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  • President Hu Jintao’s Latin American Visit Reinforces Trade Links

    Addressing the Peruvian congress in Lima during a state visit to Peru, China’s President Hu Jintao confirmed his intention to reinforce the rapidly growing economic, trade and diplomatic ...

  • Clean Energy Innovations Hampered By Policies

    With a new round of Strategic Economic Dialogue between the United States and China looming on the horizon, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will be heading up a trade mission to China, ...

  • Renminbi as International Trade Currency

    As China prepares to launch its renminbi (RMB) as international currency, a number of overseas institutions are reported to have bought up in excess of RMB 10 billion in tradable bonds on ...

  • US Agricultural Trade Mission to Northeast China

    According to statistics gathered by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture, China accounts for close to twenty percent of all farm exports ...

  • Energy is the Real Olympics for China

    How often do you read about Pakistan? The President’s April 2008 China visit has been extraordinary. Read about it if you do not know. His statement in China has been low-key. It is also ...

  • Australia-China High-level Economic Cooperation Dialogue Plans to Increase Two-Way Trade

    Australian Minister for Trade, Simon Crean, is set to co-chair the third Australia-China High-level Economic Cooperation Dialogue (HECD) to be held in Canberra on Wednesday 22 October. Zhang ...

  • US State of Michigan Strengthens Trade Ties with China

    The US state of Michigan is looking to strengthen trading ties by, among other measures, increasing exports of agricultural products to the influential Asian country. Governor Rick Snyder, ...

  • Business Hospitality Etiquette

    A business trip to China is likely to include some form of entertaining and hospitality, so it is a good idea to become familiar with customs related to the social side of doing business in ...

  • New Yuan Exchange Law

    The State Administration of Foreign Exchange confirmed that non-bank clients would now be permitted to exchange yuan and various other currencies under the revised law. By allowing trade to ...

  • Expo to Strengthen Image of Swiss Companies

    The largest world exhibition of all time opened up in Shanghai. “The Expo is the biggest showcase of international display that Chinese will have ever seen. It is a great chance to further ...

  • Environmental and Social Accounting for China Business (Part 1)

    Have you read our earlier piece entitled “Management Accounting for China Business Supremacy”? We find that accounting can do more than tote up the numbers. It all depends on how the figures are ...

  • China Appeals for Revival of Fair Trade

    World leaders have been discussing a host of issues at the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, this week as the global economy battles to regain stability. Among the issues raised by Chinese ...

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