Comments on: Read very very carefully http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2009/11/01/read-very-very-carefully/ Your Branch Office in Asia Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Putonghua73 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2009/11/01/read-very-very-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-2390 Putonghua73 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:56:26 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=649#comment-2390 I have only just discovered this blog as someone who is a Supply Chain Management Professional and has a personal interest in China. To add a post-script to Marcus' post above and to add some context to your statement: "The Chinese market is HUGE. Unless, of course, none of the people that you’re marketing to spend any money.", the [Chinese] population is c1.2-1.4b, and the GDP per head is $2,430 (source: The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2010 Edition). I've heard time and time again (although no source to quote) that the average wage is c2,000 yuan per month. Roughly £200 p/m. Moving on to the vexed question of where to live, it's almost a no-brainer as it will all in likelihood be one of the Big Four: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen. That said, I'd absolutely agree that if one hasn't experienced China before, then it's an a no-brainer that one has to visit to determine if one can live their or not i.e. one's family. My personal experience? I loathe Shenzhen. It has two redeeming features: (1) job opportunities, (2) next to Hong Kong. Sadly, I've resigned myself that I may need to live / work in Shenzhen for SCM opportunities - as well as confirming your opinion that researching cities on-line leads to "lowlights" by foreigners ;) Ideally, I'd like to find opportunities in Kunming where I've lived / studied. Realistically, one of the Big Four. At least it won't be Taiyuan ;) Cheers! I have only just discovered this blog as someone who is a Supply Chain Management Professional and has a personal interest in China.

To add a post-script to Marcus’ post above and to add some context to your statement: “The Chinese market is HUGE. Unless, of course, none of the people that you’re marketing to spend any money.”, the [Chinese] population is c1.2-1.4b, and the GDP per head is $2,430 (source: The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2010 Edition).

I’ve heard time and time again (although no source to quote) that the average wage is c2,000 yuan per month. Roughly £200 p/m.

Moving on to the vexed question of where to live, it’s almost a no-brainer as it will all in likelihood be one of the Big Four: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen. That said, I’d absolutely agree that if one hasn’t experienced China before, then it’s an a no-brainer that one has to visit to determine if one can live their or not i.e. one’s family.

My personal experience? I loathe Shenzhen. It has two redeeming features: (1) job opportunities, (2) next to Hong Kong. Sadly, I’ve resigned myself that I may need to live / work in Shenzhen for SCM opportunities – as well as confirming your opinion that researching cities on-line leads to “lowlights” by foreigners ;)

Ideally, I’d like to find opportunities in Kunming where I’ve lived / studied. Realistically, one of the Big Four. At least it won’t be Taiyuan ;)

Cheers!

]]> By: marcus http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2009/11/01/read-very-very-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 marcus Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:57:30 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=649#comment-1586 Another excellent post, as usual. I think that most western people have difficulty in grasping the reality of the Chinese people's capacity to save. They therefore have difficulty grasping the fact that there is not a domestic economy in China such as there is in the west. Another excellent post, as usual. I think that most western people have difficulty in grasping the reality of the Chinese people’s capacity to save. They therefore have difficulty grasping the fact that there is not a domestic economy in China such as there is in the west.

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