From the first issue in 1974 and well into the 2010s, the China Business Review was an indispensable resource for businesses, researchers, and policymakers who needed a first-hand account of the challenges and the tremendous opportunities posed by the China market.
Despite a once-in-a-century pandemic, intermittent factory closures, and historically high tensions between the United States and China, US businesses still witnessed multiple positive developments in China last year. In addition to the Phase One trade agreement signing and China’s Foreign Investment Law going into force, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) created a new mechanism for […]
President-Elect Joe Biden’s trade and economic team will face a variety of China-related issues from day one in office. The next US trade representative will have to grapple with what to do with the Phase One trade agreement and tariffs on some $370 billion worth of Chinese goods. The Commerce secretary will be responsible for […]
How the risk landscape has changed for US companies
On September 19, 2020, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released its long-awaited Provisions on the Unreliable Entity List, which is effective immediately. The list is understood to be a direct response to the United States’ Entity List, which several Chinese companies have landed on in recent years, the most notable being the Chinese global telecom […]
With its credibility in question, the WTO is on the hunt for an adept and reform-minded candidate who can avoid strong opposition from both the United States and China.
The sudden, frightful appearance of a new coronavirus in late December of last year caught many American companies by surprise. It seemed that in one minute, expat employees were planning their holidays and in the next, they were evacuated. Whether Black Swan or avian flu events, companies need to regularly update their risk profiles and […]
How both avenues can strengthen a foreign company’s IP portfolio
Uncertainty is not a friend of business, and US-China tensions, tariffs, and COVID-19—just to name a few concerns—have left many businesses to make global investment decisions in murky waters. Despite these challenges, companies must still compete to win business, and are adjusting strategies to position themselves to continue accessing opportunities in the China market. Companies […]
The first clue that told me we were arriving at our destination was the fleet of worn-out vehicles driving past like a single-file caravan of ants without interruption. The second clue—two dozen young men lingering outside a factory, some squatting and others pacing, holding a cigarette in one hand and thumbing their cell phone with […]
[The princess’s suitors] were told to cut a slice of moon, or change the ocean into wine. They were set to finding things that never were, and building things that could not be.—James Thurber, “The Thirteen Clocks” (1950) In mathematics, a null set is a category with nothing in it, an empty box. By instructing the […]
