Delhi-Beijing, Mumbai-Shanghai: Anything China can do, India can do too
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis BEIJING, Nov. 9 – The new issue of China Briefing’s sister magazine, India Briefing, is now out, and is a Delhi and Mumbai special, identifying the investment environment in those cities. But in reading it through, and regularly visiting those cities as well as Beijing (where I live) and Shanghai, other comparisons […]
New Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries released
SHANGHAI, Nov. 7 – The Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly released the latest Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries today. The catalogue, approved by the state council, will take effect on December 1 according to the NDRC’s website. The new catalogue replaces one that came into effect in 2004. While […]
Brian Lamb, founder of public affairs media network, receives presidential honor
By Andy Scott SHANGHAI, Nov. 7 – Brian Lamb, the founder of C-SPAN, received the Medal of Freedom on Monday from U.S. President George W. Bush. The president honored Lamb along with seven other prominent people including the novelist Harper Lee and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a ceremony at the White House. The Medal […]
China, top producer of greenhouse gases, looks to tap potential resource
By Andy Scott and Lucy Brady Nov. 2 – The Methane to Markets Partnership Expo that concluded yesterday in Beijing was a chance for China, fast becoming the world’s largest polluter, to grab some favorable press and promote alternative energy resources in a city where the air-quality is still a thorny issue for the upcoming Olympics. […]
In China, healthcare becomes the third rail
By Andy Scott SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 – Access Asia’s weekly update, which arrives in my inbox every Thursday morning in time to warm my heart with its wit and pedantic charm, had a very interesting take on the recent Party Congress. The situation in China is starkly simple: lifestyle + environment + demographics = healthcare nightmare […]
The big dance: A look back at the 17th Party Congress
By Andy Scott SHANGHAI, Oct. 31 – It came, for a time all we had to live on was breathless coverage of the inner workings of the Communist Party, and then it went. Ultimately, it was, in the words of the Daily Telegraph’s Richard Spencer, “choreographed to be as unimportant as possible.” So what actually […]
New issue of China Briefing looks at Chinese financial reporting
The November issue of China Briefing is out now, available for free download here. The issue looks at Chinese financial reporting and is part of our due diligence series of topics which began last month with a look at legal due diligence. With several different areas to contend with from internationally accepted norms, a lack […]
Dezan Shira & Associates’ global alliance annual billings top US$1 billion
by Chris Devonshire-Ellis ROME, Oct. 30 – Some readers may not be familiar with the global structure of international accounting and tax services industry, nor the position Dezan Shira & Associates holds within this. Essentially, the larger firms are organized into networks, or franchises. The Big Four – PWC, Deloitte, KPMG and Ernst & Young – […]