Speakers Corner
January 28, 2010
Protectionism is not rising in China
Google threatened to leave China, Goldman Sachs is having its own affair with a state-owned company and the European Chamber of Commerce in China challenged in September the country's trade barriers. Is protectionism rising in China, wonders Shaun Rein in his latest column in Forbes.
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French, Paul
Founder of Access Asia, a leading research institute on retail; acknowledged author of books on China and North-Korea
Travels from: Shanghai
Paul French is founder of market research company Access Asia. As a China specialist he has been quoted in a wide variety of publications including the FT, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal Asia, the South China Morning Post and the LA Times. Paul studied history & economics in London and also has a M.Phil in Socialist Theories & Economics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He studied Chinese at the City Literary Institute in London.
Now based in Shanghai, Paul continues to write much of the strategic analysis for Access Asia reports. His areas of special interest include consumer goods, retailing and leisure services as well as writing about North Korea.
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Travels from: Shanghai
Paul French is founder of market research company Access Asia. As a China specialist he has been quoted in a wide variety of publications including the FT, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal Asia, the South China Morning Post and the LA Times. Paul studied history & economics in London and also has a M.Phil in Socialist Theories & Economics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He studied Chinese at the City Literary Institute in London.
Now based in Shanghai, Paul continues to write much of the strategic analysis for Access Asia reports. His areas of special interest include consumer goods, retailing and leisure services as well as writing about North Korea.
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