by Sarah TalaatAfter quitting her comfortable California lifestyle, Thai entrepreneur Ally Chonlakarn knew that setting up a business in China without a local business partner might be the most difficult part of the process, so she set out to choose her industry carefully.Her options were slim, but when Chonlakarn realized that the restaurant industry allowed foreigners to set up Wholly Foreign...

by Marta RedigoloThe marriage between economy, marketing, creativity and willingness is the heart of Zou Tong’s business. She is a young passionate entrepreneur with the desire of enhancing the network between people through a network of flowers.The alarm rings early in the morning. A flow of thoughts, like a sudden aura, unconsciously starts blooming all around the bedroom. Time flies. Online...

by Zoya RusinovaElena Timofeeva, a happy housewife and mother, moved to Beijing from Moscow more than 20 years ago. Raising her daughter far from her native land, she never imagined that one day she would call herself an entrepreneur.Timofeeva is a tall, beautiful woman with an insightful gaze. Her outward appearance gives the impression of a strict and serious person, but in reality she is ver...

by Eva RishonHannah Ryder, with a caramel tan and carefully groomed cornrows, sits quietly at Nooxo, a gentle smile on her face. Her dewy skin has a charming glow to it. Is this what post-pregnancy glow looks like?Less than a year after giving birth to her first child here in Beijing, Hannah has an ambitious vision: to create the first ever wholly Kenyan-owned enterprise in the capital of China...