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China Continues Offering Tax Incentives to Animation Industry

China Briefing — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:31:58 +0000

As part of its support for emerging cultural industries, China's Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation recently announced to continue the favorable value-added tax and business tax treatment to the animation industry. Continue reading →

Twenty Years Ago, Deng Changed China Forever

China Briefing — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:25:31 +0000

The “socialist market economy” was born this week in 1992 Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Jan. 16 – An anniversary occurs this week that may well go unnoticed by many – the 20th year since Deng Xiaoping, China’s premier at the time, visited Shenzhen as part of an unusual South China tour. To set the scene to recall why this was so important an event is to remember that China had not really fully opened up its economy on the back of reforms instigated by Deng in the late 1980s. What had at one stage seemed to be a sincere movement … Continue reading →

Why India Matters

China Briefing — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:54:46 +0000

Much has been made of comparisons between China and India, much of it driven by the fact that the two nations are (occasionally reluctant) neighbors. For two nations so large, sometimes at polar opposites, yet at the same time offering potentially comparable market sizes, is unprecedented in history. Yet here we are and India now looms on the horizon as a giant of Asia. Continue reading →

China to Offer Incentives to Its High-Tech, Cultural Industries

China Briefing — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:31:15 +0000

In a recent statement, China's State Administration of Taxation has vowed to offer more tax incentives to the country's cultural industries, especially those emerging cultural industries essential to China’s advancement in technological innovation. Continue reading →

China Announces Official 2012 National Holiday Schedule

China Briefing — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:10:28 +0000

General Office of the State Council released the "Circular on Arrangement of Certain Holidays in 2012 (guobanfamingdian [2011] No.45)" today and announced the arrangement of national holidays in 2012 as follows: Continue reading →

Six Principles to Follow for Bribery Prevention

China Briefing — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:50:02 +0000

By Helena Wahlund Dec. 5 – It has become increasingly important for companies to have procedures in place in order to prevent corruption and bribery from taking place within their organizations. Following greater international cooperation between enforcement authorities as well as new enforcement techniques such as wiretaps and sting operations, the number of prosecutions under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has dramatically increased from just five in 2004 to over seventy in 2010. China Briefing dedicated an entire issue to the FCPA in May this year, and with the introduction of the UK Bribery Act five months ago, … Continue reading →

The Man from Ashgabat – Xinjiang’s Key to Central Asia

China Briefing — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:30:13 +0000

The Chinese have done a lot in upgrading the infrastructure in Xinjiang, and are helping with developments across Central Asia too. Road, rail, and air links have all been significantly improved. But they can only do so much, and key to this are the Uyghurs.

Photo: Kaisern Chen

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China’s Ex-Expats: Emerging Asia Beckons

China Briefing — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:46:21 +0000

It seems likely that this coming Christmas will see the end of many China expatriates’ careers in China. Nervous of the recently introduced, and fairly high, mandatory social welfare contributions for foreigners, employers are cutting back on non-essential foreigners, and localizing these positions. However, if returning home isn’t either a viable or interesting option, the good news is that there are plenty of other opportunities elsewhere in Asia. Continue reading →

Foreign Schoolkids Targeted By China Kidnappers

China Briefing — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:53:53 +0000

Nov. 2 – Foreign schoolchildren are the potential new targets in child kidnapping cases following an incident at one of Beijing’s luxury compounds this past weekend. On Saturday afternoon at approximately 4:30 p.m., the student was outside the side exit of the Yosemite Villa Estate and a man, unknown to her, came towards her and gave her a hug. She pushed him away but he then attempted to lift her up and drag her into his car. Fortunately a guard and a taxi driver stepped forward to help her and she safely returned home. The incident has been reported to … Continue reading →

Hundreds Turn Up for China Expat Book Launches in Beijing, Shanghai

China Briefing — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:41:53 +0000

Oct. 26 – Several hundred people turned up both for the Beijing and Shanghai China Expat book launch events held over the past week, underlining the popularity of the China Expat brand and adding to the already significant readership the publication enjoys. For the last 10 years, China Expat has provided a national Chinese cultural forum for expatriates in China, focusing on introducing Chinese history, art, literature, travel and observations about living in the country as a foil to the more business-focused China Briefing. The events, which were sponsored by Time Out, Agenda Beijing, Servcorp, Gilt Edge, Global Times, China … Continue reading →