Happy New Year: The Chinese IPO is Back :: Happy New Year! It has only been the Chinese New Year in China for a few hours now, but it seems the Horse is bringing the IPO back. Over the past two weeks, the first batch of initial public offerings ("IPOs") came to market with a total of nine companies listing their shares on the […]
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China's SOEs: Expect More Focus on Profitability :: China's State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission ("SASAC") will now begin focusing more on profitability, not sales, in evaluating the performance of the state-owned enterprises ("SOEs”) that it supervises. This shift will have many implications for SOEs as well as their international counterparts in both China and the global marketplace. Despite the fact that China's […]
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China's Two Sides :: Beijing and Shanghai are two of the most modern cities in the world. Their skylines rival any others; their streets are filled with the latest and most expensive automobiles; and their stores display the logos of the world's most exclusive and expensive luxury brands. Beyond the physical appearances of the cities themselves, the companies that […]
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China's Two Sides (Part II): How Not to Treat a Chinese Partner :: This is the second article about the stalled acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB) ("Cooper") by India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. (Bombai: APOLLOTYRE.BO) ("Apollo"). For background information click on to China's Two Sides. Anyone doing business in China knows that establishing "mutual trust" with your partners, customers and colleagues is a key success […]
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Happy Thanksgiving to Managing The Dragon's Readers :: Having lived in China for the past 20 years, one question I'm frequently asked is: "What about the United States do you miss most?" For my wife and me, the answer to that question is easy—the holidays. On the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, or Labor Day, when everyone in the States is taking a […]
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China 2014: MTD's Predictions for the New Year :: As the New Year dawns, one of the biggest domestic issues facing China is the dense smog that hovers over its major cities most days. The country's most serious international flash point is its ongoing dispute with Japan over ownership of a group of islands in the East China Sea, a dispute that now threatens […]
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Can Tesla Outsell Porsche in China? :: Over the past few weeks, there have been several announcements regarding the activities of Tesla Motors, Inc. (NasdaqGS:TSLA) in China. In late January, Tesla announced that a version of its Model S, which sells for $81,070 in the United States, would retail for 734,000 yuan ($121,300) in China after shipping costs and import duty and […]
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China's Debt: How Serious Is It? :: In a report ordered by China's State Council last June, the country's National Audit Office reported in December that the debts of China's local governments had increased to RMB 17.9 trillion ($3.0 trillion) by the end of June, 2013. This amount, which includes contingent liabilities and debt guarantees, represents a 70 percent increase from the […]
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2013 Predictions: How Did We Do? :: As another year draws to a close, it's time to take stock and to see just how clear our crystal ball was last January. With new leadership in place, general economic uncertainty and the overhang of the Bo Xilai trial, there were plenty of questions about China as we entered 2013. The audiences that I […]
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China Cross-Border M&A Continues :: In one of the larger overseas industrial acquisitions ever by a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise ("SOE"), Shanghai listed (600458.SS) Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd. ("TMT") announced last week that it agreed to acquire the Rubber and Plastics Business Unit of ZF Friedrichshafen AG ("ZF") for $399.3 million. While a number of billion-dollar plus overseas deals […]
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Oil prices near US$103 on supply concerns :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The price of oil extended gains to near US$103 a barrel Wednesday, driven by severe winter weather in the U.S. and supply concerns.
Benchmark U.S. crude for March delivery was up 38 cents to US$102.81 a barrel at 0800 GMT in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract surged US$2.13 to close at US$102.43 a barrel on Tuesday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2014/02/20/400992/Oil-prices.htm
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