All Roads Lead to China:

Over the last few weeks, a united front of sorts has begun to develop around the issue of whether or not China has erected a new wall, a wall meant to prevent the penetration of foreign economic interests within China’s domestic market. Consisting of chambers of commerce (American and European), multilateral agencies (WTO and WB), [...]

1. Chengdu’s Metro Line 1 laid completely, to start trial operation next October On November 30th, the municipal government of Chengdu held a press conference, announcing that the track-laying of the Metro Line 1 of Chengdu has been completely finished, and the trial operation is predicted to begin next October. 2. Chengdu expected to become [...]

With the DOW Jones hitting recent highs, and all the economic markers pointed up, it appears that people are beginning to come out of their hibernation as I have received several invitations ffrom government agencies to help promote their Shanghai events. Personally, I will have to sit both out as I will be on the [...]

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 [...]

Entering the Chinese mid-market segment: key to long-term success?, by Heiko Gebauer, Thomas Fischer and Elgar Fleisch, is an academic report that I found interesting lately while studying a 2nd tier market plan, and as a followup to a recent conversation about firms moving into the 2nd/ 3rd tier looking for growth. As part of [...]