By: Steve Dickinson Many companies continue to purchase container load quantities of product from small manufacturers located on the southern coast of China. This trade has developed a standard form of payment, often termed 30/70 TT. This means: 30 percent down payment on placement of the order, with the remaining 70% due upon shipment. This… Continue Reading
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How To Source From China. The Kindle eBook.
Posted in China BusinessI was recently referred to an Kindle Ebook on how to source from China. The eBook is called, “Find a Chinese Manufacturer: a guide to the ins and outs of sourcing from China.” It is written by M.Vancisin and it sells for $2.99, strictly as a Kindle eBook. The writer describes herself and her book… Continue Reading
China Outsourcing. The Basics. But Don’t Just Trust Me….
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, China Business, Legal NewsOne of the things that drives me nuts is how some businesspeople act as though the laws in China are so unclear that either nobody knows how to do things right or that there is no point in even trying. But in so many areas of China business, there is a real uniformity of views among… Continue Reading
Emerging Market/China Outsourcing Issues. A Speech.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, China Business, Legal NewsLast week, I gave an hour long talk before the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). My talk was entitled, “The Legal Myths, Realities, Traps and Benefits to Outsourcing to an Emerging Market,” but I should have called it everything you need to know about the law of outsourcing, crammed… Continue Reading
Everyone Doing China Sourcing Is Stupid — NOT
Posted in China BusinessIn an article entitled, “Is sourcing in China worth it? Businesses weigh the costs and benefits, in the wake of product recalls and bans,” CNNmoney.com tells us that companies are now doing a cost benefit analysis before just up and having all of their goods made in China. As my ten year old would say,… Continue Reading
Is China Ready To Be A Major Force In IT Outsourcing? — Yes And No
Posted in China BusinessJust came across an interesting debate in Information Week’s Optimize Magazine on whether China is ready to become a major force in IT outsourcing. The magazine asks the question and received “opposing” answers from the two professors questioned. Peter Williamson, a professor of Asian business and international management at INSEAD in Singapore answers,”no,” because a… Continue Reading
Guaranteed China Savings — With Fine Print And Caveats
Posted in China BusinessThe All Roads Lead to China Blog did an excellent post the other day, entitled, “Save Money in China GUARANTEED!“ Though I wholeheartedly concur with the advice, I must, as a China lawyer add some fine print. All Roads sets forth a nine fold path for guaranteed cost savings in China outsourcing, of which I… Continue Reading
China As Software Center — Give It Ten More Years
Posted in China BusinessIn a recent article, entitled, “China: The Next Software Center,” Leonard Liu, CEO of Augmentum, a Silicon Valley software services company with offices in Shanghai, states China is still years away from becoming a software outsourcing center. Liu notes that no Chinese company comes close to rivaling Indian outsourcing powerhouses like Wipro (WIT), Infosys (INFY),… Continue Reading
Designed In Raleigh, Made In China
Posted in China BusinessThe force behind the Pro Hip Hop Blog (a very well written and interesting read) e-mailed me a great article the other day from his local, North Carolina newspaper. The story is in the Independent Weekly, serving Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it is entitled, “Designed in Raleigh, made in China? A… Continue Reading
China Outsourcing — Think Different And Think The Same
Posted in China BusinessWe recently did a post, entitled, “China Outsourcing For Small Businesses — Think Different,” encouraging companies to think about outsourcing projects to China. We intended the post more to provoke thought than as a “how to,” but after two top China bloggers pointed out the risks involved in China outsourcing, we are reverting back to… Continue Reading
China Outsourcing For Small Businesses — Think Different
Posted in China BusinessI realize the title is a bit ungrammatical, but like Apple Computer, I am using it for emphasis. The Virtual China Blog had great post the other day, entitled, “China’s virtual goods business booming,” on companies in Harbin, China, that create and sell computer gaming virtual characters. The post consists in large part of a… Continue Reading
Go East — New IT Outsourcing Blog Does Just That
Posted in China BusinessJust came across a week-old blog that shows much potential. Called “Go East – Outsourcing to China,” it appears the thrust of this blog will be China outsourcing, mostly of the IT kind. One of the great things I have found about reading other people’s China blogs is the knowledge of Internet resources the bloggers… Continue Reading
Business Week Covers China Outsourcing
Posted in Recommended ReadingBusiness Week’s cover story is on outsourcing and the magazine contains a number of very interesting and informative articles on the topic, including much on China outsourcing. BW does an excellent job of handling this controversial subject in a factual and unbiased manner.
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