Risky Business in China by Jeremy Gordon
There is no shortage of tales about the perils of investing in China, carried out alongside heaping doses of wishful thinking by companies across the business spectrum enticed by the size of…
2015 Tianjin Chapter White Paper Delivery Meeting
By Alex Scilla The 2015 AmCham China Tianjin Government Appreciation Reception and White Paper Delivery Meeting on May 15 brought together Tianjin municipal officials and AmCham China leadership. Taking place at the…
China Reform Series Kicks Off with Economic Reform
On May 19, AmCham China launched the China Reform Series which brings together AmCham China members and experts on a quarterly basis to discuss government reform policies. The series opened with the…
AmCham China Visits Expo Central China 2015
A large AmCham China delegation visited the Expo Central China 2015 held this week in Wuhan, Hubei province. The delegation, led by Chairman James Zimmerman, attended the Opening Ceremony and Thematic Forum…
New Member Spotlight: Nicole Washko
Occupation: Director of Admissions and Marketing at the British School of Beijing, Shunyi Hometown: Dallas, Texas Member since: January 2015 Why did you join AmCham China? We wanted to be able to…
Kieran Bowers of Swire Properties
Article and photo by Bridget Riley It's tempting to say that the INDIGO project in Northeast Beijing is nearly complete. The 176,000-square-meter, mixed-use development started opening in 2011, first with the office…
From Relationship-Building to Policy Focus
By Haiying Yuan and the Chinese Government Affairs Committee At this year's AmCham China Chinese Government Affairs Committee Annual Conference, Haiying Yuan, President of Yuan Associates, delivered a keynote speech on the…
Hungry for More
In a country that according to Time magazine had 1,828 famines of one size or another between 108 BC and 1911 – and plenty more during the rest of the 20th century…
Coming Clean on Pollution in Asia
By Ben Fray Author Mark Clifford summed up Asia's economic growth story as this: “Get dirty, get rich, get clean.” The need for much of Asia to “clean up” its actions stands…
What’s in it for us?
Over the past decade, the annual No. 1 Document of the Central Government of China has focused on agriculture, highlighting the fundamental importance of the industry to China. The No. 1 Document…