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Deloitte and Touche LLP's China Business Services Group Resource Page
Deloitte's collection of articles and tools offer a nice bird's eye view of what it takes to do business with China. Under its "Guide to Doing Business in China and Hong Kong," you'll find profiles of nine major cities, as well as information on doing business in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Diving into Details

Weighing the Risks of Going Abroad
Set up by the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and insurance company American International Group (AIG), AssessYourInternationalRisk.org highlights international exposures to risk your business may already have and offers solutions for managing them.

China Business and Tax Guide
This 140-page guide (downloadable as a PDF) from Deloitte and Touche LLP provides business investors with information on China's business environment and tax system. Topics discussed include business regulations and requirements, taxation of enterprises, investment incentives and more.

Intellectual Property Toolkit
The American Embassy in China website provides a great primer on protecting your business's intellectual property rights when doing business with China. The website's most salient piece of advice: Be sure to register patents and trademarks with appropriate Chinese agencies and authorities to be sure you have proper recourse if something does go awry. The website also provides myriad links to agencies that can help if you do run into any type IP infringement and provides actionable advice on how to address the issue.

Visa Information
The American Embassy in China website also provides general information on securing nonimmigrant visas for Chinese colleagues, including timely notices affecting the issuance of new visas, general information on applying, and application forms.

Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution
This free PDF provides guidelines from the Department of Commerce on handling business disputes. In a nutshell, good planning is key to staying out of trouble, but if you find yourself embroiled in a dispute, the Department offers advice on negotiations and mediations, as well as details the various methods of Chinese arbitration and international litigation.

Trade Compliance Center
At the Trade Compliance Center, businesses can report trade barriers they've encountered, peruse a list barriers other U.S. businesses have experienced, read trade agreements forged with many different countries, including the People's Republic of China, and sign up for an Export Alert! service via the National Center for Standards and Certification Information (NIST), which offers U.S. businesses the opportunity to comment on proposed foreign technical regulations that could affect their businesses.

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Tariff Database
Once you've registered for free, you gain access to information on tariff schedules, concessions, and prohibitions by APEC member economies, including the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong.

Business Etiquette
Executiveplanet.com is dedicated entirely to providing tips and etiquette advice for doing business worldwide. The entries on business etiquette in China are written by Chinese consultants who have firsthand knowledge of what will make you friends, and what won't. One entry in the Public Behavior section, for instance, suggests refraining from picking food from your teeth in public, as it's considered vulgar. And if you're making a proposal, be sure all printed presentation materials are only in black and white -- many colors have special meanings in China, many of them negative.

International Trade Websites and Articles

Office of International Trade

International Trade Center SBDC

International Trade Administration

U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- TradeRoots.org

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Resources for Researching International Markets and Partners

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