Doing business in China: It's far from easy

USA Today;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...CHINA is a land of 1,000,000,000-plus potential consumers, a thought...stories of people who have lost their shirts (and more) in China. A Dec. 10, 1993, article in The Wall Street Journal summarized the phenomenon succinctly: "China's economic transformation, born in a shift to free markets...

China's Export Miracle: Origins, Results and Prospects. (Book Reviews).

Pacific Affairs;  March 22, 2002 ;     657 words ...CHINA'S EXPORT MIRACLE: Origins, Results and Prospects. By Thomas...0-312-22136-3. This is an informative and well-researched work on China's export in the period 1978 through 1997, covering the major...fairly suitable for the authors to dub the rapid growth of China's exports a miracle, as China had ...

China's prudent cultivation of "soft" power and implications for U.S....

Asian Affairs: An American Review;  March 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...China is a patient power and a savvy strategist. China's newfound international confidence--as demonstrated by its...the country's future role in regional and global politics. China's recent policy moves are having a dramatic impact, particularly...

China's appetite outstripping America's

USA Today;  April 1, 1997 ;     634 words ...China's surging economy is placing enormous pressure on the Earth...consumption of grain, meat, fertilizer, steel, and coal, China already has passed the U.S. to lead the world. In use of...world in consumption of many resources and is far ahead of China in per capita terms for most resources, ...

China and the Global Energy Crisis: Development and Prospects for China's...

The China Journal;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...China and the Global Energy Crisis: Development and Prospects for China's Oil and Natural Gas, by Tatsu Kambara and Christopher Howe...by its rapid economic development for the past 25 years, China shifted to being a net oil importer in the mid-1990s, and...

China's Rise and the Balance of Influence in Asia.(Book review)

Pacific Affairs;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...CHINA'S RISE AND THE BALANCE OF INFLUENCE IN ASIA. Edited by William W. Keller and Thomas...284 pp. (Tables, figures.) US$27.95, paper. ISBN 0-8229-5967-4. Is it possible for China to rise peacefully in Asia? Are there systemic Asia-wide implications of China's expanding economic and military power as ...

China's peaceful development condusive to world peace, development:...

Xinhua News Agency;  August 19, 2005 ;     547 words ...China's peaceful development condusive to world peace, development: scholars BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's peaceful development is conducive to world peace and development...rvard's Kennedy School of Government, Qu Xing, vice president of China Foreign Affairs University, and Mikhail Titarenko, ...

Taiwan opens door for links to China: China's grudging approval yesterday...

The Christian Science Monitor;  December 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ...China gave a last-minute show of support for direct links with...first time. The proposal regulates exchanges only between China's Fujian province and the tiny Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu, off Fujian's coast. Until yesterday, China had been mute on Taiwan's plans, except for pressing for...

Lifting all boats: why China's great leap is good for the world's poor.(FP...

Foreign Policy;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...China's economic juggernaut has forced the world to make room...matter of adjusting their economic strategies. But how is China's rise affecting poorer countries? Governments in Asia, Latin...anxiety is understandable, but a closer look suggests that China's success will help, not hurt, most developing ...

China's cultural exchanges showcase real China to outside world

Xinhua News Agency;  December 19, 2005 ;     562 words ...China's cultural exchanges showcase real China to outside world by Xinhua writer Dong Lixi BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China will conduct several major cultural exchanges programs with other countries next...

Making It in China.(most foreign companies in China are unsuccessful, but...

U.S. News & World Report;  October 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ...TIANJIN, CHINA--On the surface, there is nothing remarkable about the...sharply from many foreign ventures producing for the China market: It is successful. We have been profitable in China for the past four years, and we expect to increase our...

Japanese firms accelerating advance into China

Asian Textile Business;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...CHINA MMF Producers in China Japan's textile industry has intensified its strategy to effectively and thoroughly utilize China, a huge textile-producing region. According to Japanese statistics...

China plays major role in globalization

Xinhua News Agency;  April 21, 2004 ;     514 words ...China plays major role in globalization BOAO (Hainan), April 21 (Xinhua) -- To do business with China has become not only the choice that the CEOs of international...countries have to make. Despite the different attitudes toward China, the international community does not deny that China plays...

The People's Republic of China. (economic and foreign...

Plastics Engineering;  April 1, 1998 ;     512 words ...China is on its way to being recognized as one of the major global...the promise of even greater prosperity by the end of '98. China's approach to its newfound prosperity is diplomacy and tolerance...of '97, the British colony of Hong Kong was handed over to China. We watched Hong Kong's land values drop, ...

China capable of achieving preset economic and social developmentgoals:...

Xinhua News Agency;  May 30, 2005 ;     459 words ...China capable of achieving preset economic and social development goals: premier BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- China has the capability, confidence and means to achieve its preset...2005, an event held in Beijing Monday afternoon, Wen said China had found a correct way of development suitable to its ...