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Lee Perkins | February 11, 2011

China’s trade imbalance is increasingly becoming a headache not just for those addicted to China’s cheap goods, but increasingly so for those who seem to benefit most – namely China [...]

Lee Perkins | September 11, 2009

According to the China Daily, Suning, one of the country’s largest private electrical appliance manufacturers, has commenced construction of its new south-western logistics base, in Chengdu, Sichuan.

With a total investment [...]

Lee Perkins | April 29, 2008

The 103rd China Import and Export Fair, the largest of its kind, opened in Guangzhou, the capital of South China’s Guangdong Province, on the 16th of April, amid fears that [...]

Matt Schiavenza | March 31, 2008

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Matt Schiavenza | March 10, 2008

Carrefour recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with GrandBuy–a Guangzhou based department store chain. The agreement involves the exchange of key information, cooperation on projects, and business expansion, with [...]

Lee Perkins | December 29, 2007

(A version of this article was first published in a December 2007 edition of International Freighting Weekly)

There has been much speculation of late that China may be loosing its competitive [...]