| COVER STORY: China's Graduate Problem |
Author: Elaine Wu
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 This year, 6.1 million students will graduate from China’s universities and face a formidable challenge: competing for jobs during an economic downturn. Finding jobs for all of them has become a top priority for the Chinese government.
When Chelsea Cai graduated from university this year, she had ... |
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| INTERVIEW: A Pressing Challenge |
Author: David Basmajian
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 On May 24, United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and a delegation of members of Congress, arrived in China for a series of meetings with top Chinese officials on the subject of climate change and energy in advance of a major international United Nations conference on cl... |
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| FINANCE FOCUS: China's Big Four (Members Only) |
Author: Teresa Yan
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 In March 2008, Wall Street icon Bear Stearns collapsed and was subsequently purchased by J.P. Morgan. Lehman Brothers followed by shutting its doors in September. Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and most of the rest of Wall Street followed with near fatal losses and stock pric... |
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| ERP SERIES: Implementation Design and Testing (Members Only) |
Author: Tony Cotterell
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 A global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a major undertaking, especially considering its reach across an entire multinational company to integrate information from each business unit.
In the third article of a series of five articles for Insight on global ERP implementation, we look a... |
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| LEGAL UPDATE: Employee Online Privacy in China |
Author: Ron Cai, Jojo Bai and Kevin Moore
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 In China, the 1994 Regulations on Safety and Protection of Computer Information Systems (the “Regulations”) and the 1997 Administration Rules on Safety and Protection of International Connection by Computer Information Networks (the “Administration Rules”) set forth fundamental rights and rules rela... |
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| MANAGER'S NOTEBOOK: Do or Die! Talent Management in China (Members Only) |
Author: Mark Lawrence
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 Phrases such as global economic crisis, manufacturing company closures, overseas investment reduction and expatriate exodus have all been splashed across the media in recent times. It could be that we are only at the start of some difficult times – but even if the economy is showing signs of improve... |
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| FRESH IDEAS: From Waste to Energy (Members Only) |
Author: AmCham Shanghai
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 Banking on China’s push towards sustainable development and clean energy, Covanta Energy Asia Pacific recently announced an 85-percent stake in a joint venture to build a new Energy-from-Waste facility to serve the cities of Taixing and Yangzhong in Jiangsu Province.
The amount of household waste ... |
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| FROM THE CHAIRMAN: Moving Forward (Members Only) |
Author: J. Norwell Coquillard, Chairman, AmCham Shanghai
Date: June 03, 2009 |
 When President Obama announced his appointment of Utah Governor Jon Huntsman as the next U.S. Ambassador to China last month, he called the U.S.-China relationship one that will play a vital role in determining the future of the world. AmCham Shanghai maintains that a strategy of engagement with Chi... |
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