China wakes up to global clout of its small firms
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Xing Houyuan's advice to investors who seek her out is patient and practical: do due diligence on any potential partner, clarify its ties to the government, and make sure you control any joint venture.
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GENEVA : China called on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help small textile and clothing exporting countries that are threatened by the end of import quotas at the end of the year.
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Chinese companies are starting to pursue North American and European electronics and consumer brands as their government pushes them to build global sales forces for their low-cost products.
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By Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 18--With so many big companies looking to China to grow their businesses, it's natural that small firms would want a piece of the pie.   David Hemmings has made it his job to at least supply them with the ingredients.
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3M is among a small group of companies doing well domestically and internationally.
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The big money has its sights set on small companies.
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Exports from China are shifting from basic goods like textiles, toys and shoes to higher-value industrial goods that compete more directly with products from advanced industrialized countries.
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Foreign companies often do not understand Chinaâs Internet market, which is geared primarily to entertainment and mobile phones.
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China has created a vibrant auto industry over the past two decades, but executives said on Sunday that a significant gap still separated local manufacturers from the world's top brands.
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China's 500 largest firms have seen their combined profits rise 23% to $80.4bn last year, researchers find.
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JOHANNESBURG -- As China extends its reach ever more deeply into Africa's economies,  one country has quietly but aggressively moved in the opposite direction, with its companies becoming major players in booming Chinese industries.
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China's software and IT services sector is on track to catch and exceed the U.K.'s output in as little as five years, according to a new report.
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Growth in Chinese industrial output picked up last month, boosted by strong export demand, figures show.
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China&#39;s economy grew so rapidly in the first half of 2007 that it is likely to overtake Germany as the world&#39;s third-largest by the end of this year, analysts say.
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China will send ripples through the financial world when it unleashes an investment company with more money under management than any mutual fund in existence, according to analysts.
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Rising power China moved Monday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations aimed at creating the world's largest free trade area by 2010 &#151; a sprawling market of nearly 2 billion people.
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Small caps have the most growth potential.