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Business Economics & Trade

China tightens legislation

Foreign investors in China cannot afford to take a lax approach towards compliance with environmental legislation. The law is becoming much more comprehensive and is applied stringently to international firms.

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Business Economics & Trade

Exploiting sports brands

Already the world’s biggest production base for sporting footwear and apparel, China presents a vast opportunity in sporting goods and brand exploitation, according to a report published by SportBusiness Group.

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Business Economics & Trade

Rainbow station

Rainbow stationdeal that will allow Publicitas to run everything from programming to advertising for Ningxia Satellite Television gives the Swiss media giant access to two of China’s wealthiest markets – Beijing and Shanghai.

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Business Economics & Trade

The Olympic bonanza

Contracts will soon be awarded for projects related to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and foreign consulting and construction companies are keen to get a piece of the action.

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Consumer

Battle for brand loyalty

Despite growing dominance by Chinese companies in many product categories, Western brands still have an advantage, says Tom Doctoroff. Few experts question the inevitability of China’s emergence as a major economic power. Over recent years, the mainland has crawled up the value chain in many industries, powered by the combination of sheer scale, cheap labour […]