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02 Oct 09
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Huawei's 3G browser deal Huawei, China's fast-growing telecoms equipment maker, has struck a deal with Japan's Access to incorporate the latter's mobile phone browser in Huawei 3G cellular phones... |
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02 Oct 09
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HK plays host to data centres HK's strategic location on the mainland's doorstep combined with its business-friendly regime make it the idea place for a data centre hosting business, argues UK firm DediPower... |
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02 Oct 09
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Helping China build greener Sustainable" and "construction" don't often appear next to each other, and rarely in China. So its good to see one organisation trying to promote environmentally-friendly building... |
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01 Oct 09
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EU seeks level playing field The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China has found a litany of issues that obstruct European businesses in China, including weak IPR protection, opaque legislation and restrictive certification procedures.. |
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01 Oct 09
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JA Solar inks tie-up Yes, Chinese tech firms do innovate. JA Solar, one of China's biggest solar cell manufacturers, hopes to leapfrog its rivals using innovative "solar ink" manufacturing technnology .. |
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01 Oct 09
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Guangdong likes it heavy Growth for growth's sake still apparently works for Guangdong. The local government wants to attract chemical and manufacturing industries to Guangdong's underdeveloped western region... |
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30 Sep 09
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Chinese solar market to eclipse west Strong government support for the solar sector could see China evolve from an area devoted primarily to manufacturing solar panels to one of the world's largest buyers.. |
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30 Sep 09
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SinoLatin eyes LatAm deals We read a lot about China's growing involvement -- and influence -- in Latin America. Sinolatin, a new Shanghai-based private equity firm, hopes to capitalise on that interest... |
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30 Sep 09
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DST Global speaks Chinese DST Global Solutions is the latest technlogy firm to wake up to the potential of the Chinese financial services market and it has launched a website for Greater China... |
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30 Sep 09
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Martin means business Restaurant Martin, brainchild of Michelin-starred chef Martin Berasategui, is an ambitious -- some would say risky -- attempt to export Spain's famed Basque Country cuisine to China... |
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29 Sep 09
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China warms to emission trading China will include a pilot emissions trading scheme in its next five-year plan for economic development. But western businesses and consultants hoping for guidance on the prospects for carbon trading in China will remain frustrated... |
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29 Sep 09
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HSBC goes back to its roots Sign of the times. HSBC, the London-based banking giant, is to relocate its chief executive's office to Hong Kong.
Anyone who had been asleep for the past twenty years would wonder what the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, as the bank was... |
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29 Sep 09
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Cloudy future for Dongyin IBM hopes to convert the Yellow River Delta over to "harmonious development" and a modern services-led economy using the cloud computing model... |
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10 Sep 09
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Telefonica and China Unicom swap stock Despite the poor precedents for global alliances, Telefónica is to increase its holding in China Unicom to just above 8%. More significantly, the Chinese company will take a 0.9% stake in Telefónica - the first Chinese stake in a European telco... |
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10 Sep 09
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Inner Mongolia gets giant solar farm China is to build a massive 2.2GW solar farm in Inner Mongolia using solar panels from US vendor First Solar. The facility, located near Ordos City, will be built in stages starting with a 30MW demonstration project... |
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14 Aug 09
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Down time EngagingChina is taking a short break.
Normal service will be resumed next week. |
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07 Aug 09
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China's first green volunteer Tianping Auto Insurance becomes China's first company to put its hand in its pocket and voluntarily buy carbon emission credits to offset the environmental impact of its business... |
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07 Aug 09
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Everbright catches IPO fever Chinese IPO fever is raging once more so it was only a matter of time before Everbright Securities, the state-controlled broker, dusted off shelved plans for an IPO... |
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07 Aug 09
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Thirst for Snow SABMiller, the brewing giant, reports that lager sales in China rose 17% in Q2 2009, in sharp contrast to the European beer market where the weight of the recession cut beer sales 7%... |
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03 Aug 09
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China to overtake Japan in telecoms China's telecoms market is poised to overtake Japan's by 2014.
The prediction serves as a wake-up call for those western vendors for whom "Asia" has traditionally meant first and foremost Japan... |
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31 Jul 09
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China rises Although it might seem counter-intuitive, China's manufacturing sector has emerged strengthened by the recent turmoil in global financial markets and the PRC is moving up fast on the services front as well... |
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31 Jul 09
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Cisco to improve supply chains US networking giant Cisco has teamed up with Fudan University to create the Cisco-Fudan-Stanford Supply Chain Leadership Institute, which has officially launched its first training programme... |
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30 Jul 09
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A greener (other) China Taiwan, aka the Republic of China, has stolen a lead over its bigger mainland rival, the PRC, by committing to hard targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions... |
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30 Jul 09
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House hunting with the BoC Salvation could be at hand for UK borrowers desperate to get back on the property ladder in the shape of Bank of China which, amazingly, believes now is a good time to enter the UK mortgage market... |
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29 Jul 09
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Generators urged to go green China's three largest power generators together emitted more CO2 than the UK's total emissions in 2008. Greenpeace is urging China's top ten power companies to reduce their heavy reliance on coal and to stop dragging their feet over their renewable energy... |
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29 Jul 09
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Don't drink the water More than 2,600 people have fallen ill in Inner Mongolia after their tap water supply was contaminated during heavy rainfall. It remains striking that the word's second biggest economy cannot guarantee safe drinking water for its population... |
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29 Jul 09
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Control not harmony Management books tell multinationals to let local Chinese executives handle the day-to-day operations of their China offices. But a hands-off management style can be interpreted locally as a weakness as Germany's Business Media China discovered to its... |
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21 Jul 09
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The People Pleasers! Chinese conglomerate Yu Wan Mei has a saying "Fish time is success time" and that motto has helped put the company on a solid growth trajectory and also on the cover of satirical magazine The Onion... |
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20 Jul 09
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Scary stories from Korea Food producers are being accused of failing to take action over food contamination and poor quality standards. Oh no, not another food scare story from China. Wrong, this time it is Korea that is in the dock... |
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20 Jul 09
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Chinese made easier For those who always meant to learn Chinese but never can quite find the time, TargetChinese may be the answer. Created by New Oriental Education & Technology Group, the fast-growing provider of private educational services... |
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20 Jul 09
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Sunderland looks east Sunderland, a former shipbuilding city in the northeast of England, does not look much like Silicon Valley. But Sunderland hopes that a trade mission to China will help cultivate new hi-tech trade links.. |
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17 Jul 09
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IBM makes hotel smarter IBM has won a contract to transform Hangzhou's Dragon Hotel into a "smart hotel" . Technology will be an integral part of its transformation into the first "platinum" five-star hotel in Hangzhou.. |
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17 Jul 09
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Vans, trucks and automobiles China plans a second "cash for clunkers" scheme to stimulate sales of light trucks, vans and minibuses.
The scheme is modeled on an earlier one for passenger vehicles whose success caused passenger car sales to rocket ahead in the first six months of this... |
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17 Jul 09
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EU tool sector feels heat Europe's machine tool sector is worried that Chinese companies will take advantage of the weak economic conditions to acquire European rivals and so obtain advanced technology... |
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16 Jul 09
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China saves the day for Nokia China was the only region where Nokia sold more phones this quarter than in the same quarter last year. Its disappointing results show just how rapidly the mobile phone market has come off the boil... |
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16 Jul 09
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KFC's recipe for success Many books claim to help western businesses discover the "secret recipe" for success in China. But the rise of fast-food giant Yum! Brands in China has little to do with the unique recipe for its famous KFC fried chicken... |
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16 Jul 09
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Chinese carmakers eye Africa Chinese carmakers are making increasingly aggressive moves in Africa. Chana Auto plans to invest $80m in South Africa over the next five years. Meanwhile, Geely Automobile is engaged in a similar expeditionary mission in Algeria... |
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16 Jul 09
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China chip deal for netbooks China's Institute of Computing Technology has struck a deal with Silicon Valley chip designer Vivante to develop a system-on-chip (SoC) solution for netbooks, the fastest growing PC segment.. |
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15 Jul 09
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FDI fall slows Foreign direct investment dropped once more in June, the ninth consecutive month in which FDI into China has registered a year-on-year fall. But those looking for green shoots can take some confort.. |
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15 Jul 09
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Asia's new tribes Unlike their western counterparts, Asians are not that depressed by the economic turmoil that has the engulfed the planet, finds a recent study from Grey Group Asia Pacific... |
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15 Jul 09
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China gains ground in outsourcing China is quietly asserting itself in the global outsourcing market and while this emergence is often painted as a threat to India, the two giants powers seem condemned to get along... |
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15 Jul 09
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West gets crumbs from 3G pie No surprise to find that Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturers are the big winners in China Mobile's latest tender round to upgrade its wireless network to 3G speeds... |
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14 Jul 09
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China goes on safari China is now Africa's second largest trading partner but China's ambitions in Africa only sporadically make the headlines in the west and there has been little attempt to analyse the big picture -- until now... |
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14 Jul 09
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US gives Expo go-ahead The US, China's second largest trading partner after the EU, is still desperately scrabbling to find the funds to build a national pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 with less than 300 days to run... |
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14 Jul 09
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Perot Systems discovers China Perot Systems, the US IT services firm, has discovered China and has just launched a Mandarin-language website. Better late than never, you might say. But its not always the early bird that catches the worm... |
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13 Jul 09
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India calls time on copycats The game is up for China's copycat phone makers -- at least in India.
Some of the cheap phones imported from China are potentially unsafe and the Indian government is also worried about terrorists using phones that cannot be traced... |
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13 Jul 09
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GM's future lies east Those humbled by the fall from grace of once-invincible General Motors were in for a second shock last week when it was disclosed that GM had sold more cars in China than it had in the US so far this year... |
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13 Jul 09
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Huawei wins & loses in India China's Huawei Technologies has just received the highest software quality certification for its Indian R&D centre. But China's growing technological prowess is fueling protectionist talk in some quarters in India... |
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13 Jul 09
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Follow the sun to China The global solar energy industry is currently going through turbulent times due to overcapacity and the credit crunch. But economic stimulus packages in China will help lead the industry out of the trough... |
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13 Jul 09
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Wind blows cooler for western firms China has started construction of a 10 gigawatt wind farm, the first of seven giant wind farms that it plans to build before 2020. But western turbine makers may face a tougher time winning orders for these mega farms than they did in the recent past.. |
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