Last week I posted about Android in China. I explained that I’m interested in mobile technology, and when that coincides with topics about China business, I get really excited. So… along these lines, I read articles in Engadget and GSMArena about HTC’s decision to sell phones in China under its own brand [...]

The headline is “Summer Intern is the Latest to Fall out“. I don’t need to go into details about what company’s dormitory the intern fell out off. Noted in the article was that the worker didn’t show up for work, was then fired, and the company was trying to arrange transport to the [...]

Taikongren’s self-made Chinese Android graphic!
Not only interested in “China Business”, I am also interested in mobile technology. Before I moved to China, I was a Product Manager in charge of some mobile software solutions for “PDAs”. However, my interest in mobile technology is not an extension of my previous career choices, but rather [...]

Over time, I have learned to channel my frequently occuring negative emotions from my “issues” into areas that can give me strength in my professional and personal life. But, I’m still a fairly unstable person. I have a big ego and I have big mood swings. Also, I can be extremely [...]

My favorite online columnist Andrew Leonard wrote a post about GM selling their steering unit Nexteer Automotive to a Chinese SOE Pacific Century Motors, right after GM worked out a salary reduction deal with the union for this plant.
One commenter on the article noted her fury for all the management waste, greed, [...]

I’m extremely happy today to come across a blog I should have been watching all along. Again, h/t to China Challenges, I have come accross Bill Dodson’s blog “This is China!“. Bill is extremely knowledgeable, experienced consultant who, like me, lives in Suzhou. Unlike me, he actually knows how to write with proper [...]

The following is all based on meta-research, not first hand study. I will freely add my opinion on this, based on my “expert” opinion. I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t. It is my blog, after all. And more and more, I feel that the “official” experts (ie. those quoted [...]

Earlier this week I posted about the NYT article about a “labor leader” at the Honda Strike. Today I read another article, this time from Wall Street Journal (h/t China Challenges). The article is about the issue of Honda using “trainees” in order to reduce labor costs. The WSJ also quotes the [...]

OK. I’m making an excuse now; I have not posted in two weeks… life sort of ran ahead of me for a while. Now on “vacation”, I can try to keep up with my online commitments. There have been many interesting things going on in the “China blogs” (suicides at Foxconn, labor [...]

I have subscribed to LinkedIn groups about Chinese branding for a while now; like many “China observers”, I have discussed this in detail with many people for a long time. Its a topic that sometimes generates controversy. Since I love controversy (its good for search hits), I’m going to comment on today’s Washington [...]

China's green high-tech?
Again lately, there has been a lot of blogging about China’s new “economic nationalism”. Two days ago, there was a NYT article about how foreign businesses are getting shafted in China as China clearly no longer needs FDI.1 (h/t to China Law Blog). In my (as usual) not-so-coherent comments I left [...]

I learned something early on when “studying China”; There is no such thing as ONE CHINA.1 Please note that I’m not advocating the independence – de-facto or otherwise – of any province or autonomous regions. I’m simply saying that when you want to understand “China”, you got to think of it as [...]

Ive been reading a lot of negative things about business in China lately. Supposedly, things are getting bad here.
American Chamber of Commerce has come out with a survey saying that now 38% of businesses surveyed say they feel unwelcome in China, up from 26% last quarter. (BBC link) . AmCham-China found [...]

I’m looking at NYT article China Issues Warning to Google’s Partners – NYTimes.com.   It looks like the fallout from Google’s decision is starting land.  I believe there are going to be a lot more articles like this in the next coming weeks as Google extricates itself from the China market.
I have said on other [...]