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Language and cultural barriers put pressure on large and small companies alike, but I would argue the economy is the main thing that affects the Chinese business practices that foreigners find the most jarring. Read more>>
Aug 04, 2009
A few weeks ago, I discussed the problems facing women in the workplace here in China. I focused particularly on the plight of young female graduates. The situation for those looking for their first job after graduation is bleak enough, with 7 million ...... Read More>>
Jul 31, 2009
Recently, a new scheme for the adjustment of the alcohol consumption tax was officially issued. It is assumed that the beer tax will soon be adjusted accordingly. It is stated in the new survey report by CITIC Securities that, unlike the alcohol consumption ...... Read More>>
Jul 29, 2009 Comments(0)
The Rio Tinto saga has been playing out for some months now. Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian mining giant focused on the extraction of minerals and production of iron ore, entered into talks with Chinalco early this year regarding an investment by Chinalco. ...... Read More>>
Jul 29, 2009
The recent report entitled “China’s First Cross-city Talent Migration Survey,” found Shanghai is officially the city China's young and talented most wanted to work in. According to the poll conducted by the global employment ...... Read More>>
Jul 28, 2009
Apple has a brand image that marketing managers around the world can only dream about. In the eyes of its incredibly loyal consumer base, Apple represents the pinnacle of innovation and coolness. Like many Western brands, Apple depends on suppliers in Asia ...... Read More>>
Jul 28, 2009
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China The next few months represent crunch time for just over 7 million young Chinese people, 6 million of whom will graduate from university this year and a further million who graduated last year and have yet to ...... Read More>>
Jul 21, 2009
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China It has been a recurring theme of my columns here at eChinacities.com that, with the onset of the financial crisis, the Chinese job-market underwent a dramatic climate change. Prior to 2008 and the global ...... Read More>>
Jul 14, 2009
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China A few weeks ago, in an article entitled Light at the End of the Unemployment Tunnel, I speculated that we may be seeing the first shoots of recovery sprouting in the Chinese job-market. This speculation came ...... Read More>>
Jul 09, 2009 Comments(0)
With the outbreak of the global financial crisis, four major areas of inconsistency in China's economy have come to the surface. Of the four inconsistencies, the imbalance between foreign and domestic trades, and that of investment and individual ...... Read More>>
Jul 07, 2009 Comments(0)
A few weeks ago, I discussed the importance of EHS in the current Chinese job market. I outlined recent improvements that came about thanks to stronger domestic policy, the labor laws enacted at the start of 2008 and the reduction in production across the ...... Read More>>
Jun 30, 2009
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China I first began to explore the issue of disability in the Chinese workplace in late 2007. I had been inspired by the story of Xu Hongyan, a visually impaired woman from Nanjing who was not only one of ...... Read More>>
Jun 26, 2009 Comments(0)
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China In many of my recent columns on the Chinese job-market, I have been continually emphasizing – rambling on some might argue – the precarious situation facing the six-million young people who will ...... Read More>>
Jun 19, 2009 Comments(0)
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China Job losses, salary freezes and graduate unemployment reaching seven figures -- the chastening effects of the global financial crisis. Over the last few months, the news in China’s job market has not ...... Read More>>
Jun 03, 2009 Comments(1)
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China I actually first began to contemplate the one child policy and its impact upon China's employment market way back in 2007. At that time, China was in the middle of its 'war for talent' with turnover in many ...... Read More>>
May 27, 2009 Comments(0)
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China On May 11, under the flagrantly melodramatic and overblown headline 'The Wages of Sin', China Daily explored one of the most controversial issues in the current Chinese business world, executive compensation. ...... Read More>>
May 20, 2009
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China Last week, I discussed the impact of intangible factors in HR performance across China. I examined the ways in which this can impact employee morale and, ultimately, organizational performance. As a benchmark,...... Read More>>
May 13, 2009 Comments(0)
Photo: businessweek.com Before Chinese New Year (Jan 25th 2009), Chang’an Motors held a recruitment drive at a hotel in the suburbs of the home of the American motorcar industry, Detroit, following one month of advertising in the city to try and ...... Read More>>
May 13, 2009
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China If you have been reading my columns over the past few weeks you may be feeling just a little depressed. I am sure it seems that with every column I am bringing a fresh tale of woe from the Chinese workplace. ...... Read More>>
May 11, 2009 Comments(0)
Photo: daylife.com He might be a foreigner, but Tony Vaughan has a very authentic sounding Chinese name (Fang Donglin 方东林) and although his Chinese isn’t super fluent, he has enough to answer my questions. Tony, having lived in Shanghai for the ...... Read More>>
May 06, 2009 Comments(0)
Special Topic: Finding and Keeping Jobs in China Photo: beijing07 After gaining a place on the global financial scene, the issue of Shanghai’s need to match this status with qualified finance staff is of daily growing concern. In line with the rapid ...... Read More>>
Apr 29, 2009
The global financial crisis has caused some dramatic changes in the Chinese HR world. Over the last few weeks, I have detailed the transformation from an employee centered scramble for talent scraps, to a barren recruitment environment in which salaries are ...... Read More>>
Apr 22, 2009 Comments(1)
Photo: bankruptcyinfo The Vice President of the highest People’s Law Courts in China, Chi Shaoming told reporters that due to the changes and conflicts in the international and domestic economies, there had already been a noticeable effect in ...... Read More>>
Apr 20, 2009
Photo: Xinhua A pair of ‘MADE IN CHINA’ shoes left Wuhou Cuqiao, left Chengdu, winged its way across the ocean and eventually made it onto the feet of the First Lady of the USA. Since January this year the Chengdu company that produced the pair ...... Read More>>
Apr 15, 2009 Comments(0)
Photo: game798.com The video game company Changyou (畅游) which runs under the flag of Sohu was listed on the US Nasdaq market yesterday, seeing an overall share price increase of USD 16 per share to USD 24. At the same time this made the CEO of the company,...... Read More>>
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