Advertising enterprises entering the chinese market need alliances with local counterparts
With the recent closure of four Tesco outlets and rumors about Carrefour's exit from China, the strategy of making an emerging market a global retailer's growth engine becomes debatable.
Better balanced urbanization is serving as a new platform for practical cooperation between China and the EU.
China has become the EU's second largest trading partner and it is on the way to becoming the world's largest economy.
When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in Brussels Wednesday for an annual summit with EU leaders, the recent trade friction over China's solar panel products is expected to feature on the agenda.
China's ties with a clutch of Central and Eastern European countries pave the way for a better relationship with the EU.
Multinational companies that do not commit the resources required to succeed in this challenging market may be jeopardizing their future position.
In an increasingly interconnected world, Asia's small and medium-sized enterprises are not immune to problems elsewhere, such as the euro crisis.
German officials once described Sino-German relations as a "special partnership"in the frequent mutual visits of the two heads of government.
Sino-German cooperation in the fields of trade and economics has flourished.
Premier Wen Jiabao and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will co-chair the second round of China-Germany governmental consultations in Beijing on Aug 30.
Because of the acuteness of the eurozone crisis, it is old Europe that is going to become a laboratory for the world economy.