How should Chinese enterprises respond to the situation? Is the eurozone crisis a question of seeking cover or taking advantage?
L'Ancien Regime et la Rvolution (1856), or The Old Regime and the Revolution - written by the French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) - is now a bestseller in China, a phenomenon that can be explained in three obvious ways.
Investing in Germany offers the opportunity of drawing on technological know-how
To maintain their success after the current period of easy growth, Chinese state-owned enterprises should consider the option of expanding overseas. Although well equipped financially for the days ahead, SOEs must engage their competitors on fresh terrain, going beyond cost advantage. New skills for innovation, quality, branding, talent management, post-merger integration, stakeholder management and corporate governance will be required.
In the context of China's accelerated efforts to push forward its "go global" strategy, domestic enterprises have conducted an increasing number of overseas business and investment activities, but also encountered ever-growing investment risks.
Despite China's ambitions and its efforts to build itself into a beautiful country, residents and travelers in Beijing have been subjected to excessively bad air quality in recent days.
Is it too early for China to become a net capital exporter at its current economic development stage? If so, should China rein in the growth of outward FDI?
The belief that China's economy is no longer rapidly expanding is likely to harm the country and make foreign businesses turn away, and the country's trade negotiating position will be severely compromised.
The policy agenda set at the Central Economic Work Conference will not only benefit China, but bring opportunities for European businesses.
Few people realize the great appeal of Chinese thought in today's Europe. Germany, for example, is de facto undergoing a transformation away from sheer philosophical idealism toward a lofty Confucian pragmatism.
China's export-led growth appears to have reached its limit, and there are calls for a switch to domestic consumption and for more competitive businesses.
But timing of EU court's ruling leaves many out of pocket.
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