Management books tell multinationals to let local Chinese executives handle the day-to-day operations of their China offices. But a hands-off management style can be interpreted locally as a weakness as Germany's Business Media China discovered to its cost...    more »

Many books claim to help western businesses discover the "secret recipe" for success in China. But the rise of fast-food giant Yum! Brands in China has little to do with the unique recipe for its famous KFC fried chicken...   more »

China is quietly asserting itself in the global outsourcing market and while this emergence is often painted as a threat to India, the two giants powers seem condemned to get along...    more »

No surprise to find that Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturers are the big winners in China Mobile's latest tender round to upgrade its wireless network to 3G speeds...   more »

China is now Africa's second largest trading partner but China's ambitions in Africa only sporadically make the headlines in the west and there has been little attempt to analyse the big picture -- until now...    more »

Perot Systems, the US IT services firm, has discovered China and has just launched a Mandarin-language website. Better late than never, you might say. But its not always the early bird that catches the worm...    more »

China's Huawei Technologies has just received the highest software quality certification for its Indian R&D centre. But China's growing technological prowess is fueling protectionist talk in some quarters in India...   more »

Those humbled by the fall from grace of once-invincible General Motors were in for a second shock last week when it was disclosed that GM had sold more cars in China than it had in the US so far this year...    more »

Deer Consumer Products, a Chinese manufacturer of kitchen appliances, may not yet be a household name. But Deer has big ambitions, prestigious contracts with the likes of Wal-Mart and Tesco and plans for a Nasdaq listing...    more »

China's nascent IT outsourcing industry appears to be weathering the downturn well, although there could be storm clouds ahead. China's software exports grew 22% in the first five months of 2009 to reach $2.5bn...    more »