Monthly Archives: November 2009

Within North Carolina’s industry centers and robust academic institutions, the state’s Chinese immigrants are poised for an epochal period of ascent to positions of strategic importance. The collapse of traditional NC industries like textiles and furniture manufacturing due to NAFTA and the advent of cheap Chinese goods necessitated, somewhat ironically, the strengthening of bonds between North Carolina’s business interests and China. Working with Chinese businesses that have China-based profit models, however, is new territory for most Carolinians, and in order to come out ahead, they need help. Chinese immigrants possess the professional training and business culture orientation necessary for providing such aid. By helping facilitate beneficial and friendly relationships with Chinese partners, and providing counseling on the dos, the do nots, and the inevitabilities of the Chinese approach to business, they can help North Carolina’s business players get a Sino-Carolina partnership right the first time, and avoid the short end of a bargain most times. For this reason – and, likely sooner than later – North Carolina’s Chinese immigrants will start stealing newspaper headlines away from the political machinations of their eponymous country’s more publicized, internet-blocking technocrats.