The sudden spurt in China’s focus in moving from a mass produced copying machine to one that’s focusing on creating their own high value made in China products and patenting them lies in the difference between innovation and invention. The dogma ridden...
In a bid to improve the domestic quality of goods and alter China’s image as the capital of cheap, fake goods at knock off prices, Beijing is conducting a major overhaul of its quality and Intellectual Property laws. While in September last year, Beijing decided...
Recently a landmark bill banning the export of electronic waste to developing nations – mainly China, India and Nigeria was introduced in the US. Although the bill seeks to cut all e-waste exports due to their hazardous nature, it contains a loophole that allows...
Cementing his helicopter ascent to succeed Hu Jintao in 2012, Chinese state media announced the appointment of Xi Jinping, the country’s vice-president to become vice-chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission, where Mr. Hu currently serves as the...
From today, any Chinese under the age of 30 is a single child, responsible for caring for two parents and four grandparents, raised to be the apple of their parents eyes and expected to excel beyond their wildest dreams. Programmed under the controversial population...
Worried about being stereotyped a low cost, poor quality manufacturing hub with little Intellectual Property enforcement, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang called upon Chinese industrial firms to improve the quality of their products as part of the efforts to...
