A Sign of China’s Growth in Intellectual Property: Chinese Company Relies on...
From JeffLindsay.com: Notice & update: IAM Magazine, one of my favorite sources for information on intellectual property, just issued a blog post on the use of IP in lending in China: “Chinese...
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Great Chinglish in a Dramatic Video from a Machinery Company That Teaches...
From JeffLindsay.com: Great Chinglish in an impressive video from Peixin Machinery Corporation in China “It inherits the wisdom of Minnan Merchants. It assembles numerous elites.” Spoken in perfect...
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Brave Dragons: About Chinese Basketball, But Maybe Also About Your Job in China
From JeffLindsay.com: I just finished reading Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing (New York: Alfred Knopf, 2012) by Jim Yardley, an entertaining...
View ArticleCustomer Service in China: China Telecom Busts Another Western Myth
From JeffLindsay.com: I commonly hear Western businessmen stating that China doesn’t get innovation and customer service. I’ve discussed the myth of China’s lack of innovation on the Innovation Fatigue...
View ArticleShopping in China: Are the Prices in Department Stores Fixed or Negotiable?
From JeffLindsay.com: One of the challenges of shopping in China is knowing when the marked prices are firm prices or just an inflated asking price subject to haggling. In grocery stores, the prices...
View ArticleUpdate on Tralin Paper (a.k.a. Tranlin Paper or Quanlin Paper): Financing...
From JeffLindsay.com: I previously reported a remarkable IP-backed financial deal in China, where Tralin Paper (Quanlin Paper in Chinese, though they use www.tralin.com for their website) used their IP...
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Gelato Update: Le Creme Milano at South Shaanxi Road Is Wonderful, But Beware...
From JeffLindsay.com: Ever since my visit to Italy a year ago, I’ve been on a quest for good gelato, and have found a couple of fairly good brands here that draw upon Italian know-how. Gelato was on my...
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St. Gobain Celebrates 350 Years of Innovation with a Temporary Pavilion on...
From JeffLindsay.com: St. Gobain, one of the world’s oldest companies (350 years!), just had their Innovation Days celebration in Shanghai on Sunday. I was privileged to be a guest and to learn more...
View ArticleFacing the Real Risk of Theft from Your Bank Account in China
From JeffLindsay.com: An increasing number of friends are reporting troubling cases of theft from their China bank accounts. One friend, after years of working in China and saving every penny, was...
View ArticleSurviving Bank Theft in China: What to Do Immediately When a Thief Robs You...
From JeffLindsay.com: If you have taken my advice elsewhere on this site, your bank account is already set up to alert you by text message whenever there is activity such as an ATM withdrawal. But what...
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