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  • Selling Your Product Into China. What You Need To Know.

    May 17, 2012 17:16

    Selling Your Product Into China. What You Need To Know.

    ABC News is pushing (I received two different emails from ABC on it) a Diane Sawyer/ABC News clip entitled, “‘Made in America’ Products Selling in China.” Though it is the proverbial 3.28 minute puff piece, it is right on the big picture. There are huge opportunities to sell American product [...]

     
  • My Perfect Beijing Day: Sarah Peel, founder of Beijing’s first Kindermusik Studio

    May 17, 2012 15:51

    My Perfect Beijing Day: Sarah Peel, founder of Beijing’s first Kindermusik Studio

    My days, even the perfect ones, always start early cajoling my daughter out of bed and onto the school bus. By the time she is out the door I am desperate for a coffee. I brew up some fresh ground Shangrila Farms beans, add a splash of milk from Greenyard [...]

     
  • China Real Estate Unravels

    May 16, 2012 16:32

    China Real Estate Unravels

      As a prelude to a broader analysis of China’s GDP, and the accuracy of its official GDP figures, I want to start by examining the national real estate statistics for the first four months of 2012.  This discussion feeds into the broader GDP picture, but the property story that [...]

     
  • Boogie Nights: Beijing’s Hottest Dance Clubs

    May 16, 2012 10:35

    Boogie Nights: Beijing’s Hottest Dance Clubs

    Beijing dance clubs have come a long way from the days when there were but a few sparsely-filled hotel discos where “hostesses” and the house DJ typically outnumbered the patrons 10-to-1. Nowadays you can get your freak on at any number of hip hop and r&b clubs or immerse yourself [...]

     
  • Local partners to take over the Big Four

    May 15, 2012 17:07

    Local partners to take over the Big Four

    China Ministry of Finance has issued guidelines for the restructuring of the Big Four in China. As I have previously reported, the joint venture terms for the Big Four expire in 2012 for three of the firms with PwC getting an extra five years. Because of a WTO exception, the [...]

     
  • SALT’s Paulo De Souza Del Aguila Brings South American Flair to Beijing

    May 15, 2012 11:00

    SALT’s Paulo De Souza Del Aguila Brings South American Flair to Beijing

    Chef Paulo De Souza Del Aguila’s background is as cosmopolitan as Beijing itself. The 36-year-old Peruvian holds a German residence visa, Swiss work permit, Spanish residency and now calls Beijing his home. With an impressive resume that includes stints at El Bulli in Spain and Gordon Ramey’s restaurant in London, [...]

     
 
 
 
 
  • Inter-Chamber Networking Event

    Inter-Chamber Networking Event

    May 14, 2012 16:34

    AmCham China, along with numerous other Chambers, is hosting one of the year’s biggest parties, the Inter-Chamber Networking Event. Co-organized...

     
 
  • The Mobile Tech Issue is Out!

    The Mobile Tech Issue is Out!

    May 2, 2012 15:41

    In this issue, Agenda meets the experts from mobile technology industry in China. The Great Wall Club’s Barrett Parkman previews the...

     
 
 

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