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China business intelligence. Insight and expertise from decades of global consulting experience. It's more than a different language. Culture is important. Is China a threat or an opportunity for your company? The China Business podcast is an English-language podcast that shares insight and experiences from years of on-the-ground experience working with hundreds of companies - large and small - in China.

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Deep Thoughts from the Beach

No More Vacations For Me Download this podcast Download audio file (20090403_deep_thoughts.mp3) Sheesh … can’t a guy get away for holiday without the world falling apart?? I go for 10 days of sun, sand and minimal Internet and come back to find the world upside down. AIG needs more money (to fund bonuses? foreign banks? Liddy’s baseball card [...]...

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[ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:17:48 +0000 ]

A Stimulus Package that Stimulates?

Follow the Money, Most of it Will Stimulate Download this podcast Download audio file (20090331_stimulus.mp3) There has been a lot of press, not to mention moaning and groaning, about stimulus packages in the last few months. Many countries have put forth their genius to turn their economies around…but we haven’t seen much fruit yet to be sure, [...]...

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[ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:13:29 +0000 ]

Making sense out of China for US business school students

Eye Opening and Life Changing - ChinaSense Trips for US Business School Students Download this podcast Download audio file (20090228_jenny_kent.mp3) The world is a very large place if you get outside your comfort zone and experience it. That’s easy for me to say, I first set foot in China when I was 20. It was a very different [...]...

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[ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:24:10 +0000 ]

“On the Frontlines: Doing Business in China” provides keys to harnessing China’s power as a strategic business destination for Western companies

The Atlantic’s James Fallows hosts and the New York Times’ Joe Nocera offers commentary and analysis throughout the video series Despite the global downturn, China still offers an economy that’s growing, with predictions for growth ranging from about 7 percent to 9 percent in 2009, stimulated by significant government investment. As such, China will remain a [...]...

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[ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:00:01 +0000 ]

China M&A: How to mess up a deal, possibly wrecking both your company and your career

“So, Kent, how would we really mess this one up?” Download this podcast Download audio file (20090203_how_to_mess_up_a_deal.mp3) Full transcript of today’s podcast: In a recent Podcast, I talked about how we at Technomic Asia think that many sectors in China today are in a “pre-consolidation” phase where, we believe, that we are going to see a lot of the [...]...

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[ Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:45:07 +0000 ]

Supplier guanxi management

Over on his “Go Go Go! Supply Chain” blog, Jim Tompkins of Tompkins Associates writes about building strong relationships as the key to successful supplier relationship management, especially in China, which Tompkins calls “North America’s preferred overseas destination for low-cost sourcing.” He writes: [T]he most significant part of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) — the actual Relationship — [...]...

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[ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:10:30 +0000 ]

Things that go around again

Question: Can you pull out of the biggest financial freefall in modern history by encouraging your people to go shopping? The recent Republican administration in the U.S. tried to do this with their rebate checks of 2008, encouraging people to go spend on feel-good stuff to wipe away the icky sensation that we were circling [...]...

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[ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:38:06 +0000 ]

Out with old, in with the … ???

I woke up this morning thinking about capitalism. I know…heady stuff for a Monday morning. First thoughts Monday morning should be limited to pondering which texture of socks to wear that day (the color, black, is a given). Wednesday or Thursday is when the brain has fully recovered from Weekend Mode and can handle the [...]...

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[ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:20:02 +0000 ]

Top 20 reasons to love China

For two decades, the good folks back in the USA have asked me: “What is so great about China?” It’s a fair question, I suppose, coming, as it does, from a people who struggle to locate Seattle on the map. Still, I am a little tired of their pestering me. The time has come to [...]...

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[ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:46:03 +0000 ]

Why China matters, part 2

Why China Matters - Part 2 Today’s podcast features Steve Ganster, managing director of Technomic Asia. Kent’s not gone — just sharing the spotlight. Download this podcast Download audio file (20081215_china_matters_2.mp3) A full transcript: I wanted to take a few minutes to lift our thinking out of the chaos and calamitous scenarios bombarding us in the news today to revisit [...]...

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[ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:13:23 +0000 ]

Why China matters, part 2

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[ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:13:23 +0000 ]

Talking monkey

Talking monkey Download this podcast Download audio file (20081204_talking_monkey.mp3) A common question among the foreign community in China is “Do you speak Chinese?” Well, my answer is yes, but with a somewhat metaphysical qualification. Yes, I speak Chinese, however I’m unsure that when I do that I am really “me” — or even human. Because to the non-philosophy [...]...

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[ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:33:53 +0000 ]

Talking monkey

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[ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:33:53 +0000 ]

Out with the Old…

Out with the Old… Download this podcast Download audio file (20081107_out_with_the_old.mp3) Well, the elections in the U.S. just came to a historic conclusion, and amidst those rejoicing and those preaching gloom and doom, there is a general agreement that the United States has done something “new.” What was once thought absolutely inconceivable just two generations ago is a [...]...

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[ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:00:10 +0000 ]

Out with the Old�

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[ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:00:10 +0000 ]

Signs: Observing the pre-consolidation stage in China

Signs: Observing the pre-consolidation stage in China Download this podcast Download audio file (20081029_signs.mp3) Quick quiz — what’s the most difficult job these days? Besides the one the new president of the United States will take on, I would vote for “business journalist.” It’s tough enough these days reporting on what just happened in the global business arena. [...]...

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[ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:24:40 +0000 ]

Signs: Observing the pre-consolidation stage in China

Signs: Observing the pre-consolidation stage in China Download this podcast Download audio file (20081029_signs.mp3) Quick quiz — what’s the most difficult job these days? Besides the one the that new president of the United States will take on, I would vote for “business journalist.” It’s tough enough these days reporting on what just happened in the global business [...]...

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[ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:24:40 +0000 ]

Why China matters

Download this podcast Download audio file (20081021_why_china_matters.mp3) Why China Matters These are tough times. Really tough. We have avoided going from talking about the possibility of the “R” word –- recession -– right to the “D” word –- depression. The news cycle has been a bit schizophrenic lately, too, and understandably so. Bouncing between the macro-economic crisis in [...]...

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[ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:08:12 +0000 ]

Why China matters

Download this podcast Download audio file (20081021_why_china_matters.mp3) Why China Matters These are tough times. Really tough. We have avoided going from talking about the possibility of the “R” word �- recession -� right to the “D” word �- depression. The news cycle has been a bit schizophrenic lately, too, and understandably so. Bouncing between the macro-economic crisis in [...]...

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[ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:08:12 +0000 ]

Buying nothingness

Buying nothingness at the Xiangyang Market Download this podcast Download audio file (20080922_buying_nothingness.mp3) The following is a complete transcript of today’s podcast: For those of you familiar with the recent history of Shanghai, you will remember the Xiangyang market. Plunked right in the middle of downtown Shanghai, it was both a beacon to tourists and a bane to local [...]...

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[ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:49:00 +0000 ]

Buying nothingness

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[ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:49:00 +0000 ]

Forming alliances in China

Alliances in China Download this podcast Download audio file (20080828_forming_alliances.mp3) The following is a full transcript of today’s podcast: KENT KEDL: Newsflash. The U.S. economy stinks. Now I know I do not have the academic credentials to make an educated pronouncement about this – then again, a Master’s degree in Chinese philosophy qualifies me for very little – however, [...]...

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[ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:19 +0000 ]

Forming alliances in China

Alliances in China Download this podcast Download audio file (20080828_forming_alliances.mp3) The following is a full transcript of today’s podcast: KENT KEDL: Newsflash. The U.S. economy stinks. Now I know I do not have the academic credentials to make an educated pronouncement about this � then again, a Master’s degree in Chinese philosophy qualifies me for very little � however, [...]...

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[ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:19 +0000 ]

China too expensive? It’s time to recalibrate “normal”

Download this podcast Download audio file (20080808_recalibrating_normal.mp3) Full transcript of today’s podcast: How the past few years in China will be described later in history is anyone’s guess. It is likely that variations on phrases like “the go-go years,” “economic renaissance,” and “Years of Plenty” will be thrown around with the sage-like wisdom that comes from perfect hindsight. [...]...

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[ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:43:20 +0000 ]

China too expensive? It�s time to recalibrate �normal�

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[ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:43:20 +0000 ]

Resolving rumors: Distortions of the Chinese economic climate

Download this podcast Download audio file (20080804_rumors.mp3) Rumors. We all love them — when they are about someone else. In China rumors are called “xiao dao xiao xi” — back-alley news. The Chinese phrase evokes people leaning over backyard walls to share the latest titillating news gathered on a nearby neighbor or peering over walls to gather [...]...

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[ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:57:57 +0000 ]

Resolving rumors: Distortions of the Chinese economic climate

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[ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:57:57 +0000 ]

China and the U.S.: Irreversibly intertwined

Download this podcast Download audio file (20080722_irreversibly_intertwined.mp3) With his new documentary for the Discovery Channel, “The People’s Republic of Capitalism,” Ted Koppel shines a light on issues that aren’t much of a revelation for seasoned China watchers. From the producers’ description of the show: “The American and Chinese economies are irreversibly intertwined. The common complaint that the Chinese [...]...

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[ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:36:28 +0000 ]

China and the U.S.: Irreversibly intertwined

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[ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:36:28 +0000 ]

Patience: an important virtue, sometimes lacking in China

Download this podcast Download audio file (20080709_patience_humor.mp3) Today’s podcast is another light-hearted one, based on a humorous society-and-culture column Kent Kedl wrote for “that’s Shanghai” magazine, an English-language publication in China. This podcast features Kent expounding on patience (or a lack thereof) in China. A wise man once told Kent, in his early days in China, “If you [...]...

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[ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:36:18 +0000 ]

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