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by Han Ximin

SHENZHEN held a ceremony Friday to give awards to 234 foreign-funded enterprises that have been chosen as national model enterprises in terms of business and tax volumes.

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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year–新年快乐!
SRI”s annual Christmas gift is now available.  Yes, our much awaited annual calendar and screen saver can now be yours–for free (mostly)!
The screen saver can be downloaded from our home page (link on the bottom left) or directly from here!
The calendar can be ordered from either our China [...]

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HSBC Bank in Hong Kong has introduced a new business account type called HSBC Business Direct. This seems to be perfect for those doing business in Shenzhen since the online banking services of HSBC are now very good there is no need to go to the physical bank anymore.

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Hello,

I am in the process of trying to open a new restaurant/pub here in Shenzhen. Is there anyone that could possibly give me a list of the licenses, and permits I will need? Ayn other information like estimated prices and time frames would be a huge help.

thanks a million,

Dave

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This post is a collection of client questions from emails, Skype conversations and other online postings.  I’ve left peoples names off and updated the hyperlinks and correct some spelling to make it more readable.  I get these questions, in some form or another, about every week.  So I hope that these are helpful general answers.

First [...]

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The SRI Blog has been nominated for the Best China Business Blog 2008.  Thanks to whomever nominated us (and no, it was not me or my wife, or my mother, or any of our employees).  It’s nice to be recognized.  I hope you’ll vote for SRI, and, like they say in Chicago (and now DC): [...]

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I’ve been driving for 25 years now—since I was 14 actually.  I started out with big farm trucks, bailers, swathers, tractors and a 40 year-old IHC pick-up truck that you had to prime with a choke to start.  I’ve driven in snow storms on canyon roads, ice storms, in sand, through fields, through herds of [...]

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No generic “happy holidays” here–we’re into the real deal.  Thank God for Pilgrims, America, the Founding Fathers, and Deng Xiaoping.

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Two excellent articles on China from other sites.
First, China in the context of the world’s melt down–it’s not only not going to save the world, it’s probably going to make it worse. This is a great piece–if you don’t read any of the others, read this.
Second, Guangdong province in the context of the current political [...]

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I spent part of last weekend helping translate for a friend who was in the emergency room of a local hospital.  Probably more scary to me than being sick in China is being taken to a hospital in China.  My father was a doctor in a small town (the only OBGYN in a couple of [...]

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