The Best 8 Blog Posts About Sourcing in China
10 Years: The Best 8 Blog posts about China Sourcing

A comprehensive tutorial designed to help professional buyers improve their strategic sourcing and supply chain management
China Sourcing Academy (CSA) lecturer Mike Bellamy has been blogging for a decade. CSA selected the best 100+ posts (covering 18 different sub-topics) from his various blogs for their relevance to international buyers doing business with China. Each week we pick a topic and offer the best post about that topic pulled from Mike’s 100+ posts.
In other words, we hope to bring you the best of the best from the past decade of blogs!
This week’s topic/ selected blog posts:
General Sourcing in China
DON’T buy from China if you fit this description
What I told CNN about China sourcing
Insider’s look at the impact of the economic slowdown, rising costs & payment issues when China sourcing
These middlemen think you are stupid!
Heavy hitters weigh in on future of China Sourcing
Reports of China’s death as a sourcing destination are still highly exaggerated
What to do when a pissed off supplier and his thugs camp out in your China purchasing office.
Why suppliers intentionally ship defective products?
Sub topics covered in this series:
General Sourcing, Scams, Safe Payment Practices, VAT, Exclusivity & Distributor Agreements, Contracts & Legal Issues, Intellectual Property, Supplier Validation/ Due Diligence/ RFQ, Logistics, Quality Assurance, Project Management/ Vendor Coordination/ Communications, Ethics, Middlemen/Agents/ Consultants/Trading Companies/ Brokers, Business Formation, Small Order Issues, Labor Rates, Engineering, Compliance