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Why It's Trending: President Hu Jintao spoke to leaders of American business and foreign-relations groups on Thursday. The speech called for cooperation between Chinese and American economic interests in Asia, and defended China's attempts to control its currency, the yuan.
Knowledge of cross-cultural etiquette is a critical element in all international business negotiations. Here are 11 helpful tips to learn before traveling anywhere outside the United States on business.
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Soaring cotton prices continue to present retailers with tough decisions: cut margins and risk profitability, or raise prices and risk sales?
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Inc.com is launching new pages devoted to New York City small business news, Atlanta small business news, Chicago small business news, San Francisco small business news, Los Angeles small business news, Seattle small business news, and Washington, D.C. small business news.
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From the minute you land in Beijing, nothing is business as usual.
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Taylor Llewellyn’s needlepoint belt and accessories line, Tucker Blair, is quintessentially American, but made in China. Here are his tips for working with a Chinese contract manufacturer.
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As China shuts down the country's largest hackers' training ground, a report highlights more problems. Read more
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Search giant Google has begun redirecting traffic away from Google.cn, its main Chinese site, and to Google.com.hk, this afternoon. Read more
In the wake of Google's decision to stop censoring online content in China, two domain name registrars announce their retreat. Read more
What a claim to fame for Shaoxing, China. It holds the world record for most malware attacks coming out of the country with the national title in the same... Read more
Twitter unveils advertising platform. That long-awaited Twitter revenue model that we've been telling you about? It's finally here. Co-founder Biz ... Read more
Recent wage hikes combined with rising prices mean China isn't as cheap an option as it once was. Read more
Google makes a deal China, but at what cost? After months of tension, Google ... Read more
One young entrepreneur explains what he learned by quitting his job and hopping on a one-way flight to China. Read more
The entrepreneurs featured on Inc.com's 30 Under 30 list this year have brought to market a variety of products including bespoke suits, anti-gravity treadmi... View slideshow
Michael Lee is on the verge of becoming the first American entrepreneur to build big in the world’s most populous country. Read more
China's fast-growing consumer class is giving business owners new reasons to set up shop abroad. Here's how to start and grow your business. Read more
American businesses to face more competition but more opportunity. Read more
In a poor job market, American graduates are seeking jobs on foreign soil. Read more
The Economist finally discovers the entrepreneurial society. Dr. Jeff Cornwall's blog points to Read more
Trade relations between the US and China sour. After nearly two years of negotiations, China has rejected claims made by the United States and Euro... Read more
When I was a kid I watched men land on the moon. Like every kid I wanted to be an astronaut. Now China is getting in on the act. After a Read more
A big weekend for the iPad. Roughly 300,000 people bought iPads on Saturday, the day Apple put its new gadget on sale. That's more than the first g... Read more
The "real" story on Facebook's founding . On Friday, Silicon Alley Insider published the Read more
Beijing's Olympic dreams may be a nightmare for U.S. companies Read more
The unlikely rise of China's hottest internet tycoon. Read more
Five steps to opening an office in China. Read more
A growing number of American manufacturers seem to be profiting from an anti-outsourcing backlash. Read more
Much has been written about American entrepreneurs setting up shop in China. But with inflation surging in China and the weak dollar, Chinese companies ar... Read more
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking to Sean Rush, the relatively new president and CEO of Junior Achievement WorldwideRead more
Last month I had the chance to visit one of the tea gardens that supplies us with our chun mee (translation: "spring's eyebrows"), a variety used in most ... Read more
If you have thought that taking advantage of China's low costs might be the answer to all your problems -- better look again. The game is getting much mor... Read more
I flew from Sydney to Chicago where I had dinner with the CEO of a company that manufactures parts for electric motors. What keeps him up at night, I ask... Read more
Led by growth in China, the number of computers worldwide will skyrocket by 2015, according to a new report. Read more
Jan. 12, 2007 -- Michael Caslin, an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., will be a feature speake... Read more
March 12, 2007 -- U.S. employers are lagging behind China, India, and Eastern Europe when it comes to giving their employees a raise, a r... Read more
Exporters will head to Philadelphia later this month to discuss the obstacles of doing business in China, organizers said. The China Smart Conferen... Read more
T he J curve represents the relationship between stability and openness. Each country moves along its own J curve, and the curve ... Read more
At a time when products are being recalled and consumers are wary, managing your Chinese contractors is more important than ever. Here's how: Read more
After weeks of hinting, the White House took its intellectual property beef with China to the World Trade Organization. U.S. Trade Representative Susan C.... Read more
China announced today that its first quarter GDP grew 11.1 percent year-over-year, sparking concerns of overheating for the country's as yet immature fina... Read more
That giant sucking sound you hear is $360 million in U.S. venture capital heading to China. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the storied Silicon Valley v... Read more
For the first year ever we mapped out where Inc. 500 companies do business globally. Sure there are firms outsourcing to India and China, but they're als... Read more
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