Editors Statement

The second article addresses the questions of adaptation by foreign firms to the Chinese business environment. Will WTO membership make the PRC more Western in outlook and thereby reduce the social gap impeding foreign direct investment? Are they becoming more like us or vice versa? The third article addresses the perennial issue of intellectual property rights and China’s response to worldwide pressures to conform to international standards. Again the issue is who is becoming more like whom and whether it really matters in terms of enforcement of international standards?