Private sector industry in the eurozone returned to growth in July, according to a closely-watched survey, boosting hopes that the single currency area will soon emerge from recession. The Markit eurozone Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which measures business output, was 50.4 in July. A figure above 50 indicates expansion. July's figure was up from 48.7 in June, and marks an 18-month high. The eurozone has been in recession since the end of 2011. "T...
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China’s growing middle class will become a strong source of purchasing power by reaching up to 630 million over the next decade. The primary objective for the Chinese government is to meet the expected demand and become a more customer-driven economy. The Chinese government restricts imports of American goods and has high tariffs on goods Chinese consumers are willing to buy. By decreasing tariffs on the imported goods China could help itself to obtain its objectives. Next will be introduced s...
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Counterfeit goods from China account for almost 2% of world trade, equaling $250 billion per year, the latest research from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC) shows. Since the 1978 Economic Reform and Openness strategy, Chinahas gradually grown to the main source for pirated goods coming into the United States and the European Union. Some researchers have found that around 60% to 70% of the worldwide pirated and faked products come from mainland China. ...
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What CISAA does? Based in Shenzhen, CISAA provides Intellectual Property Investigation Services throughout. CISAA have specialized in Anti-counterfeit Investigation for a long time. We continue to take successfully and positive action against organisations involved in the theft or misuse of Intellectual Property throughout Hong Kong and the. Many of our cases have been coordinated against highly organised crime syndicates. Our Internet Countermeasures program (ICMS) provides online investigati...
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If you have already done business with China, you know that it is not easy everyday... Sometimes, it would look like even the government leagues against your business. That’s the problem encountered by many companies when facing “The Great Firewall”. But since several years, companies and individuals have been starting to use VPNs (virtual private network) in order to avoid this restriction, and to be able to access all of the services and media the internet can offer. Chinese...
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Iliana Torres 
Global Sourcing, Safety and Compliance 
Comments Off on Chinese Winners, a Cultural Trait. Today, I’d like to come back a little on the last Olympics which ended 3 weeks ago. Here is a British coach who moved in China to train Chinese athletes and to understand and experience the “Win culture” of the Middle Empire. Chinese athletes train incredibly hard, harder than we could explain in words and as a coach who has placed swimmers on five different Olympic Games teams, he tells he has never seen athletes train like this anywhere in the world. They have an unrelentin...
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