The scholars argue, who invented the noodles. There was the Chinese and Marco Polo brought them to Italy or they been invented independently in Italy and in China or was the ancient Greeks the inventors. In Thailand it interests only whether they were...

The New York Times is back on its game. This week it breaks another story that decision-makers with China responsibility need to know about. Last week it was melamine-tainted food imports. Now it’s medication. The New York Times writes: “ … die...

Chinese sales professionals often find themselves in a situation where they are trying to convince someone who is much older, more experienced, and more highly placed in the organization than they are. The natural tendency is to “sell up”, or try to ...

I had the pleasure to accompany the Cal Poly MBA Program’s learning tour through China yesterday with Professor Chris Carr, professor Jay Singh and a gaggle of new graduates and ongoing students. One of the cultural differences, of an enormity of va...

The recruiter from the HK bank in Shanghai certainly new what he or she was doing. Miss B was a great catch – recruited 3 months ago from the graduating class of one of Shanghai’s international universities. She was smart, personable, proactive and ...