Industry

China’s broadband strategy

Although China’s telecommunications markets are developing at a rapid pace, Dr Thomas Hart of the EU-China Policy-Dialogue Support Facility says that overall they are lagging behind developed nations.

Up in the clouds: cloud computing in China

Cloud computing is becoming one of the hottest global IT topics.

4G is coming: challenges and opportunities in China

After two year’s speculation from industry and the public, the world’s largest communications market initiated the commercial deployment of 4G networks late last year.

We need to talk: how social instant messaging is redefining brand-customer relationships in Asia

Just when companies were starting to get the hang of Weibo and other social media platforms, social instant messaging was added into the mix.

Inside the firewall

Among the challenges of operating in China, one issue that most European companies face with their IT systems and business applications is how to provide their users in China with acceptably fast access to such resources. Time spent waiting for pages to load, or applications…

Moving the next billion travellers in China

For the first time in history international visitor arrivals surpassed 1 billion globally (1.035 billion)[1] in 2012.

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In for the Long Haul

Aerospace and aviation are both growing industries in China

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Come Fly with Me

From the delivery of their first aircraft 28 years ago until the present day, Airbus’ operations in China have grown impressively

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‘I’ in the Sky

Obtaining government approval for new aviation projects or initiatives in China is a complicated procedure for foreign airlines

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A Soft Landing

When he first came to China in 2007 Angelo Cecchini only envisioned being here for a few months. Six years on he is still here