Foreign Business in China

Paper Summary:

The writer undertakes database searches in order to review studies and reports on how businesses operate in China and what the Chinese may demand of those businesses to allow them to operate. The writer finds relevant information in areas such as labor, government regulations, trade rules and local customs, all tied to China first and to foreign investment in China second.

From the Paper:

"China has become more amenable to the operation of foreign companies in recent years, part of the effort on the part of the country to gain a more prominent position in world trade and so to enhance its own balance of trade. Outsiders see this as an element in the liberalization of Chinese trade and perhaps Chinese politics, though the Chinese are trying to balance their own interests in a way that brings in more foreign companies while also imposing certain restrictions and requirements on them that makes them adhere more to Chinese preferences as to business methods. Such efforts are more noticeable with reference to certain types of business and much less so for others, and some foreign companies may be changed more depending on the type of business they do and the degree to which they have to alter their practices to operate in China at all."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anthony, T. (2003, December 12). U.S. companies changes Chinese lives - and corporate culture, too. AP Worldstream. Retrieved August 11, 2007 from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-88501330.html.
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