All Roads Lead to China – Business News, Analysis, and Insights from China:

Just a short note to let you all know that I am off the the next couple of weeks for a couple weeks of R&R Will be back after the 10th.

Logistics China tightens safety checks on mail ahead of National Day Haier Forms Rural Distributor Subsidiary China is changing the face of the global freight industry for good Demand to soar for cold storage Port China Jan.-Aug. Ship Orders Down 82% Commercial shipping in crisis as thousands of ships wait, anchored off the coast of [...]

Wei Gu writes an interesting commentary on the recent decision of the Obama adminstration to tax Chinese tire imports in her piece For Chinese exporters, the grass is greener abroad. That it is just one more reason why the Chinese need to focus on building a domestic economy: By imposing penalties in this case, President [...]

Last week, when President Obama signed off on the new tariffs on imported tires from China, an immediate response from China followed.  In short, the action take was protectionist, without merit, and they had the data to support it.  It was a reaction that indicated to me that, they had their ducks in a row.  [...]

1. Comparing urban education competitiveness, Chengdu ranking fourth The study report on Educational Competitiveness of Chinese Cities released on August 30th by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that among 15 deputy provincial cities in China, Shenzhen ranks first in terms of educational comprehensive competitiveness, and Chengdu ranks fourth. 2. FAW new-energy passenger car to [...]

Earlier this week I received an email titled Five Pitfalls of Metals-Based Sourcing from old friend Lisa Reisman of Metalminer (her husband Jason writes Spendmatters) where she laid out what she sees are the five essential mistakes people make when sourcing metals in commodity form. Misreading the supply market can result in the placement of [...]

While I largely have found the Expo related construction and makeover activities a noise driven annoyance, a recent walk along Fuxing Road uncovered a 2 square block area of villa redevelopments that were quite amazing. Literally rows of houses have been gutted out, and are in the process of being redeveloped for the Expo (confirmed [...]

NOVOZYMES TO MAKE TIANJIN ITS GLOBAL PROCUTION CENTER Novozymes (China) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. will soon expand production again in TEDA to build Tianjin into its global strategic production base. A highlight of the local biopharmaceutical industry, Novozymes (China) Biotechnology is invested by Novozymes, a Danish giant in industrial enzymes (occupying 45% of the global market) [...]