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China recently announced that they would allow the Yuan’s trading band to increase from .5% to 1%. This means that the Yuan can fluctuate as much as 1% in any one day…

The April Newsletter is up; you can read it here Here’s an excerpt: Of Beads and Streams Imagine: you get a quote from a Chinese manufacturer and place a P.O. Everything is…

Recently, I met a young Chinese gentleman at a World Trade Center event. After trading emails for a month or so, he agreed to submit some articles for the blog. What he…

If your product is not one that can be patented, you still have several options in the form of trademarks to help protect your investment. You can: Trademark the name of your…

The March newsletter is up. You can read it here. The main topic for this month’s newsletter is… The New China Blog. One thing to note is that the exchange rate actually…

This week, I received a call from a customer who had tried to find a source on a large, well known, Chinese E-commerce website. This site has thousands if not tens of thousands of…

The Associated Press is reporting that a firm in China, named Proview, who won a court ruling there that they own the Ipad name, is now asking the Chinese government to ban…

The February newsletter is up here: https://www.mgtrading.com/Newsletter-February-2012-China-Business.htm The main article is “It’s All About the Relationship.” Here’s an excerpt: A few weeks ago, while everything was shut down in China for the…

I’ve been transferring my files to a new computer which is why I didn’t make any posts last week. That’s something I don’t want to have to do again. I am thoroughly…

On January 22, the New York posted an article “How the US lost out on Iphone work.” Several highlights: Apple sold 70 million iphones and 30 million ipads last year. After President…