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Book Review: Mr. China by Tim Clissold

Posted in Banking, Business-to-business, China, China business book reviews, China marketing, Chinese executives, Culture, Financial industry, Retention, Strategy on April 22nd, 2007 No Comments »

Mr. China: A Memoir is a book for all of us who have ever longed to “crack” the China market and Chinese culture — and come out as the ultimate “Old China Hand”. “But in the end, it’s an illusion” states the author Tim Clissold of this pursuit. He should know — he’s gotten about [...]

Microfinance in China’s countryside? It might just be on the horizon…

Posted in Banking, China, China marketing, Financial industry on January 6th, 2007 No Comments »

If Bangladesh can do it, so can we.
That’s perhaps the sentiment running through the heads of the financial oversight commission in the Chinese government. They saw the Grameen Trust, a pioneering microfinance institution in Bangladesh making loans to poor farmers without collateral, win the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Grameen Bank branches are located in the rural [...]