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.
Shuang Shan Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), the world’s largest chip maker by revenue, announced Monday its plans to invest $3 billion in a 12-inch wafer production facility and design service center in Nanjing, China. The facility, wholly-owned by TSMC, will have the capacity to produce 20,000 12-inch wafers per month. Production is expected […]
A major challenge facing US firms that do business in Asia: finding the right partner—whether that is a co-owner of your business, a manufacturer or a distributor. It’s not easy to find such partners, even when you are both in the same country. But when you are looking to form an alliance across thousands of miles, navigating geographic distance, language barriers and cultural differences can require extra effort.
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On December 2, the US-China Business Council hosted Gala 2015 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The event celebrated USCBC and its membership’s history of leadership, achievements, and partnerships in support of building strong US-China commercial relations with approximately 400 guests in attendance, including US and PRC government officials, members of Congress, business […]
Shuang Shan China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG)—a state-owned power company—agreed on Wednesday to operate two major Brazilian hydroelectric power stations for the next 30 years. The $3.7 billion deal makes CTG the biggest player in Brazil’s hydropower plant auction this year, a government initiative aimed to narrow Brazil’s budget deficit. The deal gives CTG—the sole […]
How Nestlé Won China’s Goodwill
Nestlé’s goodwill strategy enables it to balance the two significant, often competing, issues facing companies: creating shareholder value through value-chain activities and using social responsibility to enhance local stakeholder value in China. Of course, a goodwill strategy cannot address all issues, but Nestlé’s success here does provide a compelling case.
Chinese people are less stressed than Americans, but share some of the same Top 5 stressors.
Shuang Shan China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) acquired 100 percent of Edra Global Energy Bhd, the second-largest power producer in Malaysia and the power subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), for $2.3 billion and the assumption of all of Edra’s unspecified debt. The purchase, which came on the heels of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s […]
Singles aren’t alone in China. Singles Day, a manufactured holiday for online shopping in China akin to Cyber Monday, drew in 82 percent of shoppers who spent an average of 1,577 yuan ($247 USD) on Nov. 11. In 2009, Alibaba challenged singletons to shop online on the loneliest day of the calendar: 11/11. In 2014, […]
Photo by blake.thornberry via FlickrWhen Joel
Moser, founder and CEO of Aquamarine Investment Partners, a global
institutional investor and manager of private equity, set out to meet possible
partners and learn the real estate and energy infrastructure plans around Asia,
he landed in the Longgang district of Shenzhen, China. He knew he was in the
city of the future, ripe with development and set to dethrone Hong Kong as the
portal to the West.Q: You describe your visit to Shenzhen as
eye-opening
