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China Insights Today 1988-5288 Double Inaugural Issue January-March 2008 400 PAGES	Editorial Council *Academic Editors* Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras, Academic Editor Dr. Patricia Ordonez De Pablos, Academic Editor *Academic Advisors* Dr. W.B. Lee, Hong Kong (SAR) Coordinator Dr. Z. Xiong, Mainland China Coordinator Dr. H-C. Shiau, Taiwan province Coordinator *General Advisors* T. Ding ; M. Fang ; W. Fu ; M. Jiang ; Dr. R. Hu ; S. Li ; H. Liang ; Dr. T. Lin ; T. Qiu ; W. Su; L. Sun ; J. Zhang ; L. Zhang

Editorial Patricia Ordonez de Pablos and Miltiadis Lytras, Editors in Chief of China Insights Today comment on the launch of the Magazine and the China' s Potential. Interviewing the leaders In this issue, we host eight interviews of Leaders and Opinion Makers on China Matters. News Briefs What is going on today in Mainland China, Hong Kong (SAR), Macao (SAR) and Taiwan province? Short Articles In this issue 40+ articles, with Interesting insights on China economy, EU-China, Social connections ("guanxi") in China, Innovation and technology, Chinese culture and firms, Foreign companies in China and more topics.	Book Review Know the new books on China Red Gate Corner Finding your partner (academia, business, governments, institutions) in Mainland China, Hong Kong (SAR), Macao (SAR) and Taiwan province Events Keep updated on events in Mainland China, Hong Kong (SAR), Macao (SAR) and Taiwan province China Directory Find the place where you can get what you need China Quiz Test your knowedge on China

Testimonials

"China is like a mosaic or a large puzzle. Every organization, course, book, article, interview gives you a piece of the puzzle. If you are a student of China for many years, you will have many of the pieces in the puzzle and a picture will start to emerge. No one person or organization has the full picture; and depending which pieces of the puzzle you have, you will have a different view/understanding. For a clearer picture, keep collecting pieces in the puzzle and putting them together."

Professor Ilan Alon, Petters Chair of International Business, Executive Director of Rollins-China Center

China is not a Golden Xanadu in a bed of roses. In such a diverse, new, rapidly changing and relatively unfamiliar market, horror stories naturally abound. But no market in the world can compare with China's rapid economic development sustained over several decades. She is already the second largest economy in the world in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms. She is set to become the world's second largest trading nation within a decade. The 'Chinese Middle Class' is growing by leaps and bounds, poised to welcome much more of the products and services the West may take for granted in their consumer societies."

Andrew Leung, Founder and Chairman, Andrew Leung International Consultants Limited, London

"There is a gap in knowledge about China. Overall, academic institutions, government agencies and non-profit organizations throughout the world are involved in China initiatives with mixed results. However, the lessons they learned and the knowledge they acquired have not been adequately capitalized by the business communities. I think we need a knowledge-mining and transfer program to capture and disseminate the China knowledge."

Joe Y. Eng, President of Eng Communications Associates and Co-Author of the excellent book "CHINA BUSINESS 20/20 Insight"

Interviews:

China is an opportunity, an enigma and a source of ongoing exploration, never ending, always changing
Professor Ilan Alon, Petters Chair of International Business, Executive Director of Rollins-China Center
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With the acceleration in the globalisation, China and India will become the "World Factory" and the "World Office"
Professor Dash Wu, Director of RiskChina Research Center University of Toronto, Canada
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China is not a Golden Xanadu in a bed of roses
Andrew Leung, Founder and Chairman, Andrew Leung International Consultants Limited, London
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What will happen if China runs out of water?
John Gittings, Writer on China and world affairs
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If you can't hold chopsticks you will not starve in China, but if you don't understand the way Chinese are behaving, you are heading for a failure
Mona Chung, Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Business, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Americans must think of China as an opportunity, not a threat
Professor John L. Graham, Professor of Marketing and International Business at the Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, Co-Author of the Best Seller: "China Now: Doing Business in the World's Most Dynamic Market"
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Who would have known that, in a span of 25 years, a developing nation such as China has produced 300,000 millionaires!
Joe Y. Eng, President of Eng Communications Associates and Co-Author of the excellent book "CHINA BUSINESS 20/20 Insight"
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The Big untold story of China's development is "why"
Jihong Sanderson, Executive Director, CRC (Center for Research on Chinese & American Strategic Cooperation), Author of the Best Seller: ""Next Step, the Options for Chinese Firms Going Global" has been published in Chinese."
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Short Articles

Table of Contents

Editors' Selections Section

China: A Player or Bystander in the Global E-economy
by. Dan Ben-Canaan
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Strategic use of e-commerce by SMEs in China: A Picture of Best practice from Shenzen Special Economic Zone
by Guangqian Peng, Emiel Wubben, Harry Bremmers
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"Pushing the String"- Why the US strategy for improving China's IPR Enforcement can't work
by Jihong Sanderson, Executive Director of Center for Research on Chinese and American Strategic Cooperation at UC Berkeley
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How Technology and Globalisation are driving China in the 21st Century
by Andrew K P Leung, Andrew Leung International Consultants Limited
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Insights in China's companies "going Global
by Cora Jungbluth, M. A., University of Heidelberg
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Moving from Open Door to the GLOBAL: China goes on the world stage
by Paola Bellabona and Francesca Spigarelli, University of Macerata
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Cooperative Initiatives and Democratic Development in Chinese Countryside
by Yang Chen, The China and Transitional Economies Research Centre, University of Northampton
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The Plasticity of China's Political and Economic Institutions and Implications for International Investors
by Tailan Chi,
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The Historical and Cultural Contexts of Chinese Language
by Wang Ping
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China Insights Today on Europe-China Collaboration Section

An Introduction to EUPIC: EU-China Matchmaking
by By Segree Dai and Alexander Ditchfield
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A Joint EU-China Roadmap for Mobile and Digital Convergence
by Xiaofeng Ma, CeTIM, Center for Technology and Innovation Management
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China-UK Business Idea Competition
by Yu Xiong
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Defining EU FDI Deflection between China and the CEECs
Dr. Xiaojun Wei
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Introduction to China - UK: Connections through Culture (CtC)
British Council
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Definition and Sources of Innovation in Europe and Asia - A Matter of Perspective?
Alexander Brem
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China Insights Today on "Guanxi" Section

What managers need to know about social connections and business in China
by Prof. Patricia Ordonez de Pablos and Miltiadis D. Lytras
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Getting To Dui: help and hindrance from commentators
by G. D. Donleavy
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How "Guanxi" came into being
by Xinxin Fang
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Guanxi and Information Technologies in the Chinese Inter-organizational System
by Liang-Hung Lin
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Does Guanxi really matter in the workplace in China?
by Wei-ping WU
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Top executives' directorate networks and business value creation in Taiwan
by Chaur-Shiuh Young
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Chinese Guanxi: what is it?
by Zhenzhong Ma
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China Insights Today on Technology-Innovation Section

High-tech industrial parks in China - Introduction to the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park
by Chih-Cheng Lin & Zheng Ma
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Nanotechnology Development in China
by Jun-You Lin
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Longitudinal Innovation Development in China from 1979 to 2006 year
by Chun-Yao Tseng
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Connections between Types of Innovation, Types of Organizational Change and Levels of Learning: A Study of Chinese Organizations
by Ruth Alas and Wei Sun
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China Insights Today on Chinese Culture and Firms Section

Chinese Culture challenges to expatriates in Hotel Industry
by Dr. Wei Chen and Mikhail Myasin
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The influence of institutional framework and corporate culture on employees' work related goals: an exploratory study of china
by Marjaana Gunkel and Birgitta Wolff and Edward J. Lusk
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The Nature of Chinese Collective Values: Formation and Evolution
by MO Pak Hung
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Dynamics of Work-related Values in Chinese Organizations
by Ruth Alas, Wei Sun and Jaan Ennulo,
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Decision making delegation: How effective is this practice among Chinese managers?
by Therese A Joiner, Victoria University,Jerome Choy
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Intercultural Re-entry Experience of Chinese managers
by Aidan Kelly,Yan Zhang and Xiaojun Wei
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China Insights Today on Sector Analysis / Foreign Firms in China Section

Bread, circuses and repression China prepares for the 2008 Olympics
by Albrecht Rothacher
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Moon cakes, Bamboo Dumplings and Red Bean Paste: Exploring Starbuck's Seasonal Menu with Chinese Flavors
by Shiau, Hong-Chi
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The 2007 Chinese Pet Food Crisis in the U.S.: Analysis and Suggestions
by Hongmei Gao Michelle Wagner, Erin Brown, Casey Metcalf, Maria Randazzo
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Assessing the Impact of Foreign Banks' Entry into China's Banking
by Xian Huang and Fuping Xiong,Xiaoling Hu, Xialju Hu
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Recent Development in Risk Management
by Desheng Dash Wu and David R. Koenig
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BOOK REVIEWS

China and the New World Order: How Entrepreneurship, Globalization, and Borderless Business are Reshaping China and the World
Author: George Zhibin Gu

The Second Revolution China
Review by Yingying Zhang, ESADE

DOUBLE INAUGURAL ISSUE: JANUARY-MARCH 2008

China Insights Today

Double Inaugural Issue

January-March 2008

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