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CHINA TRAVEL | CHINA LABOR
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI originally titled this post, “You are one dumb SOB”. When the Toyota “sudden acceleration” issue arose, I was the lone guy in my neighborhood saying that it was not a Toyota problem. It was bone-headed drivers hitting the wrong pedal, just as the Audi issue back in 1980’s was eventually found to be driver […]
Why resist an audit?
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyTwice in as many days, I’ve had clients who tried to book Simple Factory Audits (sample report here) with our sister company China Quality Focus, only to have the vendors refuse. They are happy to have the client fly half way around the world for a visit, but no doing for a professional 3rd party […]
Life is uncertain – eat dessert first
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamySo say the T-shirts at are local ice cream parlor. I think it’s a great line and not a bad philosophy. It got me think about our services. Despite the copious amounts of verbiage on our website, I spend a good chunk of each day explaining what we do and how we do it – […]
That’s the good thing about the Dark Side. Eventually, your eyes adjust.
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyThat’s my favorite line from the incomparable James Lileks, appropriately enough referring to brand loyalty. If you’ve noticed that blogging has been slow these past weeks, it’s been because a number of trips, client visits, etc., but the main reason has been an ongoing grind of computer trouble. I have a high-end Windows machine from […]
By request, my recipe for Singapore (Hainan) Chicken Rice – soon to be world-famous!
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyAn email from a client: Hi Whit! I am no longer receiving the PM blog.?? I only have my iPhone as I have been in *********. Hope to reconnect soon. My, I feel like a heel for not blogging more often. Blogging should really be a team effort, and so I am happy to announce […]
Hello! Introductions…
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyGreetings from Shenzhen China. My name is David Bruns and I am an American born in the great city of St. Louis in the state of Missouri. As more and more foreigners are interested in China as a place of employment and a lot of arm chair travelers out there just want to know what […]
The four people every business needs
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyWhen Mike and I were students at the University of South Carolina, we both took Dr. Richard Robinson’s class on entrepreneurship. Dr. Robinson says that every business needs three key people – a Finder (sales), a Minder (accounting) and a Grinder (operations). Although it doesn’t really rhyme, I’ve added one more to this list. You […]
Late night article dump
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamySo everyone in the office has been riding me to post more often. Of course, no one wants to do any of the heavy lifting and help. That would be too logical and…helpful. The last two weeks have been full to the brim with visitors from central China, Hong Kong and Germany (yes really, here […]
Funeral for a Friend and the importance of living a life less ordinary
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyNo business today. I was honored to be asked to usher a funeral for a friend. An active and athletic man, not yet 50 who died suddenly over the weekend. A loving husband and father of two young children. He was much loved and the church was standing room only. My Mother passed away 25 […]
A link from the “View to China” blog to our article on the Chinese VAT
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyGeraldine Johns-Putra, owner of Johns-Putra Ltd. and author of the “View to China” blog linked to one of our articles on the Chinese Value Added Tax (VAT) system, “What is VAT and why should I worry about it?“. I highly recommend you take the time to read her post, “Chinese VAT rebates: micro and macro […]