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Why The Urban Chinese Need to Pay More For Their Food
March 26, 2007
China PBOC's Zhou not worried about current inflation | www.forbes.com
Inflation worries have translated into consumer worries in China
But they need not worry in terms of non-food sales
And it is an urban issue not a rural one where most people live
Hep-B - It was only a matter of time before a foreign company got caught
March 26, 2007
Nokia China in lawsuit over Hepatitis B carrier | www.msnbc.msn.com
So far cases of discrimination over HBV have been mainly made against Chinese companies
The Beijing government last year decided to outlaw anti HBV carrier discrimination
The Nokia case indicates a lack of control by the Chinese entity over its subsidiary factories
China's Companies Get A New Tax Incentive For Making Social/Charitable Donations
March 26, 2007
New tax law helps charity | english.people.com.cn
China’s Communist leaders want to see more of the wealth generated by both public and private enterprise being invested into charitable and social “good deeds”,
92.5% of Chinese firms made donations in cash last year – this is now set to increase
Although it remains to be seen how much of a direct effect the new tax breaks to corporate philanthropy will have.The Chinese - A Nation of Savers, Or a Nation of Self-Taxers
March 26, 2007
Personal savings tax a big burden | www.chinadaily.com.cn
An average of about 18% to 19% of consumer incomes in China are placed into savings accounts, making Chinese savings rates among the highest in the world;
The significance of this is that there is a considerable amount of average salaries in China that is not being spent at retail outlets;
This also means that purchase of education and healthcare services has a discretionary element.More Stores Should Boost Sales for Yue YuenMore Stores Should Boost Sales for Yue Yuen
March 9, 2007
Yue Yuan to double Mainland outlets | www.stuff.co.nz
Yue Yuen is showing how a Chinese manufacturer can become a brand and a retailer;
Domestic brands are closing the gap on the brand giants such as Nike and Adidas in China;
There is still a lot of possible potential for increased sales in China for all footwear brands.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Real Estate Experts (Asia) | 1768 |
| Hotel Consultants (Asia) | 51 |
| Commercial Real Estate Experts (Hong Kong) | 73 |
| Real Estate Experts (Hong Kong) | 94 |
| Hotel Consultants | 350 |
| Brokerage Experts: Commercial Real Estate | 1779 |
| Commerical Real Estate Services Experts (Hong Kong) | 35 |
| Production Homebuilding Experts | 1727 |