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Practical guides for companies doing business across borders: finding partners, checking them, and putting deals on a sound footing.
- How to Find Reliable Business Partners Abroad: Channels, Screening and CommunicationDoing business across borders? A practical method for finding reliable partners: define your needs, use several channels, screen early, pace the conversation and start small.
- How to Verify a Business Partner Before You Commit: A Practical Due-Diligence ChecklistIn cross-border deals, verification matters more than enthusiasm. A practical checklist for checking the company, the project and the payment terms, plus common warning signs.
- Doing Business in Malaysia: How to Connect with Local Networks and PartnersMalaysia has deep business networks and mature chambers of commerce. How to understand the rules, use chambers and online communities to find partners, and what to watch in cooperation.
- A Practical Guide to Cross-Border Business Networking and Finding PartnersWhere to network, how to introduce what you offer and need, etiquette and follow-up, and how to use Chashe Tea Club to connect with partners across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
- Post Your Project First, Share Contacts Later: Why This Is a Safer Way to ConnectGlobal B2B: post your project first; contacts are shared only when both sides agree. Why this approach works and how the Chashe flow runs: post a project, mutual consent, contact exchange.
- How to Check If a Company Is Real: Steps to Spot a Shell CompanyA polished business card, but the company can't be found? Steps to verify that a counterpart company exists, warning signs of shell companies, and official registry portals across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
- Deposits and Sample Fees Before a Deal: How to Spot Deposit Scams and Fake OrdersAsked to pay a deposit, sample fee or membership fee before any business has happened? Common fee names and warning signs of deposit scams and fake orders, with pre-payment checks and a checklist.
- What to Check Before Signing a Contract: Parties, Signing Authority and Company SealsIs a stamped contract automatically safe? What to verify before signing a cross-border contract: the contracting party, signing authority, seals, key clauses and payment terms, with a pre-signing checklist.
- How to Find Investors and Business Partners: What Both Sides Should PrepareHave a project and need capital, or have capital and need a project? Step one is the same: be clear. What project owners and investors should prepare, where to look, what to verify and what to agree in writing.
- How Cross-Border E-commerce Sellers Find and Verify SuppliersSelling across borders and short of supply, warehousing or a local team? How to write a clear brief, where to find suppliers, how to verify them with samples and trial orders, and what to agree with logistics partners.
- Franchising a Restaurant Brand: Six Questions to Ask Before You SignPlanning to open a franchised restaurant abroad? Six questions to settle before signing: who the brand owner is, the chain of authorisation, the full fee list, support in the contract, local compliance and pressure tactics.
Corridor guides
- China ⇄ UAE & GulfFind and Verify Chinese Suppliers for the UAE & GulfFor importers, wholesalers, retailers and brand owners in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf who buy from Chinese factories and trading companies, and for Chinese suppliers looking for serious Gulf buyers.
- Asia ⇄ AfricaAsia–Africa Sourcing and Trade: Find and Verify PartnersFor importers, distributors and manufacturers in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and across Africa who source from China and Southeast Asia, and for Asian companies that buy African products or are building sales in African markets.
- Distributors · Agents · FranchiseFind Distributors, Agents and Franchise Partners Across Asia, the Middle East and AfricaFor manufacturers and brands looking for distributors, sales agents or franchisees in a new market, and for distributors and operators looking for brands to represent.