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China’s Industrial Economy is At a Crossroad: Better Days Ahead?

May 13, 2015 By CKGSB Knowledge

CKGSB’s Business Sentiment Index shows that China’s industrial economy has finally stabilized after a year of contraction.

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Economics, Finance, Know China Tagged With: Chinese Economy, Financing, Gan Jie, Industrial Economy, Industry, Slider

China’s Industrial Slump Eases, No Hard Landing

February 13, 2015 By Major Tian

Is there a quick fix for the Chinese economy? China’s industrial sector is still struggling against strong headwinds, but sentiment among firms is improving as the severity of overcapacity eases, a recent survey on more than 2,000 industrial firms shows. According to the survey, done by the Center on Finance and Economic Growth at Cheung […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Economics, Finance, Know China Tagged With: Chinese Economy, Gan Jie, Industry, Monetary Policy, Overcapacity, PBOC, Slider

Robots in China: The Bot Connection

November 11, 2014 By Greg Isaacson

How the growing use of robots in China will impact different sectors of the economy, as well as the country’s robot makers.

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Digital Economy, Economy, Employment, Know China, Manufacturing, Technology Tagged With: economic development, Employment, Factory, Foxconn, Healthcare, Industry, Japan, Korea, Labor, Robotics, Slider, Technology

British Chip Designer ARM on How to Win in China

October 27, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

Allen Wu, chip designer ARMʼs Greater China President, on how the company is navigating Chinaʼs increasingly treacherous environment for foreign companies.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Digital Economy, Intellectual Property, Know China, Manufacturing, Talent, Technology Tagged With: Business Models, Government Control, Huawei, IBM, Industry, Microsoft, Multinational Company, Slider, Smartphone, SOEs, State Owned Enterprises, Xiaomi

Will Competition Work in Chinese Industries?

August 12, 2014 By Brian Viard

Can increased competition in Chinese industries help the country meet its goals for greater reforms? During last November’s Third Plenum, the party’s Central Committee unveiled a blueprint for reform to drive greater economic growth in China.[1] An important component of these reforms is an increase in market competition.While the Central Committee is perhaps thinking primarily of the […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Economics, ExpertSpeak, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China Tagged With: Brian Viard, C-trip, Chinese Market, Competition, Economic Reform, Industry, Price Wars, Slider

In China’s Cosmetics Market Beauty is Pocket Deep

May 8, 2014 By Jill Petzinger

In China’s increasingly competitive cosmetics market who will come out ahead and who should re-evaluate?  Stepping into the cosmetics section of any Shanghai-based department store means entering a brightly lit wonderland of shiny displays, impossi­bly beautiful faces plastered on the wall, and a barrage of demonstrations. Groups of young, fashionable girls cluster around the stands, trying […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Connections, Consumers, Infographics, Marketing, Multinationals in China, Strategy Tagged With: Branding, Chinese Market, Consumers, Cosmetics, Garnier, Industry, L'Oreal, MNC Strategy in China, MNCs, Online Shopping, P&G, Revlon, Slider, Taobao

Labor in China: Moving on up

January 19, 2012 By Jen Wang

    As manufacturing sector gets more sophisticated, companies will have to break down the barriers between low-wage and skilled labor in China.   “In this industry, it’s just one or two heroes directing a bunch of knuckleheads,” says Peng Wen, a technician at a Winto Ceramics subsidiary factory in Guangdong Province’s Foshan city. Peng’s […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Employment, Know China, Manufacturing Tagged With: Foshan, Growth, Guangdong, Industry, Migrant Workers, Skilled Labor, SMEs, Vocational Training

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