After a decade building HR functions in China across IT outsourcing, HR outsourcing, and IP licensing projects, here are the mistakes foreign companies keep making with China HR — and what actually works instead.

Everyone quotes the low hourly rate for China IT outsourcing, but few account for management overhead, turnover, and IP risk. Here is a realistic cost framework built from a decade of running these projects.

WFOE, Joint Venture, or Representative Office? After a decade setting up entities in China across IT outsourcing, HR, and IP licensing, here is how the choice actually plays out once the paperwork is done.

I spent a decade doing business in China, including a major IP licensing project with Korea’s #1 character brand. Here’s what I learned about how IP licensing really works in China — and what most foreign companies get wrong.