: http://www.emerging-china.com Thu, 15 May 2008 07:16:45 -0400 en-us http://www.rabsila.com http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/737911.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/737911.html Toyota, Japan's largest car manufacturer intends to increase investment in its Changchun base.Toyota is considering building new factories in various places, Hideaki Homma, a spokesman for the company told local… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 News http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/806038.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/806038.html The Beijing Olympic Games will have a deep impact on the tourism industry's hotel sector and increase global awareness of China's cultural destinations in the west and central regions. "The… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Feature http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/824486.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/824486.html May 15, 2008--Shanghai Volkswagen opened its fourth auto plant in Jiangsu province to meet the surging requirements of Chinese clients, the company announced on April 18. The new plant is… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/909758.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/909758.html Monday's Sichuan earthquake damaged power plants and power lines, taking out a 5.5 gigawatts of power generating capacity, according to the State Grid Corp of China.State Grid, China's dominant grid… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/911744.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/911744.html We don't normally cover politically sensitive topics -- like natural disasters or other crises -- in this publication.But this week's earthquake in Sichuan province not only has a major impact… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Editorial http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/912289.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/912289.html Foreign businesses, organizations and embassies reacted quickly after the Monday earthquake with offers of aid and support.On Wednesday, General Electric announced a US$2 million donation. Of this, 10 million yuan… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 News http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/913759.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/913759.html The earthquake in China's Sichuan province on Monday caused 80 tones of toxic liquid ammonia to leak from two chemical plants in Shifang city, to the south-east of the picenter,… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/913863.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/913863.html Guangdong's manufacturers and exporters come under increased pressure as a result of the new labor law as well as changing economics, according to Hong Kong-based investment firm CLSA Asian Markets.… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Feature http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/913931.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/913931.html May 15, 2008--The third-annual Central China Expo concluded in Wuhan yesterday with over US$40 billion in agreements signed between business people from 113 countries and six central provinces includes Shanxi,… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/915616.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/915616.html Intel and other chip makers with plants in Sichuan province have halted their operations in the earthquake-struck region, reported the state-owned Shanghai Daily newspaper reported. Intel operates a $450-million assembly… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/915715.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/915715.html Damaged reservoirs and hydroelectic dams still pose a danger in earthquake-hit regions, Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei told the state-owned Xinhua newswire on Thursday.According to the wire service, a… Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/907709.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/907709.html The Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges halted trading Tuesday in 45 and 21 companies, respectively, as a result of the earthquake in Sichuan province, reported the state-owned Xinhua… Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/843401.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/843401.html Jingangwan International Logistics Park, started construction in Lianyungang recently, the state-owned People's Daily newspaper reported Wednesday.The park, located in northern Jiangsu province, will take five years to complete and will… Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/738127.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/738127.html Chang'an International Corporation [CHANA], a Chongqing-based automobile manufacturer, plans to establish an R&D center in Japan this April."The plan on the establishment of an R&D center in Japan is still… Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 News http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/741521.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/741521.html HSBC Bank (China) Co. Ltd. is set to open its Zhengzhou branch by August this year, according to a local spokesman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). The CBRC… Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 News http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/751568.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/751568.html With China's mainland financial market gradually opening up, foreign banks are moving fast into second-tier cities, including coastal and hinterland locations in the central and western regions for expansion."CBRC encourages… Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Feature http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/809604.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/809604.html Sales at China's top 100 chain stores increased 21 percent to 1trillion yuan (US$ 143.3 billion) last year, according to state-owned Xinhua newswire citing a report released by the China… Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/810057.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/810057.html China's regional jet, the ARJ21-700, won't make its maiden flight until September or October due to delays in the supply of key parts that are up to par with the… Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/835888.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/835888.html When the hijackers flew those airplanes into New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Americans were -- briefly -- united in their horror and outrage.That outrage led the… Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Editorial http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/807211.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/807211.html British retail giant Tesco will open the first of a planned five stores in Hefei by the end of this year, the Hefei Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau announced… Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 News http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/805284.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/805284.html Amsterdam-based WageIndicator Foundation and Beijing's Renmin University launched a Chinese wage data collection project this month. Minimum wage data for the provinces is already available on their website, WageIndicator.cn (Google… Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Brief http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/717226.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/717226.html Local governors are positioning Wuhan City as the automotive capital of Central China in view of brisk sales from the presence of global automotive giants in this historic industrial hub.… Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Feature http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/744677.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/744677.html This week, the big news for many of my company's clients has been the Eliot Spitzer scandal in New York. My company provides editorial coverage to Wall Street magazines, among… Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Editorial http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/674804.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/674804.html Beijing-based ASIMCO is a foreign-invested company established in 1994 specifically to serve the Chinese automotive components market. ASIMCO has 17 factories in eight provinces around China, and has a strong… Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Feature http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/671118.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/671118.html This weekend, a friend asked me to tell him all I knew about consultants in China -- but to tell it quickly, since he didn't have much time.My initial thought… Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Editorial http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/647604.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/647604.html Frivolous lawsuits are one of the banes of Western corporate life. Lawsuit artists walk through stores looking for puddles to slip in, sue restaurants for the coffee being too hot… Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Editorial http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/542120.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/542120.html McDonald's, like KFC, has been Sinicising its menu, offering up items designed to appeal to Chinese tastes. This would seem to be both common sense and completely unnecessary -- common… Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Column http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/574480.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/574480.html Customer service is one of those elusive concepts that seems to be defined by its absence. You recognize it most when it is missing. It is also an area where… Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Column http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/500846.html http://www.emerging-china.com/articles/500846.html Coming from the US, a country famous as a place where everyone does their own thing, the power of a central government to control people's lives can be impressive. It's… Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Column