Other Briefings
Inflicting Loss on Investors through Cooked Books: Assessing Accounting Fraud in China
Although accounting fraud is a global issue, China’s investment climate presents higher risk. In this article, we look at accounting misconduct in China and the recent amendments made by the IASB to help investors better understand an entity’s business state.
Strength in Numbers: Opportunities in China’s Sharing Economy
Advances in mobile technology have given rise to a new business model that has already had a profound effect on the transportation, e-commerce, and lodging industries. With high levels of mobile use and an expanding consumer class, China has been quick to adapt to the sharing economy, presenting opportunities for foreign investors.
China Market Watch: Slowdown in Plastics Industry and Massive Cuts in China’s Cement Industry
In this week’s China Market Watch, we take a closer look at China’s plastics industry, which has experienced a bout of slower growth, the massive cuts to be made in the cement industry, the country’s online retailing industry, as well as the future trends of the drone industry.
China’s Human Capital Capabilities Being Overtaken by ASEAN
The concept of Human Capital is an interesting decision making feature that is increasingly entering the corporate foreign investment mindset. In this article, Chris Devonshire-Ellis takes a look at China’s Human Capital rankings and the country’s overall labor market.
China Regulatory Brief: Two-child Policy and China Advance Pricing Arrangement Annual Report
In this week’s China Regulatory Brief, we discuss the country’s two-child policy and local rules in Guangdong province, China Advance Pricing Arrangement Annual Report (2014), and the new online payment regulations in China.
Exploring New Opportunities in Adaptive Learning in China
The term ‘adaptive learning’ has been misunderstood in some cases, and misused in others. A relatively new development in education technology, especially in emerging markets such as China, some consider adaptive learning to be the application of content-mapping and norm-referencing (the assessment of a performance in terms of its relationship to the larger group) to learning tools.
What Google’s China Ban Means For Dot CN Domain Users
Google has just announced it will cease accepting certificates issued by the State Chinese Internet Network Information Center following a security breach after the regulator apparently sub-contracted certification issuance to a Cairo based firm.
