Watch the following short videos presenting insights on challenges and opportunities of doing business in India and China.

CHINA

The Five Biggest Challenges to Doing Business in China

Doing business in China: Don't under estimate the complexities

INDIA

Doing business in India

Challenges of Doing Business in India

1. What are the lessons learned from the videos above? Would you agree with all the points made? If not, please motivate your answer.
2. Can you spot any similarities in terms of challenges faced by companies doing business in China and India.
3. You are the proprietor of a computer graphics company in Shanghai, China. The sophisticated business application software you need for your business normally sells for 2,900 renminbi (around $350) at computer stores in Shanghai and online. But with an income of just over $5,000 a year, you cannot afford to buy the original

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   graphics software for your business. An associate has told you she can get you all the software you need, and more, for only $30. Yet, you have financially strapped friends who code software for the global software companies that make the very programs you need.3-5 Do your personal circumstances make it ethical for you to purchase the pirated software? 

To address those questions, please conduct some research on business journals (The Economist, Forbes, World Bank) searching for "doing business in China and India".

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