Center News
Center Associate, Al Willner, has taken a position as Director, China Security Affairs Group, CNA China Studies, in Alexandria, Virginia, to begin this fall. The CSA Group is part of CNA’s federally funded research and development center which supports U.S. government efforts on China and other issues. His new contact email address will be Willnera@cna.org.
A small US export company, Shanghai American Direct Import & Export Co. Ltd. (www.xmftrade.com), seeks a motivated intern to help with all aspects of the business. This opening is for fall 2009 for a minimum of four months and can be extended. The company would like to work with someone who is interested in helping to build a China based business, learning Chinese, and living in China. The company will provide housing and a modest food allowance.
Please send a letter of interest and a resume to humanresources@xmftrade.com.
Our Advisory Board member Guanming Fang recently co-authored a book titled (in Chinese) Invest in Private U.S. Companies, a Special Edition of the Growth Company Guide. This book builds on the existing book Growth Company Guide, 4th Edition, and introduces the concept and the terminologies of venture capital and private equity investment, a tool commonly used in the United States to make investments in private U.S. companies.
Since its first publication in 1987 as The Venture Magazine Complete Guide to Venture Capital, the fourth edition of the Guide written by Womble Carlyle partner Clinton Richardson is being hailed by investors and entrepreneurs alike as “a masterpiece,” “the best corporate finance guide on the market today,” and an “incredibly comprehensive resource.” This special edition, with the contribution of Womble Carlyle partner Guanming Fang, is “full of tips and strategies” and a “fantastic resource” for Chinese investors interesting in learning U.S. venture capital methods.
To contact the authors or receive a copy of the book, please e-mail investUS@wcsr.com.
A New Cross-disciplinary treatment of China’s Rise
Global Giant: Is China Changing the Rules of the Game? Edited by Eva Paus, Penelope B. Prime, and Jon Western (Palgrave Macmillian, 2009). In this book leading scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and perspectives analyze how China’s phenomenal transformation and growth over the past two decades is challenging the rules of the game, internally and globally. They focus on three critical areas: the internal economic, environmental and political sustainability of China’s development strategies; the economic development options for the rest of the developing world; and the continued economic and geo‐political dominance of the United States. With its breadth of coverage and attention to the interconnections among these pivotal issues, this book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the implications of the rise of China.
Womble Carlyle LLC jointly sponsored a public forum with the China Research Center on June 25th, 2009, held at the new offices of the firm at Atlantic Station. Guanming Fang reviewed the major aspects of China’s new labor contract law and how it has been implemented in the last year, and Penelope Prime discussed China’s current economic situation in light of the global crisis based on her recent three month visit there. Click here for the presentations in PDF format and the video.
The Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Feng Liu will join us as our IT consultant and Webmaster. Dr. Liu is assistant professor of Information Systems at Mercer University, Atlanta.
