Singaporean Entrepreneurs

Beautiful architecture, now heritage sites, line the Bund in Shanghai (the west bank of the Huang Pu).

During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), an entrepreneur by the name of Hu Xueyan in Hangzhou, China set up Hu Qing Yu Tang medical hall. It was unlike any other drugstore of its time because Hu Xueyan wanted to make sure that every product on its shelves was authentic and that people knew that. Even during [...]

Suzhou Industrial Park is a joint venture between China and Singapore. Although it is referred to as an industrial park, that is really more for regulatory purposes and is in fact a misnomer. Unlike other industrial parks all over China, the SIP has full fledged residential, educational and commercial facilities and even ample recreational space. [...]