China Strategy

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Course Summary

China Strategy is an online course that provides students with an understanding of China's economy and the strategies that have enabled it to become a global economic powerhouse. The course covers various topics such as China's economic transformation, its global impact, and strategic considerations for companies looking to do business in China.

Key Learning Points

  • Gain insight into the economic transformation of China
  • Understand the strategic considerations for businesses looking to enter the Chinese market
  • Learn about the global impact of China's economy

Related Topics for further study


Learning Outcomes

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of China's economy
  • Learn how to navigate the challenges and opportunities of doing business in China
  • Gain the knowledge to make informed strategic decisions

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • Basic knowledge of economics
  • Interest in China's economy and business environment

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

  • Self-paced
  • Online

Similar Courses

  • Doing Business in China
  • China and the Modern World

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Notable People in This Field

  • Robert Lawrence Kuhn
  • Gordon Chang

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Description

This course is designed to help you, as a strategist of a foreign company, better understand how to develop your China strategy. Specifically, after studying China’s changing strategic landscape, you will focus on mastering three strategic issues: who – the major players in China, how – the entry modes, and where – the location strategy for your China business. This course is aimed to deliver updated knowledge and real experiences of developing China strategy.

Outline

  • What’s New? China’s New General Environment
  • Welcome to Doing Business in China
  • Entering the China Market
  • Welcome to China Strategy
  • 1.1a Strategy and Local Context
  • 1.1b PESTGDP Framework
  • 1.2a Key Issue: Stability and Corruption
  • 1.2b Major Issues (Expert Sharing by Prof Lutz-Christian Wolff, Wei Lun Professor of Law, CUHK)
  • 1.2c Xi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign (Expert Sharing by Prof Lutz-Christian Wolff, Wei Lun Professor of Law, CUHK)
  • 1.3a Key Issue: New Normal
  • 1.3b New Normal (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 1.3c New Normal (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 1.4a Key Issue: Cultural Distance
  • 1.4b Guanxi (Expert Sharing by Prof CY Chiu, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, CUHK)
  • 1.4c Mianzi/Face (Expert Sharing by Prof CY Chiu, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, CUHK)
  • 1.4d Renqing (Expert Sharing by Prof CY Chiu, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, CUHK)
  • 1.5a Key Issue: Innovation & IP Protection
  • 1.5b Indigenous innovation (Expert Sharing by Prof George Yip, Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Imperial College London)
  • 1.5c Indigenous innovation (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 1.5d IP Protection (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 1.5e Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 1.6a Key Issue: Belt & Road
  • 1.6b Belt and Road (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 1.6c Belt and Road (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 1.6d Belt and Road (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 1.7a Key Issue: The Internet Generation
  • 1.7b Internet Generation (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 1.7c Internet Generation (Expert Sharing by Mr James Li, Overseas Marketing Director of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 1.8a Key Issue: Sustainable Development
  • 1.9 Week 1 Wrap-up
  • Acknowledgement
  • Copyright and eLearning Guidance at CUHK
  • Week 1 Quiz

  • Who and Where? Players and Locations in China
  • 2.1 Possible relationships Between Foreign Firms and China’s Players
  • 2.2a Key Issue: SOE vs. POE
  • 2.2b SOE vs POE (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 2.2c SOE vs POE (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 2.3a Key Issue: Business Group Affiliation vs. Independent
  • 2.3b Grouping (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 2.3c Grouping (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 2.4a Key Issues: Listed vs. Non-Listed
  • 2.4b Listed vs. Non-Listed (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 2.4c Listed vs. Non-Listed (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 2.4d Listing (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 2.4e Listed vs. Non-Listed (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 2.5a Key Issue: Internet vs. Traditional
  • 2.5b Internet Firms (Expert Sharing by Mr Mingles Tsoi, Director, Startup & Innovation Services, KPMG China)
  • 2.5c Internet Firms (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 2.5d Traditional Firms (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 2.6a Key Issue: One China, Multiple Markets
  • 2.6b One China, Multiple Markets (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 2.6c One China, Multiple Markets (Expert Sharing by Mr Mingles Tsoi, Director, Startup & Innovation Services, KPMG China)
  • 2.7a Key Issue: Open vs. Less-Open
  • 2.8a Key Issue: The Tiers of Chinese Cities
  • 2.8b The Tiers of Chinese Cities (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 2.9a Eagles Fund (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 2.9b Major Government Policies (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 2.9c VC Industries in China (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 2.9d VC industries in China (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 2.10 Week 2 Wrap-up
  • Week 2 Quiz

  • How To Enter China: Entry Mode Choices
  • 3.1a Entry Mode
  • 3.2a Key Issues: Exporting Mode and Exporting Partner
  • 3.3a Key Issue: IP Protection (Revisited)
  • 3.3b Licensing Strategy (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 3.4a Key Issue: Partner Selection
  • 3.4b Joint Ventures (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 3.4c Joint Ventures (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 3.5a Key Issue: Target Selection and Anti-Trust Law
  • 3.5b Target Identification (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 3.5c Post-Acquisition Integration Process (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 3.5d Target & Post-Acquisition Integration Issues (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 3.6a Key Issue: Regulations
  • 3.6b Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 3.6c Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 3.6d Negative List (Expert Sharing by Prof Lutz-Christian Wolff, Wei Lun Professor of Law, CUHK)
  • 3.7a Key Issues: Arbitrage Strategy and its Implementation (Part 1)
  • 3.7b Key Issues: Arbitrage Strategy and its Implementation (Part 2)
  • 3.7c BDF (Expert Sharing by Mr Sheang Fang, CEO of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 3.7d Cross-Border E-Commerce (Expert Sharing by Mr Kevin Zhao, Director of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 3.7e BDF (Expert Sharing by Mr Sheang Fang, CEO of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 3.7f Entry Barriers and Obstacles (Expert Sharing by Mr Kevin Zhao, Director of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 3.7g Competitive Advantages (Expert Sharing by Mr Vincent Zhao, Operation Director of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 3.7h Biggest Challenge (Expert Sharing by Mr Vincent Zhao, Operation Director of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 3.8 Week 3 Wrap-up
  • Week 3 Quiz

  • How To Become a Strategic Insider in China
  • 4.1a Be a Strategic Insider
  • 4.2a Shifting Landscape
  • 4.3a Key Issue: Why?
  • 4.3b Why (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 4.4a Key Issue: Location Choice
  • 4.4b Why? (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 4.4c Why? (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 4.5a Key Issue: Cooperative vs. Competitive perspectives of MNE-Government Relationships
  • 4.5b How? (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 4.5c How? (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 4.6a Key Issue: CSR and MNE
  • 4.6b CSR (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 4.7a Key Issue: Compliance and MNE
  • 4.7b Compliance Issues (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 4.8a Why did some MNEs establish R&D centers in China? (Expert Sharing by Prof George Yip, Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Imperial College London)
  • 4.8b Why did some MNEs establish R&D centers in China? (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 4.8c Why did some MNEs move certain portion of their companies’ operations/manufacturing site from China to other places? (Expert Sharing by Prof George Yip, Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Imperial College London)
  • 4.8d Why did some MNEs move certain portion of their companies’ operations/manufacturing site from China to other places? (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 4.9a Concluding Remarks (Expert Sharing by Prof Lutz-Christian Wolff, Wei Lun Professor of Law, CUHK)
  • 4.9b Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Prof CY Chiu, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, CUHK)
  • 4.9c Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Prof George Yip, Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Imperial College London)
  • 4.9d Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Dr Edward Tse, Founder & CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company)
  • 4.9e Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Mr Gordon Lam, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited)
  • 4.9f Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Ms Helen Cheng, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm)
  • 4.9g Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Mr Mingles Tsoi, Director, Startup & Innovation Services, KPMG China)
  • 4.9h Startup environment for Chinese entrepreneurs and even for foreign entrepreneurs in China (Expert Sharing by Mr Mingles Tsoi, Director, Startup & Innovation Services, KPMG China)
  • 4.9i Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Mr Steve Lau, Founder & Managing Partner of Eagles Fund)
  • 4.9j Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Mr Denis Depoux, Senior Partner of Roland Berger)
  • 4.9k Concluding Remark (Expert Sharing by Mr Sheang Fang, CEO of BDF International Co., Ltd)
  • 4.10 Week 4 Wrap-up
  • Week 4 Quiz

Summary of User Reviews

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Comprehensive overview of China's economic and political landscape

Pros from User Reviews

  • Informative and insightful
  • Well-structured course content
  • Engaging lectures
  • Useful resources and readings provided
  • Good for individuals looking to expand their knowledge of China's economy and politics

Cons from User Reviews

  • Limited interactivity
  • Instructor's teaching style may not be engaging for all learners
  • Some learners found the course content to be too basic
  • Lack of practical applications or case studies
  • No opportunities for peer-to-peer interaction

Keywords

English
Available now
Approx. 12 hours to complete
Prof. Xufei Ma, Dr. Frank Ng
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Coursera

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Prof. Xufei Ma

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