China and foreign direct investments: policies and strategies
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
China experimented 25 years of soviet dogma leading to its isolation from global trade. The turn-around initiated in 1978, along the strategies of four modernisations, introduces a set of policies to attract FDI, but also to control, monitor, and manage them. FDI has been used as a vehicle...
Gender sexuality and nationalism in the Early 20th Century in China
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
In the early twentieth century the world was changing with urbanization becoming one of the main changes that the world faced in this period. There were more people that were moving to the urban areas and this was accompanied by changes in the beliefs and also some of the customs of the people...
Rural Living - A journey through China from farm to factory
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The Chinese reform era affected all aspects of the Chinese life. For example, a cultural revolution transformed the Chinese culture and people embraced the concept of city dwelling. The development process has left the rural areas behind. The condition of the rural China has important...
China as an innovator, not just an imitator
Essay - 5 pages - International economy
A large number of patents are granted to China in various fields (green energy, space program, 3G mobiles?) underlining the fact that the country that invented paper, gunpowder and the compass many years ago is making a come-back among the international technology inventors. China...
Achieving Universal Primary Education in China
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
This paper explores China's trajectory towards achieving universal primary education by tracing the historical foundations of educational inequalities between rural and urban China to the period before the formation of the People's Republic of China, when the national...
Invest in China
Case study - 3 pages - Foreign markets
In the last three decades, China has known a fundamental shift. Indeed, China turned its socialist planned economy into a market economy. The government, through a lot of reforms, is gradually opening its doors to the free market. The entry of China in the WTO in 2001 has...
Was there ever any realistic chance of an accommodation between the United States and the People's Republic of China in 1949/50?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
In early 1949, China was a nationalist country, ruled by Chiang Kai-shek and sustained by the United States. At the same time, the Chinese Communists were rebelling and ruling large parts of the country, and were constantly progressing. It was obvious that they were soon going to rule the...
France and China in the world tourist competition
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
By the Socialist Economy of Market in China, started up in 1976 by Deng Xiaoping, China has showed its amazing capacity to recover and to succeed each thing undertaken. In the case of tourism, it's likely to be the same soon. The World Tourism Organization already forecasts that...
Doing business in China : Danone-Wahaha joint venture
Case study - 6 pages - Foreign markets
1919: “DANONE” was founded by Isaac Carasso in Barcelona (Spain) as a small factory producing yoghurt. “DANONE” is a Catalan diminutive of the name of his first son, Daniel. - 1929: The first factory was built in France, but during World War II, Daniel Carasso moved the...
"Reserve army of underemployed - Is China's pool of surplus labour drying up?" The Economist, September 4th 2008
Text commentary - 5 pages - International economy
Published in the September 4, 2008 issue of The Economist, this article is based on "Reserve army of underemployed - Is China's pool of surplus labor drying up? According to the article, China's growth model has been based on its cheap labor force, supported by its huge...
Ebay's strategy in China: alliance or acquisition
Case study - 5 pages - Digital & e-marketing
When we talk about business, especially e-business and major firms which are well established in this sector, we mostly end up talking about American companies, because most people consider America as ‘the land of opportunity'. I definitely agree with this, because majority of the well...
The establishment of Swedish/German Company "Kunstwerke" in China
Case study - 7 pages - Foreign markets
This business report deals with the difficulties in the establishment of Swedish/German Company "Kunstwerke" in China. The aim of this report is to give as many solutions and recommendation as possible, to ensure the good setting up of Kunstwerke. It will allow the readers to understand...
Asian business environment : a market survey of wine in China
Market study - 5 pages - Foreign markets
The idea of choosing this particular market for our study is of course mainly due to the long history and passion for Wine in France. As a matter of fact, we wanted to have a better understanding of the Wine Market in China so as to study the opportunity of creating a Business there....
Case study: E-Bay in China
Case study - 6 pages - Foreign markets
The proposed case deals with the eBay Company's plan to expand its activity to China. eBay is a US company offering e-commerce, e-payments and internet communication services globally. It was founded in 1995 in California. eBay is the international online market place enabling trade on a...
Blocking websites - China- control, and consequences
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
China has an internet connection that is censored. Internet censoring is done by the use of the Great Firewall of China. This is considered as the greatest, most extensive and advanced internet censorship in the whole world. There are several reasons why China censors...
L'Oreal's strategy in China
Case study - 20 pages - Foreign markets
Since its creation in 1909 by a young French chemist called Eugene Schueller, L'Oreal has become one of the most powerful companies in the cosmetic industry. History Eugene Schueller established L'Oreal in 1909. Two years earlier, Mr. Schueller had developed an innovative hair-dye called...
L'Oreal'case study: Strategy in China
Case study - 20 pages - Economy general
Since its creation in 1909 by a young French chemist called Eugene Schueller, L'Oreal has become one of the most powerful companies in the cosmetic industry. History Eugene Schueller established L'Oreal in 1909. Two years earlier, Mr. Schueller had developed an innovative hair-dye called...
Nuclear power in China
Case study - 24 pages - Economy general
Actual Chinese policy towards nuclear proliferation can be summed up in one figure: China wants to double its nuclear power capacity by 2020. Admittedly it will stands for "only" 5% of its energy mix, even though there are 24 reactors under construction in China at the beginning...
China & Japan
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
Sino-Japanese relationships are very complex. Historically, both countries have known a kind of “Golden Age” when they dominated the Pacific region. Before the arrival of the Europeans, China was dominant. Then Japan modernized a lot during the Meiji Era (1868) and became...
Challenges facing the expatriate manager in China
Course material - 5 pages - Human resources
This report aims at giving the readers an overview of the main cultural and communication differences between Norway and China. It focuses on business relationships. This report will help DrillCo AS with executable recommendations and valuable advices to face all challenges that will...
The strategy of Coca-Cola in China
Case study - 10 pages - International marketing
Chinese “Economic Reform and Opening up” policy was started in 1978; in the same year, the Coca-Cola Company returned to the Mainland market, becoming the first foreign enterprise who entered Mainland China after 1949. Therefore, its 30-year exploration can be regarded as an...
Comparison of the media systems between USA and China
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
Media is an overall term used to identify the different types of mediums that enriches us with vital information and knowledge (Sarah, 2011). It is a flow of information running throughout the society in a form of print, visual and audio mediums known as newspaper (newsletters, magazines and...
Caroll in China: strategic marketing plan
Case study - 22 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
With an economic growth of nearly 10%, China looks very attractive to a lot of companies today. The emergence of a strong middle class characterized by a high purchasing power makes opportunities plentiful. However, China's huge market is much more complex and specific than...
Are the migrant workers competing with locals in China's urban labour market?
Essay - 5 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
At the end of the 1970s, the Communist Party of China (CPC) acknowledged that planned economy had not managed to increase the Chinese standards of living. Consequently, it started to reform the economic system in order to modernize it. The labor market was also not been excluded from such...
Compared human resources management models: China and France
Case study - 6 pages - Human resources
This report is an analysis by comparison of two countries through their management of their Human Resources. Those two subjects of this essay are France and China. This choice is not just a coincidence but the result of my home country (France) and China where I have been for an...
Cultural profile : China and France
Case study - 7 pages - Management
China is emerging today as one of the major global economies thanks to its dynamic business activity and a large working population. China is known in the world for its various ceremonies and etiquette dating from the first emperors. It is necessary to understand the basic Chinese...
Theme of Change in Hessler's Country Driving- A Journey Through China From Agricultural Farm to Factory, Hessler, P
Essay - 3 pages - Computer science
This book depicts Peter Hessler's journey that started in the summer of 2001 through 7000miles of China. Hessler made this book comprehendible by subdividing it into three sections. In the first section, he analyzes the Great wall starting from Beijing and venturing to the Tibetan plateau...
Global Critical Thinking: China's Counterfeit Consumer Goods-Good or Bad?
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Critical thinking is more than a phrasal buzz, a reflective thought rather than a routine thought. Critical thinking involves persistent and careful processes of considerations of credibility and solutions to the supposed global issues. There are global issues that need to be addressed by the...
The impact and the economic consequences of the one-child family policy on the age structure of China's population
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The world population is increasing at a rapid rate and aging fast in developed areas, soon the planet won't be able to satisfy needs of all humans living on it, however China did find a way to slow down the speed of population increase: The One Child Policy. It is a policy that some people...
How the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will face the international crisis and its dependence to China?
Case study - 9 pages - Stock exchange
The Honk-Kong Stock Exchange (or HKEX) functions from the last reform of the Hong-Kong stock market undertaken by the Hong-Kong financial secretary in 1999. In Honk-Kong, the first trade of securities began in the middle of the 19th century. But the first formal market appeared only in 1891. It...
