What it's like to do business in China

So you want to sell to the Chinese market?

A handshake.
(Image credit: Illustrated | Tatomm/iStock, Wikimedia Commons)

China does not make life easy for non-Chinese companies. The latest example is Google, which simply avoided the Chinese market for years, but now may be developing a search app that complies with the country's strict information rules. More broadly, President Trump is in a major spat with China over everything from trade balances to market access to intellectual property.

But just what is it like for foreign companies — American or otherwise — trying to do business in China?

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.