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What I learned on the Bond Business tour to China...TRANSCRIPT
China Business Tour 2011
China
– Fun facts
Asia
Population: Too many
2nd largest economy
Communist/Capitalist
Capital Beijing
China
• Triggers of the “Take Off”
process:
– China
Deng Xiaoping´s Reforms in
1978
Corrupt Political system may hold
China back
Guanxi in action
SWOT
Strengths
Plenty of cheap labour
Hungry to work
Low over head costs
Government promoted
Market
WeaknessesNot enough experienced
managersNot enough jobs for
graduatesNot creative or R & D
orientedCorrupt government
OpportunitiesHigher education on the
riseGrowing middle class
Rising GDP
Threats
Aging population
Lack of resources
& pollutionLess
people willing to work in
factories
Corporate & Cultural Visits
Nokia - South East Beijing CITS China Investment and Guarantee Great Wall Forbidden City Eastcom Queensland Government Trade and
Investment Allens Arthur Robinson Zhanjiang High Tech Park Shanghai Integrated Circuit Museum Yangshan Customs free trade port
I also learned…..
Chinese eat everything… And so do I…
Chinese youth really don’t know about Tiananmen Square
Panda’s are people too
Joel is a Jedi
The Great Wall Tastes Good
Don’t believe me?
Just ask Aya
Aya is not camera shy
Taxi’s stop running at midnight in Beijing
How to fly on an airplane
China Loves Kobe and America
Learned about some cool new people
International Relations
• US likes China but Fears them. Love/hate
China USA
Prospects
Scenario 1
Probability :
Time Line :
+ / - :
Scenario 2
Probability :
Peaceful Coexistence?
Scenario 3
Probability : Battle over resources and political differences?
The End