Harvard Business Review calls it the “one app to rule them all”; the Economist: “the digital bedrock of Chinese society”. Trump wants to “strike at China’s heart” wrote the Washington Post, as it “targets a product tied to every part of economic and social life.” President Trump has declared that he will ban WeChat (and […]

Simultaneous Mandarin Interpreters Elaine Tian and Charles Qin If you are doing business in China, meeting your Chinese stakeholders is an important way of growing sales and interest.  Since COVID all of that has stopped. China may already have forgotten you, or worse, they may be listening to some of the negative propaganda about Australia, […]

March 31st, 2020
China: Will it be our Saviour?

By Kate Ritchie We’ve been fielding calls in the last fortnight from well-heeled and struggling Chinese businesspeople in Australia who are wanting to help Australia fight the coronavirus, whether it be to manufacture or import protective equipment or to set up community aid organisations. These individuals have been the beneficiaries of migration to Australia, and […]

March 6th, 2020
How to Strengthen Chinese Relationships During the Coronavirus Epidemic

By Kate Ritchie Many of our colleagues and clients have been asking us about the best action to take for their Chinese friends and stakeholders during this coronavirus epidemic, so that they can remain in contact and not make any communication errors, but, in fact, build a stronger relationship for the future. There has been […]