What are the best online sources for studying how to do  business in
China ?.The sites should be in English, and cater for both the
international
businessman discovering China and those who are already doing business
in China and who want to be updated about new developments .

Sites that provide good 1st hand accounts of businessmen would be
especially useful.

Hi, 

The first place I would start is here

Asian Business Strategy
http://www.apmforum.com/

Don't let the relaxed look fool you, these guys keep this up to date
with lots of good information.

The rest, by comparison pale pretty fast. So I've placed them down in
the Other Links area. I found several forums, but it doesn't look like
much talking is going on in there, some I listed, some I decided not
to waste your time with.

Other links of possible interest :

US-China Business Council
http://www.uschina.org/

Guide to doing business with China
http://www.tdctrade.com/chinaguide/index_e.htm

Doing Business in China
http://www.xerox-emea.com/globaldesign/china.htm

China Business Gateway
http://www.ultrachina.com/english/main.cfm?MID=57&CID=0


http://www.lisa.org/

http://china.asiadragons.com/

International Trade Forum
http://www.tradeforum.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/451/In_Beijing,_Networking_for_Trade_Development.html

China Business World
http://www.chinesebusinessworld.com/


Search Strategy
Business China 
Best Business China Forum
Best Business Practice China Forum


If this didn't cover what you needed let me know using the
Clarification option and I'll find something more specific to your
needs.

thanks, 

webadept-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by marrett88-ga on 04 Jan 2003 19:05 PST

The links are good .However, I also needed a site( s) that can provide
very specific and honest information about choice of hotels in the
major cities in China, best domestic airlines to choose , whether 
there are any foreign businessmen's association that I can join so
that I can turn to them if I have problems in China etc ....the sort
of day to day concerns a new businessman exploring China's main
cities( Beijing, Shanghai ) may have !!

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Request for Answer Clarification by marrett88-ga on 06 Jan 2003 18:12 PST

Hi Webadept

   Any update on my post answer query ?

thanks

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Clarification of Answer by webadept-ga on 06 Jan 2003 19:57 PST

As Fons suggests, this is very difficult for english language, but I
have found a business group

http://www.washington-ibg.com/index_en.htm

The last page I gave you has a forum where you can ask questions of
otheres
http://www.apmforum.com/board/

And there is this page as well which has some good information on it.
http://blogs.salon.com/0001319/

And finally this page. 
http://www.fesco.com.cn/enfesco/engindex.htm

thanks, 

webadept-ga

thanks.quite helpful

Hi marrett88,

The information you are asking for is not available on one or even a
few websites. I guess you will have to solve your problems piece by
piece. That makes doing business in China so exciting: there is no
easy answer.

Good luck,

Fons (from Shanghai)