Pan-Asia

In this issue, we examine the different tax rates in 13 Asian jurisdictions – the 10 countries of ASEAN, plus China, India and Hong Kong. We examine the on-the-ground tax rates that each of these countries levy as well as residency triggers, available tax incentives for the foreign investor, and important compliance issues.

Nov. 12 – The Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) begins today in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and will last until the 14th of November. The Forum is titled “Partnering for Wealth Creation and Social Development: The Commonwealth, Indian Ocean and SAARC.” The CBF is co-organized by the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) and the government of Sri Lanka. […]

Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Oct. 14 – As China becomes increasingly shrill in its condemnation of the prospect of a U.S. default, an interesting question begins to arise – which Asian economies could withstand such an event? Xinhua, China’s official government news agency, said that as American politicians continued to flounder over a deal to […]

Is America losing its Asian mojo? While China has announced a trade goal of US$1 trillion with Asia by 2020, United States President Obama has cancelled his long planned attendance to the primary U.S.-Asia focused event of the year – APEC.

Chris Devonshire-Ellis, founding partner of Dezan Shira & Associates, has spent close to 30 years in Asia and travels extensively around the region looking at where the new opportunities for foreign investments lie. Here is his annual quick round up concerning Asian nations and their immediate opportunities and problems.

Sept. 23 – The Asia market represents a significant opportunity for clinical research organizations (CROs) – organizations that provide outsourced medical-related research on a contract basis – after about 30 percent of total Asia Pacific clinical expenditures having been outsourced to such organizations over the past year. Over the next five years, the CRO industry […]