interchange
Leadership

The China Challenge: Securing Relevancy & Resiliency

Foreign firms in China are facing more state control over the economy and more tension between China and their home market nation.  But China’s compelling growth story is still worth […]

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Asia Workforce
Leadership

Solving Post-Pandemic Team Building Challenges in Asia

The pandemic has reinforced underlying trends, revealed troubling issues, and surfaced innovative changes that impact the ways and means we build teams across Asia Pacific.    Now more than ever, […]

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Market

China’s Economic Policy: Short-term Pain for Long-term Gain?

China’s good fortunes during the Covid pandemic appear to be waning in 2022. Challenges are mounting at home to contain omicron, while inflation, higher interest rates, and possibly a recession […]

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Strategy

Geopolitical Risks Rise in Asia

Geopolitical risks across Asia are increasing. Risks that companies face include those to reputation, ability to operate, access to resources, and even the license to be in business in a […]

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Market

China’s Logistical Upgrade Is Around the Corner

While China’s lockdowns will further mire supply chains in confusion and complexity in 2022, the long-term prospects for the logistics sector are more optimistic.  Companies have shown a newly found […]

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Market

War in Ukraine: Insulating the China Business

The war in Ukraine has created fresh geopolitical risks that companies In China must grapple with.  The hard news is that China has adopted a stance of ‘pro-Russia neutrality’.  The […]

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Market

China’s Policy Pendulum Swings Towards Growth

After several turbulent years of economic reform and no GDP targets, China’s policy pendulum has swung back to growth.  China’s 5.5% GDP target for 2022 demonstrates the government’s willingness to […]

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China innovation
Market

Reassessing Asia’s Production Opportunities

Manufacturing companies across Asia are reassessing the location of their production facilities.  The latest assessment is a continuation of a long-term trend of seeking new production sites as manufacturing costs […]

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Strategy

Turbocharging Digital: Bots That Bridge China’s Divides

Robotic process automation (RPA) offers a potential solution to integration problems that plague MNCs in China.  China’s tight regulations inhibit cross-border data flows.  At the same time, blazingly fast local […]

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Market

Achieving China’s 30-60 Decarbonisation Goals

China is coming to the green game late but with the full might of authoritarian governance behind it.   As the world’s largest carbon emitter, producing a quarter of global greenhouse […]

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Market

Unpacking US Sanctions on China’s Tech Sector

US sanctions have exposed China’s reliance on foreign technologies, especially in semiconductors.  As a result, China is experiencing its own ‘Sputnik moment’, triggering widespread unease about the country’s perceived technological […]

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Strategy

China Strategy: One Company, Two Systems

Business strategies for China are evolving because of the pandemic crisis, geopolitics, and supply chain disruption.  China is still the focus for growth, at least for the next three to […]

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Crisis Management in the Social Media Age in China
Strategy

Crisis Management in the Social Media Age

Foreign firms are caught in the middle on polarising issues between China and the West.  During a recent IMA China CEO Forum meeting members discussed how they are managing crises […]

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Leadership

POEs and Beijing: More Intertwined Than Meets the Eye

The Chinese government has turned its powerful spotlight towards the private sector’s size, wealth, and influence in China’s socialist market economy. The scuppering of Alibaba’s IPO for Ant Group was […]

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Market

Futureproofing Your China Workforce

China is undergoing a seismic shift from a manufacturing powerhouse to a digitised, innovative economy. Much like the economic miracle of the last few decades, the country’s future will be […]

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service as everything
Market

Business Model Innovation: Everything as a Service

Firms in China are seeking richer margins by selling services instead of selling products. Today, data-driven technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) are supercharging the move towards ‘servitization’. Consequently, […]

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running to finish line
Strategy

14th Five-Year Plan: Xi’s 30-Year Dash to the Finish Line

During an IMA China CEO Forum meeting in Shanghai, a China ‘insider’ gave his views on the impact of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) on MNCs operating in China – […]

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Strategy

Avoiding the Crossfire: Public Affairs Strategy in China

In a politically charged world, words matter in preventing and diffusing flareups. MNCs especially need to navigate the sensitivities, both at home and in China, to avoid getting caught in […]

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agile management
Market

Agile Planning in China Leads to Sales

Covid put into stark relief the importance of staying nimble. During the early days of Covid, supply and demand issues reared their ugly head, and massive price fluctuations followed. At […]

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Post COVID
Strategy

Building a Resilient Post-Covid Workplace in China

China’s unique experience with Covid has put it on a divergent path from the rest of the world. With the virus effectively suppressed in China, employees have been back in […]

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