In my blog (here, here and here) I often talk about the lack of Intellectual Property protection in China and try to offer some solutions to protect ourselves. But today I am happy to say there was some positive news about IP reported in the China Daily:
All government departments at, …
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The China Daily ran an interesting article about how more and more UK retailers are paying their Chinese suppliers in RMB (Chinese Yuan or CNY) rather than USD or Euros.
With the yuan having appreciated at least 7 percent against the dollar since June 2010, Chinese suppliers commonly embed a …
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Happy to announce that CSIC will be presenting seminars on China Sourcing Strategies at all of the Global Sources’ China Sourcing Fairs this April in Hong Kong. The shows run April 12-15, 20-23 and 27-30. Here is some information about the show running April 20 to 23rd from CSIC corporate …
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Excerpt from “The Essential Reference Guide to China Sourcing” (chinasourcinginfo.org/book)
Here are some “softball questions” I look to toss out during a factory tour or at the dinner/lunch following the tour, to get the supplier talking. When they are comfortable and at ease, they may go off-script and give you some …
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For the first time since I can remember, the RMB (AKA Chinese Yuan or CNY) didn’t appreciate today.
For the past 5 years the trend is pretty obvious. Just look at the chart below. Beijing has kept the maximum daily allowable appreciation amount to a minimum, so there were no …
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