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Archive for March, 2007

Our guest article this week comes from Gary Baney, CEO of Boundless Flight. Managing Chinese hires is an important part of a corporation’s reputation and impression in China. Gary shares somes of his practical and valuable insights on this topic.
Here’s Gary:
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One of the reasons many companies have hesitated to hire Chinese national employees is their [...]

Jocelyn: Good morning, this is Jocelyn, we’re at the Wu Way, this is January 29, and I’m here at the BP Building and I have the pleasure of meeting with Gary Wells, who is the Senior Managing Director for Media Relations and Global Communications for Dix & Eaton. I might add that Gary is [...]

Seems like Shanghai, Beijing and other major cities in China are the current darlings of the international business world. Who can blame them? The breakneck pace of development has produced a dizzying array of buildings, shopping malls — and accompanying stats — to make any marketer swoon.
Meanwhile, one has to wonder about the 70 percent [...]

Back in January, I wrote about Starbucks’ unwelcome presence in the Forbidden City. Just yesterday, NPR’s Morning Edition did an interview with the man who gave the cause an extra jolt of caffeine - CCTV TV anchor Rui Chenggang. Steve Inskeep interviews Rui about the “invasion”.

The brightest moon of the new year welcomes a festival of light - the Lantern Festival, also the official end to Chinese New Year.
Thought the new year was over after Chinese New Year’s Eve? Think again. In China, celebrating the new year is not just a matter of swinging around a few firecrackers and enjoying [...]