Even as foreign experts head to China to gain valuable international exposure, multinational companies in China are looking for ways to incorporate more local talent.
For more than two decades, Mary Peng has been observing Beijing's expatriate community and witnessed its transformation from a group of enterprising professionals to a huge, diverse community of opportunity seekers.
"Women xiang ge banfa ba." Armed only with this phrase, a tourist visa and $300, I arrived in China in 2001, fresh out of university and ready for a new adventure.
Expat compensation packages are a fine balancing act in talent management
Think tanks playing an increasingly vital role in furthering China-Africa ties.
With all eyes on China's role in the future of African countries, it is easy to forget just how far back the country's relationship with the continent goes.
Sino-Africa expert He Wenping is one of China's latest generation of Africa researchers, looking beyond books to understand first hand the quickly developing relationship between the two.
China needs to have a better understanding of the political changes in Africa to boost think tank exchanges
African research think tanks and training institutions, along with their Chinese counterparts, have played a pioneering role in fostering the growing China-Africa research networks and academic exchange programs. Though bilateral cooperation has been the focal point of most of the exchanges, there has also been a considerable effort from both sides to share and disseminate objective knowledge about China and Africa.
China's economy to be double the size of the US by 2030, says top economist.
Gary Liu
While many economists look to when the China economy will become bigger than the United States, Hu Angang is more ambitious.