Potential problems for fast food franchises in China? There is only 20 days left for KFC, McDonalds and other fast food franchises to register with the Ministry of Commerce to comply with the new Business Franchise Operation Management Rule reports China Retail News. Wyeth decides not to open a new R&D facility in China due to regulatory issues with th...

Media reports of factory closures in the Pearl River Delta are growing. But as Che Xiaohui and Kong Bo report in the China Securities Journal, the “spasm of pain” will lead to a brighter future

The groundwork has been layed for Chinese investors to invest in US equities, but given how long it has taken to implement a similar agreement with Hong Kong we don't expect to see any tangible results anytime soon.China's stock market has been on a roller coaster ride for the past year so it is no suprise to find conflicting views on the sophisticat...

Sam Flemming has an excellent post on the CiC blog about the different communities and ecosystems in China's online universe.The Financial Times sheds some light on the battle between China's US$200 billion sovereign wealth fund and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), a Chinese state investment agency with even deeper pockets. ...

The Financial Times leads it’s China business coverage with Wal-Mart’s green push into China. The world’s largest retailer is to convene a meeting in October involving around 1,000 Chinese suppliers to set out goals for significant reductions in the environmental impact of its vast supply chain. Blu Skye, an environmental consultancy, is as...

The Economic Observer does a double number today on trouble in China’s manufacturing sector.  The first story covers a recent report by the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) that suggests hard times are ahead for China's textile industryThe second cites a report by Booz Allen and the American Chamber of Commerce identifying an...

Two interesting research reports were eleased early this week; the first, by global communications service provider WPP Group, identifies a core group of China’s prosumers – smart, active and tech-savvy consumers who gain their information from digital media or online and influence mass consumers in terms of lifestyle and brand choices. The secon...

China Digital Watch takes a look at some of Tencent's tricks for hitting its quarterly numbers.Chinese fencer sues VW over masked image rights, claiming fatness sets him apart. Mobinode has a review of Baidu Hi, the new instant messenger from Baidu.China Bio Today has a roundup of a tough first quarter for China biotech stocks.A short video of Beijing st...

China’s stock market dropped 5.42% on March 27 on expected government intervention to fight inflation and lower corporate profits. In the National Business Daily, Ye Tan argues that the government should not put the nation’s stock markets at risk in the hope of saving the economy