A number of program participants use the CRCC Asia China Internship Program as an opportunity to gain practical work experience to improve their employment prospects, however the opportunity to gain valuable insight into Chinese business culture and customs is another benefit the program provides.

Daniela Guerrero (Shanghai 1 Month August 2011) and Eugenio Cibruscola (Beijing 1 Month July 2010) have both published their experiences on our China Internship Program as part of their dissertation thesis’ and for coursework assignments.

Both have been kind enough to share these academic papers with CRCC Asia, which you can read in detail below:

1. Assessing your Cultural Identity as an Individual: Experiencing Shanghai Daniela Guerrero 2011
2. Emerging Markets: Modes of Entry, Cultural Barriers and Geopolitical Implications Eugenio Cibruscolo 2011

We work closely with our Alumni Network once our Interns have finished their programs, organising exclusive Alumni events and networking opportunities, we also distribute information about China-related career opportunities …

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Since June 2010 CRCC Asia has posted updates from some of our program participants in a monthly Intern Blog. During this update Intern’s take the opportunity to discuss what it is like to be an Intern providing first-hand experiences into their daily work routine and the cultural sights they have experienced during their internship.

This month we have Australian’s Shane Smith (Beijing) and Andrew Lai (Shanghai) who are currently in China on our program at the moment blogging about their experiences. CRCC Asia is happy to announce that our 100th monthly Intern Blog has just been posted. Andrew discusses his experiences on our organised volunteer charity day and navigating the cultural/language barrier.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of our previous Intern Bloggers over the past years and look forward to reading about your experiences on our program for many years to come.…

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We are proud to announce that we have partnered with the JET Program to offer 10% off program fees to all former JET participants interested in our August – May programs.

CRCC Asia recognizes that JETs, having lived and work in Japan for an extended period of time, already have the skills to thrive in new environments and across cultures. This is a great way to further one’s expertise on Asia and gain experience in a chosen career field after having finished the JET Program.

Read more about the partnership on the Special Offers section of the AJET (The Association for Japanese Exchange and Teaching) website.…

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CRCC Asia has been selected as the facilitator for the exclusive UK Government Study China Programme. It is a government-funded 17-day programme in China to learn about the Chinese culture and language.

Participants will visit China, take an intensive Chinese language course and be immersed in Chinese cultural and social activities. CRCC Asia has been chosen to provide all on ground support and programming, including the following:

• Accommodation
• Internship placement
• Airport pickup
• Welcome pack including Travel Card and SIM Card
• Culture & business etiquette training
• Welcome banquet
• Chinese language lessons
• Trip to the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square and the Summer Palace
• Social events including Karaoke night, Acrobatics event and souvenir shopping
• Chinese Business Seminar
• Volunteer day with local Migrant children

Study China is an initiative of the UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills and is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the Department for Employment and Learning …

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CRCC Asia’s Edward Holroyd Pearce was recently featured on Bloomberg Radio’s segment The Hays Advantage Podcast covering international business stories, Edward discussed with host Kathleen Hays about our China Internship Program and the advantages experience in China can provide talented graduates seeking employment.

“Kathleen Hays is the host of “The Hays Advantage” on Bloomberg Radio, a weekday program that brings in-depth insight and analysis to important economic, market, and policy issues.

Recognized as one of the top economics reporters and anchors in the country, Hays has covered the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve for more than 20 years.

She joined Bloomberg in 2006 after years as an on-air and online economics correspondent at CNN, CNNfn, and CNBC, where she served as a host, correspondent and commentator for numerous programs.”…

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It may be easy to forget these days, with all the attention that China is getting, that just over 30 years ago the country was little more than an afterthought. This was not just in global politics but also in terms of manufacturing and exports, which now are activities nearly synonymous with China. As recently as the 1970s, when one considered product sourcing in Asia, the first thought was either Taiwan or South Korea.

Theoretically, importing from China may have been cheaper, but in addition to the language barrier there was little infrastructure development, a lot of business unfriendly bureaucracy, and poor accommodations and travel facilities for buyers, all of which combined as a massive barrier to entry for anyone who wasn’t either incredibly brave or naively adventurous enough to attempt buying from China.

Not many foreign companies were present in these early days of China’s “Opening Up”, however China …

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“One in five 16 – 25-year-olds in the UK can’t find a job. In Spain, the figure is two in five. But Alexander has a plan to get ahead of the competition. In a few days time he’s heading to China for several weeks to work in a firm there.

“There’s no way that you couldn’t stand out from the crowd having done something like that because it’s not on everyone’s CV. I’ve worked in a Shanghai law firm practicing Chinese law with a Confucian basis that can’t not be a talking point really,” Lerner noted.

Sitting beside Alexander is Kay Michael, a UK boss of CRCC Asia, the company organizing Alexander’s trip.

“We’ve got a lot of people coming in from Ireland, Spain Italy, economies in Europe that aren’t doing so well,” she said.

They have seen the number of European graduates apply for their Chinese internship programs double …

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CRCC Asia was proudly featured over the weekend on Texas-based US radio station KURV’s News Talk section during a discussion about job opportunities in China. We have uploaded the complete coverage onto our YouTube account.…

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In partnership with CAPI Cultural Development Co. Ltd. and Hainan Normal University, CRCC Asia is proud to announce the launch of the Hainan Study-Work-Travel Program (SWT). The Hainan SWT Program will provide Hospitality, Tourism and Travel students and graduates with the opportunity to study Chinese language and intern with a Five Star Hotel in the city of Sanya, southern Hainan, China.

The international tourism industry considers China to be an incredibly lucrative market and as a result international hotels and tourist attractions are improving their services to accommodate the Chinese tourist. The Ritz Hotel, London, recently became the UK’s first hotel to accept UnionPay cards, the Chinese equivalent of Visa, joining Harrods and Selfridges who similarly now accept the Chinese technology. Bi-lingual English-Chinese speakers with proven experience interacting with Chinese clients are few and far between, however, such profiles are highly regarded within the tourism industry both to remove communication …

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“CRCC Asia started off as a provider of English language teaching programmes in China before Edward Holroyd-Pearce, its director, realised Westerners wanted more than just teaching experience from the country.

The London-based company this year sent 1,000 students and graduates to China to take up industry internships tailored to suit their interests and CVs.

Mr Holroyd-Pearce, who read Oriental studies at Cambridge, said: “We found that many people wanted business experience in China and that the country had so much more to offer than just teaching opportunities.

“We recently had six interns taken on full time by Accenture, so it shows we are doing the right thing.”

Read more about The Telegraph’s article on CRCC Asia, An (expat) niche in the market.…

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