http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2008/01/31/corporate-america%e2%80%99s-china-plus-one-strategy.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:24:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2008/01/31/corporate-america%e2%80%99s-china-plus-one-strategy.html#comment-7664 Tom Jones Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:32:18 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2008/01/31/corporate-america%e2%80%99s-china-plus-one-strategy.html#comment-7664 This isn’t what all those consultants who have invested so much in CHINA want to hear ! But I would agree with the statements concerning American sentiments - the need is now for advise on an Asian, not purely a China strategy. Suddenly China just got a whole lot smaller, and so did the China-only firms. A bigger strategic picture for the multinationals is needed, and you’re also correct I believe about the inland second tier Chinese cities - too expensive to get goods in and out and I can’t see why this would change unless you want to sell product domestically and mix it with the existing Chinese suppliers. Ouch. The alternatives such as Chennai in S/E India and Haiphong in S/E Vietnam make much better sense. Good luck guys, this may be unpopular to many in China but you’ve called it correctly imo - “China Plus One”. This isn’t what all those consultants who have invested so much in CHINA want to hear ! But I would agree with the statements concerning American sentiments - the need is now for advise on an Asian, not purely a China strategy. Suddenly China just got a whole lot smaller, and so did the China-only firms. A bigger strategic picture for the multinationals is needed, and you’re also correct I believe about the inland second tier Chinese cities - too expensive to get goods in and out and I can’t see why this would change unless you want to sell product domestically and mix it with the existing Chinese suppliers. Ouch. The alternatives such as Chennai in S/E India and Haiphong in S/E Vietnam make much better sense. Good luck guys, this may be unpopular to many in China but you’ve called it correctly imo - “China Plus One”.

]]> http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2008/01/31/corporate-america%e2%80%99s-china-plus-one-strategy.html#comment-7665 Ram Divani Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:43:37 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2008/01/31/corporate-america%e2%80%99s-china-plus-one-strategy.html#comment-7665 The big secret is out! You are 110% correct and the success of the China-India website at www.2point6billion.com is a perfect demontration of this. It amazes me many people aren’t aware of this shift and still think China is the be all and end all. It isn’t, and largely for the reasons you described, although as you have mentioned before, China has a vested political agenda in assisting India develop as well. I think both governments have reached concensus on the development paths both will take so as to not directly compete and to absorb as much of the Wests FDI as possible between them, and America right now is all lovey dovey with Vietnam to demonstrate ex-military enemies can be back into the fold, and that market is great for export manufacturing, you’re right, but not for selling too, it’s too small. But India…that is where big ticket construction projects are happening and unlike China, foreign investment is more than welcome in the construction and architectural sectors, which are still partially protected in China. The big secret is out! You are 110% correct and the success of the China-India website at http://www.2point6billion.com is a perfect demontration of this. It amazes me many people aren’t aware of this shift and still think China is the be all and end all. It isn’t, and largely for the reasons you described, although as you have mentioned before, China has a vested political agenda in assisting India develop as well. I think both governments have reached concensus on the development paths both will take so as to not directly compete and to absorb as much of the Wests FDI as possible between them, and America right now is all lovey dovey with Vietnam to demonstrate ex-military enemies can be back into the fold, and that market is great for export manufacturing, you’re right, but not for selling too, it’s too small. But India…that is where big ticket construction projects are happening and unlike China, foreign investment is more than welcome in the construction and architectural sectors, which are still partially protected in China.

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