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Business in China
Importing Straight From Chinese Factories: How to Source Without Middlemen
Cutting 20–40% off your cost of goods and dealing with the factory directly is realistic. Here's how to build a China sourcing operation that skips the agent markup.
Buying direct from a China fact...
Aug 13, 2026
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Opening a Representative Office in China: Paperwork, Timelines and the Tax Bill
Long before anyone signs off on a factory or a trading entity, the careful route into China looks like this — boots on the ground, but no cash register.
Very few overseas companies enter mainland C...
Aug 12, 2026
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Contract With a Chinese Supplier: What to Put in Writing So You Don’t Lose Money
A verbal deal and an invoice pasted into a chat app hold up perfectly — right until the first problem. Once defective goods land or the ship date slips, there's suddenly nothing to argue over. Here's ...
Aug 10, 2026
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CCC Certification: How to Get Your Product Onto Chinese Shelves
Three letters missing from the box, and the box never reaches a shop. Below: who is caught by the 3C requirement, and how to work through it without writing off half a year.
What sits behind the ac...
Aug 03, 2026
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Closing a WFOE in China: The Deregistration Process and Timelines
You can set up a company in China in a couple of weeks — but winding one down takes months. And an abandoned entity quietly builds up penalties and blacklist entries. Here is how to exit the right way...
Jul 19, 2026
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Hiring Employees in China: Labour Contracts and Employer Obligations
Where employment law in most markets tries to balance the two sides, mainland China's tilts toward the worker by design. The practical consequence for a foreign employer is blunt: paperwork that slips...
Jul 17, 2026
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China VAT: Rates and Refunds for Foreign Businesses
The same product can jump 13% in price over two lines on a customs form. Here is how Chinese VAT actually works — and where a business loses money or wins it back.
How the tax works
VAT in China...
Jul 17, 2026
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How to Pay Your Chinese Suppliers Directly in RMB
Paying in US dollars means two conversions, extra correspondent banks and slower settlement. Pay your supplier in their own currency and the money often lands the same day — here's how to make the swi...
Jul 17, 2026
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China Business Visa: M, Z or R — Which One Do You Need?
A trip described as "business" can land under any of three visa categories in China, and the categories are not interchangeable. Choosing the wrong letter is not a filing error to be corrected later —...
Jul 17, 2026
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