Just read a CNN article, When will workers share in Apple’s wealth? This article was written by Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium, a “labor rights-monitoring organization that investigates working conditions in factories around the world.” Nova attacks Apple on many fronts in his article, but it is the following that really

The following is a guest post by Jonathan Poston. Though learning Chinese is obviously helpful for doing business in or with China, actually accomplishing this can be so difficult that many give up or just ponder whether it is worth it. I asked Jonathan to write a post on the pros and cons of learning

The Boston Consulting Group came out with an excellent piece last year, Made in America, Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the United States. An excellent summary of that article can be found here [link no longer exists], from which I pull the following: Within the next five years, the United States is expected to

Much has been written about Chinese students coming to American colleges. An article out today, Chinese applications to U.S. schools skyrocket, [link no longer exists] quotes a Chinese high schooler contemplating attending the University of Washington: I know this [ambition] is pretty high,” said the 17-year old Beijing native.  “But I think I can give

I can understand a great deal about a country by going into a few of its grocery stores and by watching five basketball games with its best players. I have a friend who is a dancer and she says she can understand a country by watching its people dance. I know basketball and I know

There are two types of real estate investors in China. The first are pure speculators who treat residential real estate as a source of value, far removed from its original residential use. These investors purchase multiple properties without bothering even to remodel their units for actual use. They are responsible for the empty condo buildings

Christopher Jackson has written this guest post. Chris co-owns and runs Jackson Rosenberg, a boutique China aviation consultancy that provides consultancy and advisory services on China aviation matters. Before that, Chris worked at AVIC, China’s state owned aviation conglomerate. Chris is fluent in Mandarin and he currently lives in Beijing. I asked Chris to write

It happened again last week. Multiple calls from the same person, wanting to speak with me urgently, yet refusing to provide any information to our receptionist on the nature of his issue. I eventually called this person back and here is pretty much what we discussed, which varied little from what I have heard from