Jim Rogers is a writer/investor and was dubbed "the Indiana Jones of finance" by Time magazine. His book, Adventure Capitalist is the story of a three year road trip he took around the world with his wife. He documented the trip with his own website. His chapter on China and the Chinese economy is especially good, and is free of the usual biases.

Culchina is a free online resource for China and much more.

FIMR.org (Chinese language) is a website published and managed by David Wei, which is dedicated to furthering the development and interests of the financial investment research profession in China.

Shanda Interactive Entertainment is China's largest distributor of MMORPG (massively multi-player online role-playing games). At any given moment, its servers handle more than 1 million players concurrently. Headed by Timothy Chen Tianqiao, the company is scheduled to go public in the US in Q1 of 2004.

CITIC is the largest financial conglomerate in China.

China Private Equity provides a forum for alternative asset managers in China.

The McKinsey Global Institute provides free research reports on China, and all other countries. Requires free registration.

The Small and Medium Enterprise Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (in Chinese), is a new board created in June 2004.

Beijing Human Resources Network (in simplified Chinese) is a job placement network which focuses on the Beijing area.

ChinaHR (in simplified Chinese) is one of the leading job sites in China.

Zhaopin is one the leading job sites in China.

Chinatalents (in simplified Chinese) is a Chinese government sponsored website aimed at attracting overseas Chinese back to work in China.

ggcp.com.cn (in simplified Chinese) is a Beijing company which helps place senior management in Chinese companies. Weighted towards placing financial talent into Chinese state-owned enterprises.

Overseas Chinese Scholars Services (in simplified Chinese) is a China website which offers information and support to Chinese returning to China to work in companies, or who plan to start their own businesses.

Upwardly Global is a US non-profit which helps skilled immigrants to the USA find jobs in companies which are related to their original skills and knowledge before moving to the US by providing them with training in US work culture.

China Chain Store & Franchise Association is China's leading association for the retail sector.

Franchising China provides information for exhibits on the growing franchising industry in China.

Red Herring, based in San Francisco, provides global coverage to the venture capital and technology industries.

The Ministry of Commerce in China is the main government (central government level) organization which handles foreign trade.

Guangzhou International Board for International Investment is an arm of the Guangzhou government designed to help future investors in the southern Chinese city.

Atelier Feichang Jianzhu is the website for Yungho Chang's design studio in Beijing, one of China's new leading architects.

Commune is a major new development outside Beijing near the Great Wall, and has won many architectural prizes in Europe. The buildings are available for rent as corporate venues.

Tribute is a restaurant in Central in Hong Kong.

Chinatoday is a comprehensive reference site on China.

Travel China Guide provides China travel information for the business traveler and tourist.

Martin Currie is an assets management firm with offices in the UK and Shanghai. Among its products are a China hedge fund.

Wang Jianshuo works for a leading US software company in Shanghai. He regularly publishes a weblog which provides an interesting window on life for a modern Chinese professional in that city.

http://140.112.47.30/LTC/ is the weblog of a young Chinese studying architectural history in London, written in Chinese and English. Very entertaining reading.

Harris & Moure is a Seattle based international law firm with extensive experience handling dispute resolution and international debt collection matters in China. 

Import Export Help is a free international trade resources including ebooks, trade leads, trade magazines and Global B2B newsletter. Paid resources include trade directories to 184,000 importers/buyers and import-export training materials.

The Chinese Export Commodities Fair is also known as the Canton Trade Fair, and is held annually in April and October in Guangzhou. This is the single most valuable resource for importers of products from China.

CEPA stands for the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the PRC. Beginning in 2004, special incentives are offered to companies which are based in Hong Kong, and importing/exporting to China through the Hong Kong SAR. This site is hosted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

Asia Times provides world news and analysis from an Asian perspective.

China Economic Net is a portal which brings together economic news about China. Available in English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Training Links is a leading resource for personal and corporate development featuring Web seminars and teleconferences.

Leadership Inc., based in Shenzhen, China, provides strategic consulting and corporate training services to corporations and businesses in Hongkong and southern China.

Really Useful Sites for International Trade Professionals is recognized worldwide as a valuable source of information for international professionals worldwide. The bi-weekly newsletter pinpoints international trade-related resources on the Web that subscribers can use in their daily business (and personal) lives. Subscribers in more than 30 countries depend on the newsletter to stay up to date in their work and business development. One subscriber says "Of all the newsletters and magazines that I receive - both email and paper - yours is the one that is the most useful, the first one I route to others regularly and the only one I take home from work." Really Useful Sites for International Trade Professionals is free and new subscribers can sign up at http://fita.org/usefulregister.html.

iCityInc.com is an integrated web solutions company based in Toronto, Canada. Services include search engine optimization, web store design and eBay selling services. Uses open source solutions; has Chinese language development capability.

California Office of Trade and Investment in China. Good source for new projects coming online in China. Especially strong in Beijing Olympics 2008 related material.

China Company Research Services provides customized credit reports on Chinese companies in a format Western companies can understand. An absolute requirement for making the right business decisions.

Spyglass Point Productions is a trade information company. For more than 10 years it has been helping new entrepreneurs learn proven methods for starting and operating their own international trading companies.

Rick Brenner, principal of Chaco Canyon Consulting, works with problem-solving organizations that need state-of-the-art teamwork. He publishes a weekly email newsletter, Point Lookout.

Trade Partners UK is a government resource which gives detailed information about the China market. Very helpful to non-British companies as well as British companies.

01WebDirectory is a new directory for international business users.

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