Today in Global Small Business: China's Growth Is Starting to Level Off

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• After a year of leading the global economy out of the pandemic slump, China’s growth is now starting to level off, as the world tries to assess whether the country’s recovery will continue or peter out.
• Diversity is America’s greatest economic development asset.
• African start-ups attract international investors – but need local ones too.
• Quote of the week:  “When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There's no trust system in China." – Jack Ma
• Creating a successful online business from scratch.
• Galaxy Basmati Rice can proudly boast of itself as one of the few companies that can produce basmati rice conforming to the highest international standards.