http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china Just another Thunderbird Knowledge Network weblog Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:39:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hong Kong accountant Laurence Lipsher remembers Shenzhen when the special economic zone was little more than a Chinese fishing village with 350,000 residents. The commute from the outskirts of town used to take him four hours on rainy days. Today the same trip takes 10 minutes on a modern subway, ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china/2009/12/09/dilemma/ Opportunities abound in China, but not for entrepreneurs who enter the country unprepared. Timothy Lamb, a 2002 Thunderbird graduate, has seen plenty of Western companies fall flat in the emerging market. As director of foreign direct investment services for The JLJ Group in Shanghai, his job is to help clients ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china/2009/12/07/lamb/ Cummins general manager Amit Soman had to adapt quickly when his company transferred him from Wisconsin to Beijing in 2008 and put him in charge of engine emissions business for China, India and other emerging markets. “The key is nimbleness,” Soman told students Nov. 19 at Thunderbird School of Global Management ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china/2009/12/01/cummins/ Chinese government investment in education, health care and social security will help turn a nation of savers into a nation of spenders, but Hong Kong accountant Laurence Lipsher said Nov. 6 that the changes won’t happen overnight. “Twenty-five or 50 years from now, you’re going to see a lot of impact ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china/2009/11/24/spenders/ Chinese efforts to develop Africa have led to a new era of colonialism that sometimes stirs resentment on the continent, two Thunderbird alumni said Nov. 6 during a panel discussion at the Thunderbird Global Reunion in Macau. “Instead of employing Africans, they’re bringing over thousands of Chinese,” said Chris Fussner, a ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china/2009/11/23/colonialism/ Thunderbird Professor Roe Goddard, Ph.D., sat down this month with Thunderbird student reporter Darien Carroll and discussed China's emergence from the global financial crisis. Goddard teaches a course on the regional business environment of Asia, and he follows China closely. Overall, he has made 49 trips to the country. His ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china/2009/10/30/crisis/ By Thunderbird Professor Mary Teagarden Pay no attention to talk of China and India growing together as a unified Chindia. That won’t happen. What the world will see instead is the emergence of two economic powerhouses that will feed off each other as natural trade partners. To survive and thrive in ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/china/2009/09/02/chindia/