Huge benefit to upping market share in China

Sino-Irish relations may go back as far as the mysterious ‘Chinese Celts’, but Bette Browne says there is room to improve modern ties to the newly crowned biggest economy in the world

WHEN I worked in Hong Kong over two decades ago and was asked where I was from I got used to saying Europe, realising the Chinese didn’t have a clue where Ireland was.

Now, much of that has changed as Ireland aggressively woos the Chinese market, as evidenced by President Michael D Higgins’ state visit this week, but we still have a lot of catching up to do.