If you think that only smaller Chinese manufacturing plants pose ethical or operation challenges to your product line, you’d be mistaken. Unfortunately, the immense size of China’s industrial sector means that factories of all sizes, shapes and capacities...
That “great deal” you got on a knock-off that works “just like” the name brand could cost you in ways you didn’t contemplate. In 2014, a 28-year-old woman was electrocuted by a faulty USB phone charger. Sheryl Anne Aldeguer was working on...
Recently released statistics reveal another aspect of China’s challenging “hukou” social policy that will need revision to forestall what some commentators believe is an impending disaster. Since 1979, the country’s industrial revolution has caused...
There are many aspects involved in social responsibility oversight, one of which is tracking and confirming compliance with minimum wage laws. If you have contracts with Chinese factories, you may have already reviewed their “minimum salary” practices and...
For Australia’s tourism industry, the China-Australia Free Trade Act (ChAFTA) is possibly the best opportunity for growth and expansion ever. Not only are Australian tourism services providers invited to open new facilities in China, millions of Chinese tourists are...