tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70484028758104568782009-07-01T06:55:36.125-07:00China Speakers BureauMaria Tromblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17986688121266319555noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-57504190252002629212009-07-01T06:54:00.000-07:002009-07-01T06:55:36.139-07:00Green Dam, the Party capitulates - Tom DoctoroffTom Doctoroff by Fantake via FlickrTom Doctoroff, North Asia Area Director of JWT advertising firm, describes in The Huffington Post the decision to at least delay the compulsory censorship software Green Dam on PC's shipped in China as an unique capitulation of the Communist Party. De decision was published at the official newswire Xinhua just hours before midnight, when the regulation would Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-91251480092542311592009-07-01T00:24:00.001-07:002009-07-01T00:24:10.757-07:00China travel market grows despite crisis - William Bao BeanWilliam Bao Bean by Fantake via FlickrDespite dropping occupations rates in Beijing and later possibly Shanghai, China's travel market is still growing, despite the crisis, says William Bao Bean, partner at Softbank India and China Holdings, according to 4Hoteliers. He sees much future for online bookings.
One area that’s been identified by investors is China’s online travel booking. Despite ChinaFons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-64459666097593746802009-06-29T05:59:00.000-07:002009-06-29T05:59:51.535-07:00Organizing CSR-mart 2009 - Rupert HoogewerfRupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via DaylifeToday the Hurun Report from Rupert Hoogewerf and Ammado organized the first CSR-mart in Shanghai, both organization announced in a press release. Hurun or Rupert Hoogewerf was one of the people giving an opening speech.
"The Wenchuan Earthquake has been a turning point for CSR in China," says Rupert Hoogewerf, CEO of Hurun Report. "Brands realise now Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-42060469222186909032009-06-26T01:48:00.001-07:002009-06-26T01:48:09.711-07:00Chinese brands take off at home - Rupert HoogewerfRupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via DaylifeSoft drink Wanglaoji from Guangdong tops the fourth Hurun list of Most Valuable Brands with an estimated USD 540 million of value, writes CCTV on their website. List composer Rupert Hoogewerf, who expanded the list from 50 to 100 Chinese brands, sees that branding is taking off in China, competing with foreign brands on their own territory.
"Homegrown Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-9448223739783273912009-06-25T23:52:00.000-07:002009-06-25T23:52:54.098-07:00Open letter to net nanny and CCTV - Jeremy GoldkornJeremy Goldkorn by Fantake via FlickrAnnoyed by yet another effort to block parts of the internet - this time including Google - Beijing-based internet entrepreneur Jeremy Goldkorn wrote on his website Danwei to net nanny, name for the collective Chinese efforts to censor the internet, and the country's leading TV channel CCTV.
After spelling out what he likes about China:
You are making Chinese Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-76488629623934471142009-06-24T02:56:00.000-07:002009-06-24T02:57:31.330-07:00Sending our June 2009 newsletterImage by Wonderlane via FlickrWe have just launched our June 2009 newsletter including details about Zhang Lijia's trips to Europe and the US. Also an overview of the waves our speakers made in the mainstream media in the past four weeks. You can read the China Speakers Bureau newsletter also here.
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Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-64168989051247824202009-06-22T02:42:00.000-07:002009-06-22T02:42:29.091-07:00China's rich did not change life style - Rupert HoogewerfRupert Hoogewerf
China has avoided most of the credit crunch and its rich has not dramatically changed their life style, says Rupert Hoogewerf, author of the Hurun report and tracking China's rich for over a decade in an interview. His research shows that life has remained the same for 82 percent of the people on his list.
Hoogewerf's profile of China's rich:
The average mainland Chinese Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-79378726657448630692009-06-22T01:44:00.001-07:002009-06-22T01:44:01.509-07:00China: No longer a big story - Paul FrenchPaul French by Fantake via FlickrDanwei's Jeremy Goldkorn sits down with the author Paul French to discuss his latest book on foreign correspondents in China, Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao. Why did he stop in 1950, is one of the obvious questions. Because China is not longer a big story, compared to those times, explains Paul French. "Trade Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-61545111850581225632009-06-21T00:33:00.000-07:002009-06-21T00:34:44.691-07:00Life is much more free now - Zhang Lijia
Celebrity author Zhang Lijia joined recently in Perth, Australia a BBC-show and explained how her life and change had changed. "Life is much freer now."
Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-9447054522174120452009-06-19T01:46:00.000-07:002009-06-19T01:46:26.310-07:00Celebrity author to visit United States - Zhang LijiaImage by Fantake via FlickrCelebrity author Zhang Lijia is mostly based in Beijing, but this year she has a busy travelling schedule. After a trip to Switzerland (June 23-July 13), she will be visiting also the Netherlands, Belgium and London (19-25 July). In September, October and November she will be staying in the US to participate in an international writing program at the University of Iowa,Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-19928904743294835452009-06-18T06:17:00.000-07:002009-06-18T06:17:18.842-07:00Twitter helps - Marc van der ChijsMarc van der Chijs by Fantake via FlickrHow should companies deal with new media like twitter? Twitter supremo Marc van der Chijs of the Spil Games in China taught Dutch airline KLM last month for free how to do that. The Dutch Daily Het Parool (here in a translations from the Dutch)used the incident to educate its corporate readers.
After Marc van der Chijs, for the Dutch game company Spil GamesFons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-72972811063097346602009-06-17T06:15:00.000-07:002009-06-17T06:15:31.874-07:00Most-sought speakers for June 2009Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via FlickrHow do I get into the picture? Every month after publishing our monthly top-10 most-sought speakers some of the few hundred who did not make it to the list wonder themselves what they can do to improve their ranking. There is only one advice we can give them: beat the drum. Make sure that people notice you. We as a speakers' bureau can help the process in getting Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-90112542331165145112009-06-17T00:57:00.001-07:002009-06-17T00:57:11.214-07:00Why most M&A deals end up badly - Shaun Rein
Image via WikipediaSeventy percent of the M&A deals end up badly for the shareholders, research from his Shanghai company CMR group has shown, writes Shaun Rein today in Forbes.
Too often companies put together matches that look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems that end up turning them into busts. Sometimes, of course, acquisitions can be great. Clorox's Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-8768855216384879162009-06-12T00:56:00.001-07:002009-06-12T00:56:27.326-07:00Marketing in the digital universe - Tom DoctoroffTom Doctoroff by Fantake via FlickrMarketing guru Tom Doctoroff will give members and other visitors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai a lively introduction into digital marketing and the way to reach China's youngsters. From the invitation:
Chinese youth are intoxicated by a new digital universe. However, their relationship with all things digital is dramatically different from Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-13197763478858807722009-06-12T00:14:00.001-07:002009-06-12T00:14:18.787-07:00Profit China's music industry stops at ringtones - William Bao BeanWilliam Bao Bean by Fantake via FlickrThe global music industry hopes to tap into the revenue streams in Asia, writes the Hollywood Reporter, But VC William Bao Bean does not give them a lot of hope to make a buck in China as the country has no tradition of paying for the usage of music products. The Hollywood Reporter:
While the Chinese music market appears to be vast, one speaker estimated thatFons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-57699285230570561992009-06-11T07:25:00.000-07:002009-06-12T03:46:03.981-07:00Zhang Lijia to visit Amsterdam
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via FlickrThe famous Chinese journalist and author Zhang Lijia will visit Belgium and the Netherlands (especially Amsterdam) for a short visit. Her groundbreaking book ""Socialism Is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China has just appeared in Dutch. She will be in Amsterdam from 14 till 17 June July and if you are interested in meeting her, do get in touch with the Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-34107482537456610832009-06-10T09:38:00.001-07:002009-06-10T09:38:13.522-07:00State has to loosen ties on economy - Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via FlickrOnly by loosening the ties for private companies, who are in an disadvantaged position compared to state-owned enterprises, China can keep an economic growth of annually 8 percent, Arthur Kroeber explains in The Telegraph from the UK.Faced with a decline in export demand for the foreseeable future, China must take difficult steps to create a new, Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-33163336950651347602009-06-10T00:42:00.000-07:002009-06-10T00:47:40.280-07:00Moving into food and cooking in China - Jeremy GoldkornJeremy Goldkorn by Fantake via FlickrBeijing-based media tycoon Jeremy Goldkorn is expanding his empire into what is indisputable the most important subject in China: food and cooking. In a bilingual video blog In Kitchen Yo he starts off with something that seems rather easy. An omelette.
In this first episode, I am your host Jeremy Goldkorn, learning how to cook Hebei style spring omelettes Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-42259779922250039672009-06-04T01:25:00.000-07:002009-06-04T01:37:14.309-07:00Why the Chinese might like a Hummer - Shaun ReinImage via WikipediaWhen a Chinese company who never build a car bought the Hummer from GM, one of the largest problems of the Detroit car giant, many predicted huge problems. But Shaun Rein tells Forbes he sees also some positive sides on the deal. The assumption is that the Hummer will be sold on the Chinese market.
The "Chinese are not as environmentally conscious as American consumers so Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-8918756048997304332009-06-03T01:52:00.000-07:002009-06-03T01:57:20.858-07:00Using twitter for Zhao Ziyang's memoires - Jeremy GoldkornZhao, together with Wen Jiabao via WikipediaChina's internet users might have overstepped the vague line of what is permitted on the internet, by using twitter and its Chinese equivalents to exchange a banned book, says internet guru Jeremy Goldkorn today in Forbes.
"The Internet is currently rather creaky here, with all the usual filtering tools turned up to top level, but Chinese netizens wereFons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-90588305726685151182009-06-03T00:40:00.000-07:002009-06-03T00:40:11.661-07:00Shanghai moving fast on Worldexpo2010 - Shaun ReinShaun Rein by Fantake via FlickrShanghai might be better prepared to deal with its Worldexpo2010 compared to what happened with the Beijing Olympics, although Shaun Rein at CNBC is not without worries.
The city is pumping the equivalent of 45 billion US dollar into the city, but unlike Beijing, Shanghai is targeting the infrastructure, like subways, that will improve the city in the long run. Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-75355371771438472762009-06-01T23:33:00.003-07:002009-06-01T23:33:34.305-07:00Sino-American G2? Not any time soon - Arthur KroeberArthur Kroeber by Fantake via FlickrWhile China and the US are edging towards each other, the emergences of a new world order, excluding some of the old and upcoming new forces, is a distant prospect at best, writes Arthur Kroeber in todays Financial Times.
It is perfectly accurate to note that the US and China have a uniquely symbiotic relationship, that they will soon be the two largest Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-29593573540734617362009-05-31T00:34:00.000-07:002009-05-31T00:34:15.158-07:00In a growing cage - Zhang LijiaZhang Lijia by Fantake via FlickrJust days ahead of June 4, celebrity author Zhang Lijia remembers in the New Work Times her May-days in 1989 when she helped to organize demonstraties, like they took place all over China, adding to the concerns of the leadership in Beijing.
Despite the setbacks and the brutal repression Zhang Lijia ends with an optimistic tone:
We’re still in a cage here. But forFons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-60085925242452673522009-05-29T01:43:00.001-07:002009-05-29T01:43:09.132-07:00Former diplomat joins China Speakers BureauXu Ming, currently the Asia-Pacific director of the IEDE business school from Madrid and a former Chinese diplomat in Latin America, has joined the China Speakers Bureau as a speaker. From our profile:
As a former diplomat in Latin America, Xu Ming is not only a fluent Spanish-speaker, but also has Xu Ming by Fantake via Flickra profound knowledge of the intense relations between Chinese politicsFons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-38409438799806225212009-05-27T02:29:00.000-07:002009-05-27T02:29:41.543-07:00Setting a young girl free - Zhang LijiaZhang Lijia by Fantake via FlickrCelebrity author Zhang Lijia gets many positive reviews for her book "Socialism Is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China, but a review in the Washington Post is still a milestone. From the review:
In "Socialism Is Great!" Zhang recounts her quest for freedom -- from constraints both political and familial. It's a tale that crackles with insight and wit: "My Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.com0