Gabor Holch
Gabor is a Shanghai-based intercultural leadership consultant, coach, author and speaker with a focus on East-West leadership and expat assignments. He holds a Masters Degree in International Relations and European Studies, an MPhil in Diplomacy and a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) degree in English and Mandarin. A former OSCE field mission official, China-based since 2002 and working globally, Gabor has served 100+ clients in 30+ countries. He is a visiting lecturer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a number of business programmes in the Asia-Pacific and Europe. He has authored three books and a variety of articles in academic and business publications.
Strategies for challenging times: foreign companies can still thrive in today’s China
This article was originally printed in EURObiz - Journal of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Thank you…
What foreign firms can and cannot do to prepare for China’s foreign-spy law
This article was originally published on July 4, 2023 on holch.biz. Thank you to the author for the kind authorization…
Why business with China will never be the same again
If the stock market is the mood of the world at any given moment, as one job applicant in the…
Linked Out: understanding China’s digital divergence
Late last week, LinkedIn, a business-focused social media platform run by tech giant Microsoft, ceased its China service with dramatic…
Foreign firms in China must move up, on or out
Recent developments between China and the world bring to mind a 1960s Buffalo Springfield song: “There’s something happening here—What it…
Why China’s soft power erodes in an outspoken age
Lunar New Year celebrations, typically in February, are a chance to promote Chinese culture abroad. But this year’s festive updates…
WeChat, Zoom, TikTok and the future of Chinese technology culture
In 2003, when I first travelled to Tokyo from my newly furnished home in Shanghai, Japan was a technologically isolated…
Hide and seek: cooperation and competition in China-US relations
It is hard not to feel confused over the current China-US sabre-rattling. American politicians have recently accused China of hacking…
Business lessons from China’s Covid-19 transparency policy
Predictably dramatic reactions followed Beijing’s late-March announcement of yet another modification of China’s Covid-19 case statistics. Some remained objective: Time…