The Pace of Innovation in China
Professor David McHardy Reid from the Albers School of Business and Economics in Seattle University has published around 100 papers, three books and numerous articles in management journals, mainly on...
View ArticleResources You Should Know When Exporting to China
Do you know, as a business owner, you have access to many kinds of resources that can help you export products or services? When we, the consultants at PTCG work with American companies to grow...
View ArticleCrossing Global Boundaries
When an expatriate is moving to China, it is incredibly challenging, not just for the expatriate, but also for the whole family to adapt, transit, and assimilate to the unfamiliar environment and...
View ArticleThe General Aviation Industry in China
The General Aviation industry in China is still a relatively green field, with vast market opportunity but a few competitors. This industry started to boom since China announced the 13th...
View ArticleChinese Tourists and Students Generate Opportunities Overseas
In 2017, Chinese citizens made about 130 million overseas trips and 4.53 billion domestic trips. Among them, about 3 million Chinese visited United States, which is about 4% of the total international...
View ArticleEncore: Strategies for Building Business Partnerships in China
Many people know China is a huge market and they cannot ignore it, but they also have concerns about working in a market they are not familiar with, and especially after having heard stories about...
View ArticleChina's 'Toilet Revolution' and Water Resources Sustainability
China launched a toilet revolution across the country in 2015 with an aim to make such facilities cleaner and more regulated. In 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, “China should continue to...
View ArticleHow to Build a Positive Image for Your Brand in China
Just like an individual person, every company or brand also has certain image in public’s eyes, no matter if it is the kind of image you prefer or not. Your company or brand may have already...
View ArticleWashington State's Collaboration with China
Located at the Northwest corner of the United States and by the Pacific Ocean, Washington State is the No. 1 state in USA in terms of trade volume with China. It is interesting to investigate...
View ArticleTrade with China in The Apparel Industry
“Made in China” is almost everywhere in our life, no matter which country you are living. Today we will talk about the apparel industry and the trade with China, with Mr. Benjamin Lee. For four...
View ArticleOpportunities for Advanced Enterprise Solutions in China
Since 1980s, companies took advantages of China’s low cost labor, land and materials to compete in the market. However, today labor and land cost is no longer competitive in China, and Chinese...
View ArticleThe Rising Demand in Health Care Products by Chinese Consumers
China’s GDP has grown 30x from 1990 to 2017, and the annual per capita income of urban households has increased 22x within the past 27 years. Chinese consumers have a lot more disposable income to...
View ArticleThe Innovation of Chinese Management Model
Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Qingdao, China, Haier Group is a global leading provider of better-life solutions, with its white goods business brand more famous than others for nine consecutive...
View ArticleCollaboration in the Semiconductor Industry Between US and China
China's ZTE, which the US government has accused of repeated sanctions violations, has paid a $1 billion fine, and put $400 million in an escrow account, so that it can continue purchase technology,...
View ArticleThe Perception and Reality of Chinese Technology Innovation
The western world has a perception that China is a copycat, and Chinese people do not innovate. The intensifying US-China trade war has further led Americans’ opinions on China through western...
View ArticleThe Foundation of China's Economical Miracles
China’s GDP was 150 billion USD in 1978, and has grown to 12.25 trillion USD in 2017, it is 82 times in 40 years. What has driven this amazing growth in China’s GDP? Mr. Y.P. Chan, a successful...
View ArticleBring Your Ideas Live Through Chinese Manufacturers
As the world’s manufacturer, China has been the place where many consumer products are being produced. From “Made in China”, to “Made by China”, China has gone through a journey from using its cheap...
View ArticleChinese Cultural DNA in the Context of World Class Enterprise
Mr. Y.P. Chan, a successful business leader and consultant, as well as a researcher and lecture, has conducted a research to understand why some companies can last one hundred years while most cannot?...
View ArticleCulture Exchange Through Music - How to Bring Your Music to China
Grew up in China and then moved to the US in the 1980s, Dr. Austin Huang is the founder of Merit Engineering Inc, and he has been on this show in the episode “China’s “Toilet Revolution” and...
View ArticleHow to Achieve World-Class Operational Management in MNCs?
Many multi-national companies have set up manufacturing sites in China over the past 30 years to leverage China’s cheap labor and low-cost materials. Keeping a dozen or more sites operating efficiently...
View ArticleKey Steps for Healthcare Companies Entering the China Market
In a previous episode, Why Did Some Companies Fail While Others Succeeded in China, Mr. Weidong Chen, founder and CEO of HAORAY LLC (haoray.com), shared his thoughts about the healthcare sector...
View ArticleThe Experience at the China International Import Expo
China hosted the first ever China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, Nov 5th – 10th, 2018. The official result from that event was significant, with the value of intended deals topping over...
View ArticleBlockchain and China
Blockchain technology is one of the new technologies that will build a new game-leading advantage, cited in China’s 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). On the other hand, in 2018, China government has...
View ArticleCES and China International Technology Fair
The 2019 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas was a big success with over 4,500 exhibiting companies attended the show during Jan 8-11. I attended CES, and I was amazed by the number of Chinese...
View ArticleMarket Intelligence and Strategies for Tech Firms Going to China
Going global is a survival strategy for many tech companies, and China is too big of the global market to ignore. If you are a tech company leader and are wondering if you should expand to the China...
View ArticleGrowing Global Influence: Chinese Customers and Fashion
The global apparel market is always changing, attempting to adapt to customer trends and cultural differences. Chinese companies in the fashion industry have evolve their global role from providing...
View ArticleChina and The Sustainable Fashion
Fashion is a $2.4 trillion-dollar global business (2% of world’s GDP), and is one of the most polluting industries in the world. Sustainability is a complex and critical issue in today’s fashion...
View ArticleUsing Trade Shows to Market Products in China
One of the first steps in doing business in China is establishing relationships with potential partners and customers. To do this, you will want to meet people face-to-face. A trade show is a great...
View ArticleTips for Attending Trade Shows in China
In our last episode, I shared my interview by ChinaBiz Connect about trade shows in China. As I pointed out, one of the first steps in doing business in China is establishing relationships with...
View ArticleWhat Type of Business Entity to Register in China?
When foreign companies want to establish a business presence in China, they generally have the following options: 1. Representative Office (RO), 2. Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE) 3. Joint...
View ArticleHow to Protect Your Intellectual Property in China?
Intellectual Property Protection is one of the major hot negotiation points in the US and China Trade Talks. What is the IP protection situation today in China? What can foreign companies do to protect...
View ArticleA Snapshot of Chinese Investment in US Commercial Real Estate
In the past decade, Chinese investment in the US commercial real estate market was like riding a roller coaster, rising up rapidly from the ground in 2011, peaked at $16.2B in 2016 then dropped over...
View ArticleUnderstanding Cultural Difference to Make Negotiation Effective
In our last episode, we talked about the trends of Chinese investment in the US commercial real estate market. In todays interview, I invited a US Top 1 percentage real estate agent Janice Cai to share...
View ArticleEducation in Rural China
We all know China has emerged to the second largest economy in the world during the past decades and Chinese are rich, however, some rural areas in China are still underdeveloped, and school children...
View ArticleChinese Real Estate Developers Investing in The US Market
Chinese investors have been riding the US commercial real estate (CRE) wave, the total investment in the US rising up rapidly from the ground in 2011, peaked at $16.2B in 2016 then dropped over 55% in...
View ArticleModern China Craves for Creative Architects
If you are visiting China for the first time, you will be amazed by its modern cities with stunning high-rise buildings scoring to the sky. Today’s China has a strong appetize for innovation and...
View ArticleMobile Payment is Ubiquitous in China, and What is Coming Next?
Mobile payment is ubiquitous in China and it is enabled through a different way than in the western world. According to eMarketer, in addition to the pervasive usage at ecommerce through online mobile...
View ArticleIncrease in Chinese Students Studying in the U.S.
The number of Chinese students studying in the US colleges and universities has increased 3.7 times in the past ten years, from 98,235 in the school year of 2008-2009 to 369,548 in the school year of...
View ArticleUnpacking the U.S.-China Phase I Trade Deal & the COVID-19 Impact
What is the Phase 1 trade agreement between the U.S and China? What does it mean for businesses in the US and China? And what is the impact of the unexpected COVID-19 to this deal as well as to the...
View ArticleThe Cost of Tariffs on the US & China ICT Industry
Our last episode was with Seattle Economist Spencer Cohen on the Impact of the Phase I trade agreement between the U.S and China, and the unexpected COVID-19 to this deal. In today’s episode, Dr. Badri...
View ArticleUnderstanding The Potential Economic Impact of COVID19
In our last episode, Dr. Badri Narayanan talked about the impact of the tariffs to the US and China Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, and what companies can do to deal with this...
View ArticleOpportunities and Risks in China’s Aviation Supply Chain Market
By 2025, China will be the largest aviation market in the world. Analysts forecast, in the next 20 years China will add an additional 8,000 new passenger aircraft, and this demand will create huge...
View ArticleMaintaining Business Relationships with China During Difficult Times
In mid-May of 2020, US President Donald Trump said the US 'could cut off the whole relationship' with China as tensions escalate during the pandemic. Experts say ‘the US and China have entered the...
View ArticleKnowing the Legal Basics When Doing Business in China
Small and medium companies often find it is difficult and expensive to get legal services when doing business in a foreign jurisdiction, especially when language and culture are different than your own...
View ArticleHow Has Covid-19 Changed Business in China?
Covid-19 has changed the life for every human being in the world, no matter where you are on the earth. The pandemic started two to three months earlier in China, and by June, most people have returned...
View ArticleIs China Leading in Blockchain & IoT Industries?
What can the combination of Blockchain and IoT (Internet of Things) help industries transform in today’s world? What are some examples in the market today? Karl Weaver, Global Business Development...
View ArticleIs Now a Good Time to Invest in China?
Aaron Rose, an investor, board member, corporate advisor, and co-founder of multiple companies, has been doing business in China for near 20 years. His blog “Solutions for a Sustainable World” offers...
View ArticleThe Secret Sauce for Foreign Startups Succeed in China
Many Israeli startups are very successful in the US market, so what is the secret sauce for their success in the US? And what part of that recipe can be relevant to another big, but very different...
View ArticleEffective Communications: The Key to Brand, Reputation and Success in China
Effective communication is very important to a company’s success in markets, especially when western brands enter and operate in China. We have heard stories of well-known American or European brands...
View ArticleGrow Your Business in China Through Digital Marketing
In the June 2020 report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted that global GDP would contract by 4.9% in 2020, the U.S. economy is expected to contract by 8% and the European area by 10%....
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