Economy & Trade

China and New Zealand sign free trade agreement

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April 11 – China and New Zealand signed a free trade agreement on April 7 in Beijing, a culmination of three years of talks between the two nations. Signed in the Great Hall of the People, the agreement marked “the culmination of fifteen rounds of negotiations over three years,” New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said. […]

South China factories on the move – relocation has begun

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Fujian, Zhejiang and Northern Vietnam main new destinations for low end sourcing / manufacturing SHENZHEN, April 11 – South China, long the country’s epicenter of low-end manufacturing and sourcing, is seeing a massive slowdown in new investment as companies look to move further inland and elsewhere. Dezan Shira & Associates, which has maintained offices in […]

Third edition of Setting up Representative Offices in China out now

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Updated guide “Setting up Representative Offices in China” now available April 10 – The brand new, updated version of our popular guide to setting up representative offices in China is now available. This is the most up-to-date published information currently available on the subject and includes regional variations in the application procedures and tax reporting obligations. […]

China, India seal joint tourism offices

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Both countries have now established tourist promotion offices in each others countries BEIJING, April 7 – The Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture, Ambika Soni, opened the first Indian Tourism office in Beijing last night in front of the Chairman of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), Shao Qiwei at a packed Beijing Hotel gala […]

Going West…

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April 7 – Investing in China’s Western regions has long been a favorite topic of China Briefing – the magazine released its first overview of them way back in 2002 in an out-of-print issue that we have resurrected for you. The region was subsequently covered by us again in 2003 and we also produced a […]

Used FDI in China’s western regions increases

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April 7 – The increase in used foreign direct investment in China’s western regions exceeded the nation’s average by 128 percentage points in the first two months this year, said an official of the ministry of commerce on Sunday. During the first two months, the western regions’ actual use of foreign investment was US$1.393 billion, […]

Aid, ideology and atomic bombs: China’s complicated relationship with North Korea

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This is the sixth in a series of articles that looks at China’s borders. As China has grown in the last 30 years, so have the often complicated relationships it has with its many varied neighbors. In this article, we take a look at North Korea. By Joyce Roque April 5 – Like father, like […]

China rolls out 3G mobile network for trials

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April 3 – After years of delays and unsatisfactory results, China finally rolled out its home-grown 3G or third generation mobile phone network on Tuesday. Technically tagged TD-SCDMA (Time-Division-Synchronous Division Multiple Access), the network was released in eight major cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, and Xiamen by State-owned China Mobile to […]

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