Research & Analysis

Blending Chinese and Western management styles can help business leaders operate effectively across borders. By Mary Rezek In a global business environment, never has the need been greater for business leaders to be effective and authentic in culturally diverse markets. Today, companies seek and need well-rounded, transcultural leaders if they are to get ahead and […]

China is taking steps to exert more cultural influence on the international stage. How should this be interpreted by those doing business with the emerging superpower? By St. John Moore and Ilse Schache  The press coverage of China’s first lady, Peng Liyuan, when she accompanied her husband, President Xi Jinping, on his first trip abroad […]

Brands and destinations are using social media to attract China’s big-spending overseas travelers. By Christina Nelson  California is already the top US destination for Chinese travelers, but the state’s tourism bureau isn’t taking any chances. In June, Visit California announced that Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan would travel the state as part of the organization’s celebrity […]

Conference: 3rd Annual International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Organizer: Global Sciences & Technology Forum Location: Hotel Fort Canning Singapore Date: July 22-23, 2013 Web: http://www.innov-entrepreneur.org/ Contact: Conference Secretariat Email: [email protected] Phone: +65 6327 0166

America’s image abroad is more positive than China’s, but a growing number of people believe China will overtake the United States as the top economy By Christina Nelson  The United States remains more popular abroad than China, but a growing number of people around the world believe China will become the world’s leading economic power, […]

Can Chinese brands be global powers? by William Brent  At the start of 2013, a transition quietly took place that points to a fundamental shift in the global role of Chinese businesses: China invested more overseas on a monthly basis than it absorbed in foreign direct investment (FDI). After three decades of gobbling up the […]

In recent years, China has established a clear goal to rebalance its economy through increasing imports and growing domestic demand. In line with those objectives, the US-China Business Council (USCBC) has developed this paper to identify sector-specific recommendations government officials may consider to achieve these goals.

While the construction of new golf courses is banned in China, it’s one of the few countries in the world where courses are still being built. By Ben Baden  Ever since the Communist revolution of 1949, the Chinese government has had a complicated relationship with the sport of golf. For years, it was banned and […]

Updated 12:50 pm, 7/12/2013 The United States and China agreed Thursday to begin negotiating a bilateral-investment treaty (BIT), which could open up more business opportunities for American firms in the Chinese market. US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a statement that the agreement was a “significant breakthrough.” “A high-standard US-China bilateral investment treaty is […]

Chinese banks are employing various strategies as they march into international markets by Jonathan Calkins Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by market value, received final approval from US regulators in May 2012 to purchase 80 percent of the US unit of the Bank of East Asia. The deal was […]