Chris Lowsley is the Greater China specialist for UK Trade & Investment in the South East region. He has an automotive engineering background and an international marketing career developing and managing sales, service and distribution in Asia Pacific Markets for British and American Multinational firms.
Chris has previously written a guide to doing business in Taiwan. He provides strategic and practical business and market advice to companies wishing to establish sustainable business with China and each year helps many companies successfully manage the challenges of this dynamic market.
The Chinese believe that the Year of the Fire Monkey (which today, 8 February, marks the start of) is ideal for starting new enterprises and rising to exciting new challenges. So it's a perfect time to remind entrepreneurs and businesses …
Today sees the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The confusion over this year's animal is based on the Chinese character (Yáng) for sheep, goat and ram being considered the same in China. There are 12 creatures in the …
