The China Business Review back issues from January 2009:
Letter from the Editor
Jan 01, 2009; ... January 2009 will not only mark the 30th anniversary of US-China relations (see p. 16), it will also mark the 35 th anniversary of the China. Business Review (CBR). In January 1974, the National Council for US-China Trade (now the US-China Business Council [USCBC]) began publishing the US-China ...
Economic Stimulus
Jan 01, 2009; ... China's State Council on November 9, 2008 announced plans to inject ?4 trillion ($586 billion) into Chinas economy. The country plans to loosen credit conditions, cut taxes, and increase spending on infrastructure to offset adverse global economic conditions that have begun to take their toll on ...
Cross-Strait Relations
Jan 01, 2009; ... Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou met in early November in Taiwan in what appears to be a diplo- matic milestone in cross- strait relations. During dis- eussions, Chen and Ma agreed to increase the num- ber of ...
WTO
Jan 01, 2009; ... Canada, European Communities, and the United States signed memo- randa of understanding with China on November 13 to resolve a World Trade Organization (WTO) dis- pute that the countries initi- ated in March. China agreed to designate an inde- pendent regulator and end discriminatory ...
Study Abroad
Jan 01, 2009; ... Record numbers of US students are studying abroad in China and viceversa, according to a recently released report by the Institute of International Education. The report, Open Doors 2008, documented a 25 percent increase in US students studying in mainland China during the 2006-07 academic year ...
NPC and State Council Transparency Commitments: An Evaluation
Jan 01, 2009; ... The National People's Congress (NPC) and State Council both announced initiatives in spring 2008 to increase transparency and public participation in the formulation of legislation and administrative measures. The US-China Business Council (USCBC) has been tracking NPC and State Council ...
USCBC Bulletin
Jan 01, 2009; ... Event Wrap Up WASHINGTON, DC November Briefing on the US-China Investment Forum Featured Nova J. Daly, deputy assistant secretary for Investment Security and Policy US Department of the Treasury; Tim Stratford, assistant US Trade Representative for China Affairs; ...
A Message from Clark T. Randt, Jr., US Ambassador to China
Jan 01, 2009; ... Thirty years ago this January 1, 2009, "Yi Ban" (No.l Office), which also is where I live today, was transformed from the United States Liaison Office in China into our embassy on the occasion of the United States and China establishing full diplomatic relations. At the time, the embassy boasted ...
A Message from Zhou Wenzhong, PRC Ambassador to the United States
Jan 01, 2009; ... The year 1 979 holds special and important meaning to the Chinese people. On New Year's Day of that year, China established formal diplomatic relations with the United States, opening a new era in the relationship between China and the United States. In the same year, China started to reform and ...
China Media Market Growth Drivers
Jan 01, 2009; ... Understanding the key drivers of China's dynamic media market can help maximize media return on investment China's explosive economie development since Deng Xiaoping initiated free market reforms in the late 1 970s has transformed the country into one of the largest economies in the ...
Reaching China's Digital Consumers
Jan 01, 2009; ... Advertising and marketing in China must join the online revolution Many people outside China believe that few mainland Chinese use digital devices beyond the mobile phone and that those who do, for the most part, live in China's big eastern cities. These perceptions may have been true ...
Blogs, Bulletin Boards, and Business
Jan 01, 2009; ... To succeed in China, businesses must understand China's social media environment By now it is clear that the social media revolution - which includes the emergence of blogs, YouTube, wikis (websites in which users can edit content), and social networking websites has put digitally ...
Unionization Drive Leaves Room for Compromise
Jan 01, 2009; ... China plans to unionize all foreign-invested enterprises by 2010, but companies can work with employees to achieve a relatively positive outcome The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) last June formally announced a new phase of its unionization campaign that targets the Global ...
Understanding China's Middle Class
Jan 01, 2009; ... Targeting key segments of Chinas diverse and rapidly emerging middle class will be crucial as household incomes rise Gone are the days when companies looked at China as a monolithic land of 1 billion potential customers. Companies are now focusing on how to capture small segments of ...
Pillar of the West
Jan 01, 2009; ... A leader in China's western development faces tough challenges Chongqing's rise to prominence can be traced back to the middle of the twentieth century. From 1937 to 1945? when Japanese troops occupied Nanjing, Jiangsu (China's capital at the time), the mountainous city of Chongqing was ...
Pacific Trade International, Inc.
Jan 01, 2009; ... A small candle company finds glowing success on both sides of the Pacific Founded in 1994 by wife-and- husband team Mei Xu and David Wang, Pacific Trade International, Inc. (PTI) has grown from a makeshift candle lab in a basement in Annapolis, Maryland, to a thriving company with ...
A New US Embassy-and a Chance to Look Back and to the Future
Jan 01, 2009; ... Just in time for the 30th anniversary of US-China diplomatic relations, and reflecting the growing importance of US-China relations, the new US Embassy in Beijing and new PRC Embassy in Washington, DC, both opened in 2008. The Beijing Embassy Compound was dedicated August 8, 2008 - the ...