| COVER STORY: A New Frontier |
Author: Chantal Grinderslev
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 Over the past seven years, annual Sino-African trade growth has averaged over 40 percent, as China recently became the continent's second-largest trading partner, as well as its largest lender. The number of Chinese enterprises doing business in Africa has doubled since 2006 to nearly 1,600 and it i... |
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| INTERVIEW: Closer and Closer (Members Only) |
Author: David Basmajian and Justin Chan
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 Despite an increasingly close relationship marked by regular engagement and communication, U.S.-China ties are widely considered to be experiencing some growing pains. Whether regarding currency, Taiwan arms sales, internet freedom or chicken feet, 2010 will be a test of how the United States and Ch... |
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| AUTOMOTIVE FEATURE: The Road to Profitability |
Author: Justin Chan
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 Beset by a decade of declining sales and several years of billion-dollar losses, General Motors reported shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the fall of 2008 that it would run out of cash by early 2009. After securing funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) on December 31, 2... |
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| EXPO FOCUS: Standing Out at Expo |
Author: Lauren Hilgers
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 With its extended timeframe and sprawling thematic scope, the 2010 Shanghai World Expo has come to mean many things to many people. At the same time, it is a showcase of sustainability, a gathering of cultures, an architectural playground, a technology fair, and even an ongoing construction headache... |
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| VIP VISITOR: A Strong Partnership (Members Only) |
Author: David Basmajian
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 In January, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) led the Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) on a trip to Beijing and Shanghai to meet with top-ranking Chinese legislative officials. The bipartisan Congressional delegation included Vice Chairman of the IPG Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO) and Senator Roland... |
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| ANALYSIS: Recent Developments for Non-residents Deriving Income in China (Members Only) |
Author: Aaron Grundman, Hong Ye and Jing Nealis
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 The Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) law, which came into effect on January 1, 2008, included many significant changes for foreign investors. These changes affect many non-residents engaged in business activities in China, whether those activities are in the form of cross-border services, exchanges of ta... |
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| MANAGER'S NOTEBOOK: Building a Strong Employer Brand At All Times for a Sustainable Organization (Members Only) |
Author: Dhirendra Shantilal
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 Employer branding is a viral-based perception management program that is intended to raise an organization's image in the marketplace as a well-managed business, thereby attracting a steady flow of top quality applicants. Simply put, it provides potential employees with a window into what it is like... |
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| FROM THE CHAIRMAN: Enhancing U.S. Competitiveness (Members Only) |
Author: Robert Roche, Chairman, AmCham Shanghai
Date: March 01, 2010 |
 Having lived in Asia since 1983 as a student and businessman, I've noticed that American economic policy has always centered on moving around obstacles as opposed to removing them. Over these 27 years, I've heard U.S. Presidents call for all kinds of programs and policies meant to create economic gr... |
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