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David vs. Goliath (a.k.a. my former employer) Part 4 cont’d

The Great Fapiao Quest of 2010 cont’d   Just for clarification.  A fapiao is like a tax receipt.  Basically the Chinese government has some difficulty in getting businesses (especially restaurants since they can open and close so quickly) to pay taxes to the government.  So the government created the fapiao/lottery system.  You get fapiaos at restaurants that have a scratch off section and you... [Read more...]

Why resist an audit?

Twice in as many days, I’ve had clients who tried to book Simple Factory Audits (sample report here) with our sister company China Quality Focus, only to have the vendors refuse.  They are happy to have the client fly half way around the world for a visit, but no doing for a professional 3rd party auditor to set foot in the building. Ladies and gents, this is a three-alarm fire bell.  You are... [Read more...]

PassageMaker 2010 trade show schedule

As with the Global Sources Sourcing Fair in Shanghai this past January, Mike Bellamy will be in Hong Kong next week hosting Global Sources’ China Sourcing Fair’s Buyer Education Conference as well as holding separate seminars on issues of Vendor Coordination and Intellectual Property Protection.  PassageMaker and our sister company China Quality Focus will also exhibit at the following... [Read more...]

Controlled Evolution of an Idea

Ideas born of greatness often times die from confusion, chaos and the inability to track and control development. With our network of resources, we at PassageMaker have made it our goal to eliminate the chaos and confusion and hand control back to you. A typical trading company operates by keeping the customer in the dark, whereas our motto is “Trust & Transparency”. You will always know... [Read more...]

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