Other Briefings
South China factories on the move – relocation has begun
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 […]
Shanghai’s new terminal opens in Pudong, but where are the passengers?
SHANGHAI, April 10 – The second terminal at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport opened on March 26, more than doubling capacity for the airport to 60 million passengers and year. Built at a cost of RMB20 billion, the new terminal and third runway, designed to handle the world’s largest aircraft, opens just in time to […]
Third edition of Setting up Representative Offices in China out now
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. […]
Review: Beijing Capital Airport’s Terminal Three
BEIJING, April 9 – Beijing Capital Airport’s new Terminal Three opened to passenger traffic on March 26. Designed by Sir Norman Foster’s architectural practice Foster & Partners, the Dutch airport planners NACO and engineered by Arup, the new terminal is expected to handle the massive increase in passengers expected for the 2008 Olympics and China’s […]
The Tibet issue
Foreign criticism often misguided By Chris Devonshire-Ellis April 9 – With so much talk recently of Tibet for various reasons, and so much Western paranoia about even mentioning the name of the country (blogs running the name as T*bet or T1bet displays rather a lack of confidence, or a somewhat bizarre notion of harboring anti-China […]
New 2008 China Tax Guide out now
Third updated edition of the best selling handbook April 9 – The brand new, updated version of our popular China Tax Guide is now available with a complete overview and updates bringing it right up to the moment in dealing with China’s tax laws as they affect foreign investors. This is the third edition of […]
Multiple-entry visas for China suspended in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, April 8 – China has stopped issuing multiple-entry visas and slowed the processing time for single- and double-entry visas for foreigners in Hong Kong. Amid growing instability in Tibet and with the Olympics right around the corner, the Chinese government appears to be stepping up restrictions on foreigners entering China from Hong Kong, […]
China, India seal joint tourism offices
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 […]
