China

No big business stories (since nothing changed during the Plenum) but the one-child policy is officially being reformed and several […]

The story about LEGO below is very interesting, I briefly mention them in my book but their growth has even

3rd Plenum has ended but no specific reforms have been publicized yet.  Par for the course.  And Single’s Day (11-11)

Probably the most important story for most foreigners out here is the coming stagnation of the EFL industry, see the

The WSJ article below about EFL education is very sobering to anyone wanting to get involved in that area as

I’m surprised that there have not been any overseas initiatives to work with local match-makers to help the 30-40 million

I am in the process of packing and moving so not many comments right now, a few interesting stories.  By

A wide variety of news over the past week, I think the biggest business opportunity listed below is with elderly

Several interesting stories, including a nugget about upcoming college entrance requirements and the removal of English as a requirement (see

Some opportunities around for real estate developers in the new free trade zone being developed in Shanghai.  And if you

According to Chasing the Chinese Tourist Yuan from The Wall Street Journal: But in the aggregate, Chinese tourists have now

A few stories from the past couple of days.  The free-trade zone mania seems like a positive trend, here is

If you want to run a standardized test taking center in Hong Kong or South Korea, you could probably make

As I have told my younger Chinese friends who are looking to start their own sport companies, I recommend trying

This is a combination of news from the last two days as well as the first days of the summer. 

Because the business news cycle was very slow in China this past summer, many of these links are a couple

Mostly China-related news from the past couple of weeks.  Special thanks to James M, Michael T and of course Sinocism.com.

I had lunch today with a former colleague of mine at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.  He noted

According to a recent USA Today report: Early next year, China will replace Canada as the global coffee giant’s second-largest

From The Economic Observer this past week according to Akira Mizutani of Yaskawa Electric Corporation: “The total sale of robots

A couple weeks ago I had dinner with a large group of IT/engineers in eastern Shanghai and was fortunate to

This past spring I interviewed Matt Garner, a friend and expert on Chinese social media and e-commerce.  I’d like to

My friend Mark DeWeaver (who wrote the Foreword to my book) has penned a couple of interesting op-eds recently both