Will China’s Investment in the US Soon Slow?
By Liu Qian and Dan Wang Since Chinese outbound direct investment (ODI) took off in 2005, annual outflows have grown at an average of 35 percent per year, reaching $123 billion in…
Cutler on TPP and Raising Global Trade Standards
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement has been a lynchpin of the Obama Administration’s rebalancing policy towards the Asia-Pacific. Announced Oct. 5, 2015, the agreement aims to "promote economic growth; support the creation…
Video Walk-Thru of 2016 Business Climate Survey
To help you find the key points for your own industry, AmCham China Senior Manager for Policy Initiatives and DC Liaison Ian Curtiss recorded a walk-through video of the just-launched 2016 Business…
Pollution in China: A Doctor’s Perspective
By Michael Couturie The same week as the Paris Climate Conference in November 2015, Beijing issued its first ever air quality Red Alert, causing schools to close and car use to be…
All Eyes are on the RMB
2015 was a big year for the renminbi (RMB). The 100 yuan note got a new look in the fall, with anti-counterfeiting updates to the 2005 bill such as extra embossing and…
Weak Economy Rains on RMB’s Global Debut
2016 is set to be the year of the redback, but not for the reasons many China-watchers expected. This was supposed to be the year that the renminbi (RMB) would triumphantly enter…
Pollution in the Workplace
By Emily Jones New pollution monitoring platforms and devices have placed a great amount of power in the palms of haze-beleaguered Beijingers. Gadgets that measure air quality indexes, once wielded only by…
In-depth Interview: Harold Pradal of Int’l SOS
By Preston Kuo General Manager of International SOS (China), elected board member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry France-Chine and nominated Foreign Trade Advisor by French Republic, Harold Pradal needs to…
New Tech Zones Expand Office Space into Suburbs
One key component of China’s rapid economic growth over the past three decades has been the implementation of special economic zones. In the past, these designated areas successfully pilot-tested the market economy…
No More Extra Pages for US Passports
By the AmCham China Visa Committee Starting Jan. 1, 2016, the US Department of State will no longer add visa pages into American passports. Previously, US passport holders could pay for the…