Southern Perspective Shenzhen

The rise of new economic powers has shifted views regarding market access for foreign companies.
Since the US began to scrutinize foreign direct investment more closely after 9/11, many other nations took notice and followed with their own Merger and Acquisition (M&A) regulations and economic security reviews.
While there are legitimate security concerns (both physically and economically) [...]

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Remember the good ol’ days when you could smoke in the hospital? Well, they are gone. Maybe not as progressive as New York, but a considerable one.  Smoking in China is considered a second sport.

South China’s Shenzhen City plans to fully prohibit the premises of all medical institutions in the city in 2011.
All medical institutions [...]

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Six months ago Shenzhen removed their once mayor, Xu Zongheng, for “serious disciplinary violations”(China Daily)
Corruption is not uncommon in the ranks of officials but day by day work is being done. A new policy has come about recently:
“Officials whose spouse and children have all emigrated to foreign countries should not take top positions in the [...]

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