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May 4, 20164 min read

China's Regional Variations: Challenge and Opportunity

In April 2016, though Chamber International, the The Law Society of England and Wales commissioned me to write a feature explaining why...

Nov 12, 20152 min read

If you’ve travelled or lived there then you'll know what I mean. Yesterday afternoon I was eating in a top-class Taiwanese restaurant...

Oct 22, 20151 min read

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Sep 18, 20153 min read

My recent interview with Nottingham's Rob Avery-Phipps ("We want to be the most China-friendly city in Britain") generated quite a bit of...

Aug 26, 20151 min read

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Jun 25, 20154 min read

'Intellectual property' is one of those subjects on which everyone has opinions, and it's very hard to find a real expert. But James...

May 21, 20154 min read

Building bridges to China through scientific research A few weeks ago I stumbled across the story of a small Hampshire-based high-tech...

Apr 29, 20154 min read

Driving their suppliers to guarantee new levels of service quality in west Sichuan Our second SME Spotlight features a very different...

Apr 11, 20153 min read

China-based consultants Maxelli produced a report recently asking which of China's 2nd tier cities is "the most international". Now that...