Ep. 110: China Business Adventures with David Atnip

China Business Cast

About David Atnip

After spending 20 years practicing law in the US in civil and commercial litigation he decided to move and become more familiar with the upcoming superpower called China in 2003. Over the years he did some freelance work as an advisor and partnered with two Chinese business partners in two different business adventures for an extensive period of time.

His knowledge on China and China Business is extraordinary and I always walk away with new nuggets to expand and deepen my China knowledge. In this episode he did exactly that again.

Episode Content:

Topics that will be discussed:

• Why he didn’t want to join a foreign company or joint venture company to kick off his China career.
• Takeaways from working with two different Chinese business partners during his China career.
• Registered his own company due to change in regulation to encourage entrepreneurs with lower capital registration.
• What 3 criteria he uses to start a partnership?
• Is Chinese language skills needed to do business in China?
• The most recent article he found is worth sharing.
• How crisis has helped China to thrive innovation.
• What tips he has for foreigners and foreign companies to become successful in China.
• The most common question David get asked? And his answer to this.
• What is the Next Normal?
• Main reason people are leaving
• Is it more difficult to run a business compared to ten years ago?
• The impact of China’s urbanisation
• His war story in China

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