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Risk in China is Changing, but Opportunity Remains

August 16, 2017 By Tom Nunlist

With a growing economy and the world’s largest population, China has for decades been a key destination for foreign companies expanding abroad, but the difficulties of doing business here have never been small. In the past few years, however, China has in some respects become an increasingly risky place to do business, in part because of the Chinese government’s efforts to modernize regulations and crack down on bad actors. In this interview, senior partner Kent Kedl at Control Risks explains how the challenge is not only for foreign companies to understand and comply with new rules, but to make compliance into a competitive advantage.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Conversations, Know China, Q&A Tagged With: business environment, business risks, Control Risks;, Corruption, market conditions

Soccer in China: A World Apart

November 10, 2014 By Colleen Howe

People are taking to soccer in China, but is it just a passing fad or a phenomena that’s here to stay?

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Culture, Know China, Sports Tagged With: Alibaba, Corruption, Evergrand, Football in China, Germany, Government, Hot Issues in China, Jack Ma, Nike, Slider, World Cup

What will Happen when China Becomes the Largest Economy in the World?

August 27, 2014 By Zhou Chunsheng

According to the World Bank, China is set to become the largest economy in the world by the end of 2014. But China’s rise to economic superpower status comes at a cost to its international maneuvers. China’s economy has emerged rapidly in the past two or three decades. It surpassed Germany’s in 2009 and Japan’s […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Connections, Emerging Economies Tagged With: Alibaba, BRICS, China-Russia, Chinese Economy, Corruption, Currency, Economic Growth, IMF, Power, Slider, Weetabix, Xi Jinping

China Roundup: Rules on Foreign Investment in China’s Healthcare Sector Eased and Alibaba’s SingPost stake

May 30, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

  The week that was: Government eases regulation on foreign investment in China’s healthcare sector; Alibaba picks up a 10.35% stake in Singapore Post; and the government’s pricing and corruption crackdown squeezes profits of pharmaceutical companies in China. Mending China’s Healthcare System China’s healthcare system is in urgent need of an overhaul (for a detailed […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Finance, Joint Ventures, Know China, Logistics, Policy and Law, Winning in China Tagged With: Alibaba, China's Healthcare System, Corruption, E-Commerce, Foreign Investment, Government Control, Logistics, Pharmaceuticals, Slider, Tmall

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