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A synopsis of the tax system in the PRC (part 5)

August 6, 2012 Blogs

Background
When a sourcing project gets to a certain size, it often makes sense to set up a permanent presence on-the-ground in China to help manage the supply chain.  This series of blog posts covers some of the key areas of consideration when it comes to setting up in China.

Individual

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Ripped-off in China?

August 6, 2012 Guest Blogs

I set out on a research project to form a general guideline to answer an inquiry we receive in its many forms every week: “my supplier did me wrong, I either can’t get in contact them or they won’t fix the problem.  What can I do?”  I started with the

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Best of the Asia Quality Blog for the Month of July

August 4, 2012 Blogs

They had a great month of blogging over at the Asia Quality Blog discussing all manner of issues and best practices in ensuring your products ship with the desired quality levels.  They discussed everything from using an online messaging service to keep communication with your suppliers clear and east to

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McDonalds vs KFC vs MFC

Back in March I wrote a blog post about the state of intellectual property protection in China and referenced the movie “Coming to America” where McDonald’s is knocked off by “McDowell’s”.

While traveling in China, I recently came across “MFC” which is a knock off of both KFC and McDonald’s!

Here is the

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A synopsis of the tax system in the PRC (part 4)

July 30, 2012 Blogs

Background
When a sourcing project gets to a certain size, it often makes sense to set up a permanent presence on-the-ground in China to help manage the supply chain.  This series of blog posts covers some of the key areas of consideration when it comes to setting up in China.

Value-added

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