By Renaud Anjoran As many of our clients are quick to remind us, inspecting certain products require a level of expertise and ceramic products are definitely in this category since most of the visual defects are based on the ‘ceramic grades’ the buyer paid for. … [Read more...]
How China’s new cybersecurity laws can (will?) destroy your business
By Dan Harris In China’s New Cybersecurity Program: NO Place to Hide and again in China’s New Cybersecurity System: There is NO Place to Hide we wrote how China’s new “cybersecurity” laws give the Chinese government and its prized companies full and total access to all data and IP held by foreign companies. Yesterday, in China’s New … [Read more...]
Quality planning for importers: Classify orders by risk level
By Renaud Anjoran Every purchaser knows that some orders are riskier than others and the risk impacts many of the decisions they make. This is why quality planning and classifying orders by risk level is important for importers. … [Read more...]
China’s new cryptography law: Still no place to hide
By Steve Dickinson The PRC National People’s Congress on October 26 enacted the long awaited Encryption Law (密码法）, which will come into effect on January 1, 2020. The official text of the law can be found here and an English language summary can be found here: The Law is another piece of the comprehensive cybersecurity system China is … [Read more...]
How a China-based buying office can add value
By Renaud Anjoran If you source and buy consumer goods from several suppliers in China, your experience probably looks like this: … [Read more...]