February 8th, 2021
Happy ‘Niú牛’ Year! 春节快乐·牛转钱坤

The Year of the Ox arrives on 12 February 2021. All of us will be eBULLient to see the end of Ratty and welcome what we hope will be a year of recovery. A year where our persistence and resilience pay off – that is the hallmark of the Ox – a symbol of prosperity […]

September 10th, 2020
Trump Versus WeChat – Could Australia be a Winner?

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 […]

July 1st, 2020
Zoom to China with Remote Interpreting

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 […]