companies or the freshly minted grads who are receiving government aid, China breadth of entrepreneurial ventures is wide. Some of China’s biggest celebrities (Jack Ma) are in fact [...]

1. Investment of 100 million US dollars, Alibaba to build western base in Chengdu On June 29th, the signing ceremony of the western base project of Alibaba Group was held in Chengdu High-tech Zone. It is learnt that Alibaba Group is to invest 100 million US dollars in Chengdu to build the “Alibaba Western Base”, [...]

As an American living in China for the better part of 8 years, I have experienced the spectrum of customer service experiences, but my experience earlier this week (July 1) at the Westgate ACS office highlighted that within your own office. On (May 14, 2009) my wife I went to the Westgate office to arrange [...]