Chinese: business

Sukarno s turbulent Guided Democracy period began badly for Chinese business. A regulation of November 1959 institutionalised a number of local anti-Chinese initiatives by banning aliens from residing... 

Twang Peck Yang 1998. The Chinese Business Elite in Indonesia and the Transition to Independence, 1940-1950. Kuala Lumpur Oxford University Press. 

In other economic sectors besides opium, it is common knowledge that overseas Chinese business interests were often... 

Last year police rioted uncontrollably against so-called anticorruption efforts. The July 4, 1977 Financial Times account notes that the crusade "enraged Chinese business in particular. In... 

Kao, J., 1993. The worldwide web of Chinese business. Harvard Business Review 71,24-36. 

Chapter 3 explains Chinese business philosophy, comparing and contrasting it with typical Western approaches. It provides insights into how to conduct business successfully in China, with development guidelines for international companies considering the establishment of either joint ventures or wholly foreign-owned enterprises within the country. 

The British had two major conflicts with the Chinese over opium, in fact, they were called the Opium Wars in 1839 and 1856. These wars would force the Chinese to import opium to help control the population. The fact that opium, cocaine and their synthetic derivatives are illegal has only increased their value. In the same way that the Prohibition Act of the 1930 s allowed organized crime to get a great tax free start, the drug dealers of today have enormous sums of wealth to legitimately buy into any kind of business or government in the world. 

China is inviting a growing number of industrial missions. Many of these missions are from individual companies and are not planned to negotiate or close the contracts. Rather, they are designed to discuss possible future business, and companies often accept these invitations in order to inform the Chinese of developments in our Western technology. 

The team agreed that the production of (1) low temperature oxidation catalyst, (2) VOCs adsorbent and (3) desiccant should be the core business of the new enterprise and the appliance manufacture should be conducted through strategic partnerships with Chinese OEMs. The enterprise will produce the catalyst, adsorbent and desiccant in suspension, paste and powder forms as needed for their incorporation in the appliance. Honeycomb filter made of the formulated powders will also be one of the main products. The enterprise will design the appliance and provide the blueprint along with components containing the active formulation to the OEM partners. The OEM manufacturers will be responsible for the manufacture of mechanical and electrical components and their assembly into an appliance. 

The creoles which emerged from earlier male-only migration from Fujian, in other words, have not fared well in the age of race-based nationalism. Only the Chinese peranakan category in Indonesia has survived, and its survival owes more to outsiderness—the economic role it occupies in business and the entrenched racial resentment this provokes—than to any remaining cultural distinctiveness from the majority society. Nevertheless these creoles, surviving for shorter or longer periods, have played an exceptionally important role in forging Southeast Asia s modern identities. 

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