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Rich Kuslan is an attorney, writer, presenter, intereviewer. A mandarin speaker with native fluency (and a strong Taiwanese accent, by choice), he brings to AsiaBizBlog a deep-seated interest of 30 years and (he hopes) penetrating insight into Chinese life, ideas and history. Once fluent (now quite rusty) in Japanese, he once lived and worked in Tokyo and Osaka, in addition to tours of China and Taiwan, beginning in the early 1980s. A more extensive profile may be found here.-
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Podcast with Harry Moser on “Reshoring”
Whither American manufacturing? Harry Moser, Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Famer, discusses his reshoring initiative to bring manufacturing back to the United States. To contact Harry Moser, visit the Reshoring Initiative website.
Posted in American Faux Pas, China After the Meltdown, Imports and Exports, Manufacturing, Podcasts, U.S. Economy
Tagged china, manufacturing, offshoring, podcasts, reshoring
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Chanos Would Short Sell US-Listed Chinese Companies
As some say, “China bubble, what bubble?” Jim Chanos, well-known for his pre-blowup Enron predictions, told Bloomberg: “The bubble is really on the other side of the world,” he said in New York. “What my team found, they actually came … Continue reading
Posted in China After the Meltdown, Investment, Management, U.S. Economy
Tagged accounting, china, due diligence, investment, reverse merger
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Lamborghini Plans an “Everyday” Model — Smashing Idea!
An “everyday” Lambo sounds like a product destined for wealthy, young Chinese business owners. Lamborghini should sell over 300 cars in China this year, Winkelmann said at the Reuters Summit, held at the Reuters office in Paris on Monday, about … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Scandals, Video
Tagged china, disgruntled, executives, gallardo, lamborghini
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Here We Go Again — Something for “Asians,” Whatever They May Be
Posted in Ideas in Chinese Life, Video
Tagged asia, china, ideas, japan, pan-asianism, video
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Szpilman and Saaler on Pan-Asianism — Part 2
[Continued from this page.] Yet, for all this cultural tension, the material advantages of the West and of modernity in general became obvious to most Asians, except for a very small number of reactionary obscurantists. Western-style modernity was an indispensible … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas in Chinese Life, Japan, Korea, Taiwan & China
Tagged china, history, ideas, japan, pan-asianism, taiwan
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Make Sure Your Buns are Fresh — Scandalous Chinese Food
The stories about food in China sicken as they entertain: “mineral water” from the Shanghai tap, lead in tea (dried by the exhaust of military trucks), rice coated with machine oil (to increase weight) and now recyled buns. On a … Continue reading
Posted in China After the Meltdown, Ideas in Chinese Life, Scandals
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Podcast Audio — Avon, China and the FCPA
Door-to-Door cosmetic sales in China meets the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and four executives discover what the law means for them in practice.
Posted in American Faux Pas, China After the Meltdown, Legal, Management, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged avon, corruption, door to door, FCPA, podcast, vacuum cleaners
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Avon, Door-to-door Sales and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
I once trained, as consultant for a German conglomerate in China, door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen (and women) in sales techniques: 15 cities over six months, approximately 500 trainees. So that I might observe their skills, together we knocked on doors … Continue reading
Posted in American Faux Pas, China After the Meltdown, Entering the China Market, Legal, Management, Scandals
Tagged avon, corruption, door to door, FCPA, vacuum cleaners
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Szpilman and Saaler on Pan-Asianism — Part 1
[Editor's preface: "Asia" means what, exactly? Think on that. Perhaps one or more of these ring true: A landmass of indeterminate size A cuisine of indeterminate regional origin A people of indeterminate nationality and ethnicity To modern Americans, the term … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas in Chinese Life, Japan, Korea, Taiwan & China
Tagged history, japan, pan-asianism
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