By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Published: April 14, 2012

April 2, 2012, 6:56 p.m. ET

Chinese Medicine Goes Under the Microscope

By SHIRLEY S. WANG

kerry knight
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

DECEMBER 26, 2003, 8:26 A.M. ET

After Years Behind the Scenes, Chinese Join the Name Game
Manufacturers Buy Rights To Famous Trademarks, Hoping for Fatter Margins.

The purchase by Chinese manufacturing companies of Western and other foreign brands signals an important shift in the supply chain forged during the past three decades between the West and Asia. While such deals so far aren't numerous, conditions are ripe for many more, pointing to what may well be the next major phase in China's industrial evolution. Instead of constantly trying to lower their production costs to increase margins, Chinese companies are now trying to capture brand value -- the ability to sell their products at a higher price directly to consumers who are willing to pay for a recognized label. If this trend continues, it means more dollars paid for brand-name products will wind up in China.

By GABRIEL KAHN | Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

June 1, 2005 | Business 2.0 | By Paul Kaihla.

The prime targets? American brands and manufacturers, as well as distributors that peddle Chinese goods. "The Chinese want to cut out the middleman by buying him," says John Rogers, a Chicago lawyer and investment banker who last year formed the MidWest U.S.-China Association to play matchmaker. One manufacturer on the prowl is Chenghai Yongjia Enterprises, a Guangdong-based industrial group whose construction tools are sold at Home Depot. Last year the company enlisted Anita Tang, a Chicago consultant and China expert, to help it find a distributor. "They went into a Home Depot and nearly fainted," Tang recalls. "The tools were priced 10 times higher than what they were paid for them." Because prices tend to double every time goods change hands, the firm could fatten its margins dramatically by buying a middleman.

Mar 1, 2005 | Inc. Magazine|By Ted C. Fishman.

November 20, 2005 | New York Times | By ROB WALKER

Haier and other Chinese companies are now "differentiating themselves through innovation," Sull says. Instead of a "technology push" approach (a Bell Labs cranking out wonderful inventions that are then pushed into the marketplace), he adds, they are adept at using a "consumer pull" strategy, studying and responding to their customers' needs. Haier sells its products in more than 150 countries and was in the news recently as a possible buyer of Maytag.

JULY 16, 2007 | WSJ | By JEREMY HAFT.
On average, it takes China 17 separate parties to produce a product that would take us three. Unlike Japan in the 1980s, little companies drive China's economic growth, not big ones. China's industries are composed of hundreds of thousands of tiny factories and farms -- plus traders, brokers, haulers and agents, all of whom take control of the goods and materials but add little value to the product. With every additional player in the chain, the cost, risk and time grow. Effective quality control in this environment is difficult.So is effective cost control. Despite cheap labor, making goods in China is often more expensive than in the U.S. Far from being a bottomless ATM of cheap consumer goods, China is a risky, costly and time-consuming place to do business.Yet polls show a majority of Americans believe China has mastered basic manufacturing -- and it's now barreling into our high-tech backyard. That's false. As the product recalls demonstrate, China can barely make low-value goods reliably, much less higher-value ones……To compete head-to-head with the American economy, China will have to revolutionize the very way its industries are organized. It must shake out the thousands of low-value middlemen and integrate the tiny factories into larger, more competitive companies. It must train a workforce in modern technology and business practices. And, it must instill transparency and a uniform rule of law. Such an effort could span generations…….the next century will not be led by the country that can make the cheapest copy of a spark plug. It will be led by innovators and entrepreneurs, America's unrivaled assets. Innovation -- not imitation -- will create jobs and maintain America's economic primacy in the century ahead.

September 15, 2005 | New York Times |By JAMES FLANIGAN

Henry Fan expects growth from acquiring distressed apparel firms and gaining the size and strength to withstand the risks of supplying big retail companies even at the low prices that Chinese imports are dictating....Fan says he believes he can continue to compete by using the expertise he gained in the worlds of technology and finance to build an international supply network to handle the growing trade.

"We have overseas offices in Hong Kong and in many parts of China as well as Bangladesh and Thailand," he said. "We can design products here or overseas and ship them anywhere; we can tackle the job in numerous ways." In short, he wants to make Basic Elements a central part of the new supply equation of Chinese factories and American retailers.

By JAMES FLANIGAN
Published: August 16, 2007

August 17, 2011, 8:00 AM ET

By Tom Scocca

January 21, 2011 | | By Amy Ma.

Fried rice is to Chinese food what the omelette is to French cuisine —
one of the simplest dishes, yet one of the most difficult to master.

That’s why chef Hang-yuk Choy counts as one of his greatest achievements
winning the Hong Kong Tourism Bureau’s Best of the Best Culinary Award
for his signature fried rice.

At his restaurant, Tsui Hang Village — a Hong Kong institution for more
than three decades — Mr. Choy believes that three main ingredients make
up a holy trinity when it comes to fried rice: conpoy (dried scallop),
dried fish and roasted goose. He chooses them in lieu of more-common
ingredients such as char siu (barbecued pork), vegetables and egg,
because he says they boost the flavor a few notches.

Nov 11th 2010 | The Economist

July 20, 2009 | Wall Street Journal | By LAURA JOHANNES. A Cup of Tea for a Clearer Nose

JULY 17, 2010 | Wall Street Journal | By GEREMIE R. BARMé.
Strangers at Home. Chinese living abroad have played a huge role in the
country's economic miracle. But back in China, they are both welcome and
vulnerable.

Jun. 11, 2010 | The Globe and Mail | by Steve Ladurantaye in Toronto and Kerry Gold in Vancouver

April 3, 2010 | Globe & Mail | Joanne Kates. Hot Pot on Dundas
442 Dundas St. W., Toronto
416-581-1661 $43 for dinner for two, including tax and tip
No liquor licence; cash only

Feb. 06, 2010 | The Globe and Mail | Lucy Waverman. (1)
CHICKEN WITH SEAWEED (2) PICKEREL IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE (3) STIR-FRIED
VEGETABLES WITH NOODLES.

January 20, 2010 | New York Times | By SAM DILLON

October 21, 2009 | New York Times | By KIRK SEMPLE

17/02/07 | The Globe & Mail pg. L9 | LUCY WAVERMAN

(1) Steamed Whole Fish with Soy Sauce
(2) Rice Noodles with Pork
(3) Spicy Orange Chicken

Jan 18, 2007 | © June Chua

Add minced garlic and a teaspoon of soy sauce