Nickname: James Wong

Review: China had left the center stage of BPO/ITO market to India so far mainly because there were better job prospects for talented workers, fluent English speakers, and good managers. The country simply hadn't had sufficient qualified human capital to support 9% GDP growth annually over the last two decades. However, this is changing very fast. With 1.2 million college graduates without work every year, Chinese governement is determined to put them in good use, and BPO is a natural place to funnel this resource. It is providing significant incentives for BPO/ITO companies to set up operation there, and entrepreneurs will take note. Soon, there would an influx of BPO/ITO companies in China to capitalize on this opportunity. However, I think there is enough pie for everyone, but China would force the market participants to change their game. Its impact on BPO/ITO world would be felt everywhere.

Date reviewed: Dec 11, 2006 9:31 PM

Nickname: dyabang

Review: Maybe in 20 or 30 years, everyone is learning Madarin Chinese. Does it matter if Chinese can't speak English?

Date reviewed: Jun 30, 2006 9:14 PM

Nickname: Anand

Review: The main issue is that China's currency is artificially kept low by its government. Unless it re-pegs its currency to the world currency bucket, they will remain the cheapest. So, the field is not level yet.

Date reviewed: Mar 17, 2006 3:48 PM

Nickname: Amish

Review: Arrogance on the part of Indian execs is stupdity. Just as information technology and white collar jobs left the West for India, the same thing will happen in India if a cheaper source is found somewhere else (China, Pakistan). The same will happen in manufacturing if China is too expensive. Importance is the emergence of domestic consumption. Soon, exported related industries will matter less to both India and China, domestic consumption will be the main economic driver.

Date reviewed: Mar 16, 2006 6:26 PM

Nickname: Randy

Review: Chinese comapnies can market their wares anywhere on the planet but to do that they will still need IT. The IT solutions will come from companies all over the world.

Date reviewed: Mar 16, 2006 5:41 AM

Nickname: Alex

Review: I think a lot of people are missing the points here. China has realized that a country of her size can't rely either on exporting or outsourcing to improve the quality of life for Chinese people. She's turning more and more to the domestic market. All the major Chinese companies sell their wares to Chinese consumers, in China, using their own brand names. They are really domestically focused.

Date reviewed: Mar 14, 2006 9:35 PM

Nickname: Randy

Review: China represents a huge opportunity to software companies in India. It is another great market waiting to be tapped. Indian companies will be able to take full advantage of this growing market because of cultural affinity more than language skills. Over a period of time most nations will develop huge companies--so that should be expected.

Date reviewed: Mar 14, 2006 6:46 AM

Nickname: srinimax

Review: I think reader deve_gowda gets it. It's all about who can offer the best value proposition. Point to note: China is growing tremendously, and Chinese companies will be (if they aren't already) big customers themselves...if Indians learn Chinese. I also have to echo that "relationships" don't mean squat. Complacency and arrogance always come back to bite.

Date reviewed: Mar 12, 2006 8:19 AM

Nickname: Andy

Review: While China may not have as many English speakers as India does, it does have millions of them who read and understand English. With so much FDI coming to China, there are plenty of Chinese English speakers working along with westerners. The current shortfall in China is mainly due to organization and management instead of talent pool. The biggest market for PC, cellphone, and other gadgets as well as the Internet is or will be in China. Indians will very likely write code for the Chinese customers whether they be western or Chinese companies.

Date reviewed: Mar 11, 2006 5:50 AM

Nickname: samm

Review: english is the key langauge. Since Chinese know nothing of that, it may take 25 yrs before the chinese start speaking english like indians

Date reviewed: Mar 9, 2006 12:27 AM