Payment tied to Performance = Protected Buyer

As a lawyer in China who helps foreign buyers source safely, in my opinion one of the ways to protect yourself is to structure your payment terms so that payment and quality of the goods are linked. Make sure to keep the deposit as small as possible and don’t make …

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David’s podcast about Chinese suppliers

CSIC contributor, David Dayton will be speaking at 9:30 AM EST on Thursday Nov 3rd (tomorrow) for China Business Webinars. This the presentation will focus on preparing to work within Chinese culture and with Chinese suppliers in China.  You can register here (it’s free!).

Check it out!

If you don’t understand AQL, you probably shouldn’t be sourcing from China factory direct.

Thanks to websites like www.GlobalSources.com, just about anybody with internet access and some gray matter upstairs can find a list of potential suppliers in China.

But it is quite another thing to know how to qualify which suppliers are the best fit and then yet another battle to ensure quality. In …

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New Arbitration Laws in China

Mediation & arbitration expert, Matt Kowalak of http://www.southernperspectivesz.com/ offers his option on the new laws and how this will impact the sourcing industry.  BTW, Matt is from the USA but studied law in HK.  His company, Southern Perspectives is one of our newest corporate sponsors at CSIC.  I appreciate his …

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Further evidence that there is no “next China”

Everybody knows that prices are on the rise for made-in-China goods due to higher input costs such as labor and rent, not to mention the appreciation of their currency.

But the interesting point, as this article states, is that exports are up, despite the increased costs.

Granted, as the article explains, profits …

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