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The ins of outsourcing
2012-07-27 12:11
Strong government support helps industry ride the high-tech growth wave in China.
Accent on the future
2012-07-27 12:11
Like many of her peers, Samantha Zhu is also amazed by the remarkable strides that the outsourcing industry has taken in China.
Ready for the next leap
2012-07-27 12:11
In the 20 years since its inception, Neusoft Corp has gone through many transformations to become the leading light of the outsourcing industry in China.
Outsourcing the future
2012-07-27 12:11
Though the service outsourcing industry in China had a late start compared with India, it has developed in an orderly fashion and more or less adhered to the basic rules of development.
Time to cement gains
2012-07-27 12:11
Chinese outsourcing companies should focus on 'open innovation' to reap further rewards
Nothing serious but...
2012-07-20 12:17
Global markets relieved as fears of low growth in China prove unfounded but economists say more reforms needed.
Rebalancing for growth
2012-07-20 12:17
These days, all eyes are sharply focused on Beijing, where China's National Bureau of Statistics is headquartered. The level of world interest in China's economy is such that last week's announcement of second quarter GDP growth has provoked a furious row between the Chinese statisticians responsible for producing the economic data, and economists working for foreign banks - some of them Chinese - who think China's economic growth between April and June was in fact lower.
No worry behind the 8% mark
2012-07-20 12:17
China's GDP growth rate fell to 7.8 percent in the first half of this year, breaking the important psychological barrier of 8 percent.
Shifting Sands
2012-07-13 12:30
Changing market paradigms prompt foreign consultancy firms to change tack in China.
Searching for the right professionals
2012-07-13 12:30
Though foreign companies have long dominated the consulting industry in China, domestic companies are now pooling resources to compete with their peers and grab a slice of the lucrative pie.
Catalysts for change
2012-07-13 12:30
The biggest obstacle for foreign consultancy firms that are looking to establish a toehold in the booming Chinese consultancy market is the language barrier, or the ability of the foreign players to master Mandarin, says Francesco D'Aprile, chair and former president of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutions.
Changing face of advisers in China
2012-07-13 12:30
The growth of the Chinese economy has moved at an unprecedented pace, particularly during the past two decades. Chinese businesses and the increasingly sophisticated way in which they operate have contributed substantially to that phenomenon.
Ready for the next stage
2012-07-13 12:30
Domestic consulting companies must cash in on the growing opportunities
A lot to think about
2012-07-06 12:26
Think tanks around the world grapple to come to terms with a rapidly changing China.
Fox news: another view of China
2012-07-06 12:26
Claire Fox believes debates about China in the West are often introspective and offer no insights into the new rising economic superpower.
Rebalancing for a better tomorrow
2012-07-06 12:26
One of the great challenges for those trying to come to terms with China's increased economic and political importance is that there is no easy precedent. Never before has a developing country been the world's second-largest economy. In all sorts of other ways too, from the size of China's population to the speed with which it has become one of the world's main importers and exporters, and the vastness of the foreign currency reserves it has accrued, its current position is unique.
The missing piece of the green jigsaw puzzle
2012-07-06 12:26
Mutual Benefit
2012-06-29 12:46
As China-Africa trade and investment soar, many see relationship as central to the continent.
African workers offered Chinese opportunities
2012-06-29 12:46
Jin Xiushan, a Chinese construction worker in Africa, says the large poisonous snakes that frequently come on site eventually go away if you ignore them.
China 'economic role model for Africa'
2012-06-29 12:46
Hanna Tetteh, Ghana's minister for trade and industry, says China is an important partner for Africa's development but not the most vital one.
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