Research & Analysis

By Lauren Dodillet China’s state-owned Anbang Insurance Group Co. Ltd. agreed to buy New York City’s landmark Waldorf Astoria Hotel from Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. for $1.95 billion on Monday, reports Forbes. The deal sets dual all-time records: the largest acquisition of US real estate by a Chinese buyer and the most expensive purchase of […]

USCBC is rolling out a Reform Scorecard on a quarterly basis to assess the actual impact of China’s reforms on foreign company concerns. The scorecard is divided into categories based on key themes for reform, such as the role of the state and the market, foreign investment, institutional reform, and others.

Organizer: New York U.S. Export Assistance Center Location: New York Athletic Club, New York, NY Date: Oct. 7-8, 2014 Website: http://export.gov/newyork/discover/index.asp Contact: Melissa Hill Email: [email protected] Phone: 212-471-0062  

By Ellen Huber China and Spain signed business deals worth about $4 billion at the end of September, just before Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy visited China on an investment mission, reports Reuters. Chinese and Spanish companies in industries like finance, nuclear power, and telecom signed a total of 14 deals during a ceremony at […]

By Ellen Huber Intel Corp. announced at the end of September it would invest $1.5 billion into Chinese chip maker Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd., doubling down on its recent efforts to insert itself in China’s mobile market, reports the New York Times. The new investment follows Intel’s announcement of its partnership with another Chinese chip maker, […]

By Ellen Huber China will link the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges over the next month as part of Premier Li Keqiang’s initiative announced in April to open up the Chinese market to foreign investors. The “Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect” will for the first time allow foreign investors to directly trade shares on the […]

 By Ellen Huber and Erin Ennis When nearly one year ago a US business executive received word that his company was flatly denied membership to one of China’s biggest industry specifications and standards associations, he was left with many troubling questions. Were other companies turned down also? Was his company being singled out? But what […]

Organizer: IE Business School Location: Cheung Kong Graduate Business School, Beijing, China Date: September 23-26, 2014 Website: http://www.ie.edu/execed/china-an-inside-view?_adptlocale=en_US Contact: Karolina Cintron Email: [email protected] Phone: +34 915689 669