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Q: Good businesses that just wouldn't work in China?
My vote would have to go for tanning salons. Super popular back home, but wouldn't get a single customer here
11 years 38 weeks ago in Business & Jobs - China
Political lobbyists may have some difficulty too! 
crimochina:
i never heard "political" lobbyists, is that a british thing? in china you do not need to use the back door to bribe officials, it is done right out in the open.
Hugh.G.Rection:
Serious? You''ve never heard of professional political lobbyists? They have them both in the UK and the USA, if you want government policy changing you pay them and they will 'lobby' i.e. try and persuade politicians to change their minds.
Hugh.G.Rection:
Here's a link to an organisation that overseas the UK ones http://www.appc.org.uk/
And heres an article on the US ones http://dc.about.com/od/jobs/a/Lobbying.htm
I must admit I'm surprised you haven't heard of them, in the UK there has been lots of noise about trying to control their actions as it is seen by some as being undemocratic.
A store which only sells cheese, like in Paris.
dandmcd:
I don't know. Set up a classy looking store next to Louis Vuitton, price it really high as if it is imported straight from a all natural, organic Wisconsin dairy farm, market buying cheese as a high class Western tradition that will make girls demand you buy cheese as well as a car and house, and rich people might just throw money at a block of cheese they will sit on their dining table as decoration.
BHGAL:
my thoughts, before I got here, were to sell grilled cheese sandwiches, knowing the scarcity of dairy products. but now, I have realized that this is improbable.........but, I am guessing that with deep pockets and some persistence, cheese would do well. They love expensive imported stuff.
Old school strip bars...with ping pong ball shooters.
Second-hand thrift stores.
981977405:
Actually, that's not true. They really do exist. In the city where I live, they come in all varieties from clothes second hand to major appliances and furniture. There is even a Sunday Thieve's market.
giadrosich:
I never said they don't exist, and just because there are a few where you live doesn't make it the norm throughout all of China. It's a big country, and things are different where ever one goes. I know, you have done it all and seen it all and been everywhere, but get a grip.
facial hair stylist 
Drive thru.............I can see it now!
BHGAL:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-08/14/content_664199.htm
(Xinhua)
I would say any business that offers really high levels of service, they just would not get the concept. All they want here is the money now, no thought to offering a good enough service so that the customer would almost always come back.
Jnusb416:
I agree, and I'm sure statistics already show that any company that depends on good customer service will fail in China. Are there any other countries like this?
i don't know about that.but let me tell you about the businesses that would do well....strip clubs and casinos.......now this is a business to start in china
Direct sales like I used to do back home. That's not buying in the store it's going to there homes and selling them stuff. Other than that I don't think a recruiting office like in the military would be a good idea either...
I second the previous comment regarding tanning salons. What's that saying in the USA, 'the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice?' As for my own thoughts, I would have to go with community activism groups. I enjoy these at home, here it would almost certainly warrant a prison sentence (at best).
