tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:42:56 +0000http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Maria Trombly)Blogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-4043706687362878234Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:13:00 +00002008-12-03T00:22:21.862-08:00Jasper Becker The eminent author and journalist Jasper Becker from Beijing has today joined the China Speakers Bureau. Becker has been one of the leading voices on China's development and was up to recently the publisher of Asia Weekly. As the author of "Hungry Ghosts" on China's famines at the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s he exposed a sensitive part of the country's history http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/12/jasper-becker-joins-china-speakers.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-6476244365356105815Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:42:00 +00002008-12-02T06:54:40.593-08:00Zhang Lijia by Fons1 via FlickrThe plan is already a bit older, but thanks to more diligent colleagues in the Nordic countries, it is back on track. The China Speakers Bureau is organized in a slightly different way, compared to most speakers' agency. The typical agency would focus for both potential clients and speakers on a certain region. A Dutch speakers' bureau would not really cater for http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/12/expanding-our-network-to-other-speakers.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-4297722096059298060Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:17:00 +00002008-12-02T02:18:23.281-08:00Victor Shih Local governments and companies are trying to blackmail the central government in compensating them for paying arrear wages for their unruly citizens, writes financial expert Victor Shih on his weblog, pushing "stability" as their main card. However, since wage arrear is a "stability" issue, local governments are likely blackmailing the central government for money. In a paper that http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/12/local-governments-push-stability-card.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-5677800833500345209Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:36:00 +00002008-12-01T11:41:20.327-08:00Shaun Rein by Fons1 via FlickrChinese companies are preparing to buy assets abroad to make use of the global financial crisis, writes Shaun Rein in Business Week. Qingdao-based Haier was the first to move, but many others are following, his research suggests many are following: In the last few months my firm, the China Market Research Group, has conducted more than 500 interviews with senior http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/12/chinese-firms-use-crisis-for-global.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-6476333677426776755Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:58:00 +00002008-11-30T23:58:32.254-08:00Paul French by Fons1 via FlickrMarket watchers cannot gauge at this stage what China's consumers are going to do, says Paul French, China analyst of the Access Asia research firm in the China Daily. "The problem is that we have never been in this situation before. We really are off the map," he says.They might be keeping their wallets closed or rally and start spending more than they do, he addedhttp://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/consumer-behavior-impossible-to-predict.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-4000898844043800814Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:02:00 +00002008-11-30T04:04:54.411-08:00Sam Flemming by Fons1 via FlickrCatching up with some interesting pieces of information left over from last week. The Wall Street Journal quoted research suggesting that compared to other countries, China's internet users have more fun. “Web 2.0 is far more advanced in Asia, and in China, than in the U.S. and Europe,” says Bernice Klaassen, head of interactive research at TNS Singapore. In http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/chinas-internet-users-are-having-more.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-360303722852772051Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:47:00 +00002008-12-01T03:02:50.655-08:00William Bao Bean by Fons1 via FlickrOnline media and media strategies will see an healthy growth in 2009, predicts (amongst others) William Bao Bean in this clip of CCTV on the AdTech conference in Shanghai last week. He and other marketing experts see in the online media for the first time a way to target emerging consumers among the now 300 million Chinese internet users. Commercial William http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/healthy-growth-for-online-marketing.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-3421970857026286770Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:02:00 +00002008-11-30T02:07:55.841-08:00 http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/new-china-speakers-bureau-logo.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-5756545357644153274Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:26:00 +00002008-11-28T01:38:51.050-08:00Zhang Lijia by Fons1 via FlickrMaking it into the famous online encyclopedia Wikipedia is a benchmark for our writers. A few have crossed the line into fame and we are happy to report that Zhang Lijia has now her own entry. Zhang Lijia is anyway on a fast track as a celebrity speaker. The BBC is making a profile of her for April 2009, together with other big names like Robert de Niro. We will http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/zhang-lijia-made-it-into-wikipedia.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-4098047081516355291Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:56:00 +00002008-11-28T01:15:48.373-08:00Shaun Rein, most-sought speaker Today we launched the first edition of our China Speakers Bureau newsletter. You can look at it here. Theme of this month: what are our leading voices saying about the position of China in the ongoing economic crisis. As you might imagine: they have very diverse opinions. We will issue a new edition at least once a month, with the most-sought speakers of the monthhttp://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/our-speakers-on-economic-crisis-and.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-2781734995512181080Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:47:00 +00002008-11-27T12:12:03.074-08:00Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via DaylifeHuang Guangyu, China's richest person and chairman of the Gome Holdings, has never been a public figure, says China-rich list compiler Rupert Hoogewerf to Bloomberg after his arrest. Huang has topped his list of richest Chinese three times in a row. Hoogewerf: "He rarely comes out into public but he's never been a secretive person."Huang has been http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/huang-guangyu-low-key-person-rupert.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-568189387411254968Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:24:00 +00002008-11-27T01:36:54.966-08:00Al Gore: too expensive? via WikipediaThe New York Times has a nice analysis on how the speakers' business is faring under the now-expected economic recession. While big ticket speakers like Al Gore are hit severely by a reduction of available funding, demand remains strong in the cheaper sections. “They all say, ‘Can you get us Al Gore?’ ” said Robert Walker, founder and chief executive. His http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/less-big-ticket-speakers-more-on.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-3180913277761675572Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:51:00 +00002008-11-26T23:52:50.357-08:00Sam Flemming by Fons1 via FlickrWhen you say internet, you say community, argues CIC's Sam Flemming in his latest white paper on the Internet Word On Mouth (IWOM), depicting the fast changing way how China's internet users are communicating. Participation is the key word, and China's 253 million internet users mainly use domestic tools for their conversation. Almost all conversational tools, http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/internet-is-community-sam-flemming.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-336778276170902107Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:56:00 +00002008-11-26T02:56:19.908-08:00Xu Ping We already heard the stories about Taiwanese factory owners in Guangdong who left their close-to bankrupt enterprises over the wall that was designed to keep people out. But for larger companies like Foxconn such a fast departure is not that easy. Foxconn has been in the middle of quite some brawls, mostly not very positive for the producer of Apple's iPods and many other electronic http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/foxconn-tries-to-sneak-out-of-china.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-5200481394036122081Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:46:00 +00002008-11-25T23:47:09.000-08:00Arthur Kroeber by Fons1 via FlickrChina's planning authorities intend to push up to 400 billion Renminbi into the stock market, but analysts like Arthur Kroeber do not necessarily think that is a good idea. In the China Daily, Kroeber explains why the move, expected early December, might not be a smart idea. "I don't think it is useful if the fund is created specifically to support stock prices, http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/just-pumping-capital-in-stock-market.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-6345031107779844208Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:34:00 +00002008-11-24T11:34:28.887-08:00Arthur Kroeber by Fons1 via FlickrWhile China's growth might take a hit, its fundamentals are still in place, says economic analyst Arthur Kroeber in Time. "People who don't follow China on a regular basis can miss some of the underlying drivers," says Kroeber, who runs the consulting firm Dragonomics.Kroeber spells out three of those fundamentals. Because of China's one-child policy, famlies http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/economic-fundamentals-are-still-in.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-3842466396001316772Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:10:00 +00002008-11-24T08:41:38.234-08:00At the China Speakers Bureau we are setting up a newsletter, that will keep you updated about what is happening with our speakers and their contributions to the China debate. Expect the first issue soon and you can sign nu now, so you won't miss that. In the first edition: - tips for selecting good speakers - most-sought speakers for November - our speakers in the media - The debate on China's http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/csb-newsletter.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-3211697373179293224Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:34:00 +00002008-11-23T11:35:29.359-08:00Tom Doctoroff by Fons1 via FlickrChina's consumers will reduce spending and certainly not offer a way out for US and European companies, says marketing guru Tom Doctoroff in the Shanghai Daily. But he is at loggerheads with other leading voices on the China market, like Shaun Rein, who sees problems for big ticket items like cars and real estate, but sees that 70 of the consumers keep on spendinghttp://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/chinas-consumers-reduce-spending-tom.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-8889847450786932161Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:54:00 +00002008-11-23T00:12:33.404-08:00William Overholt by Fons1 via FlickrWhile India and Brazil display often ideological undertones in the message, China is "open to compromises and trade-offs", says Dr. William Overholt, senior research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in DNA-India. If China now claims a place at the table of the global financial institutions, it is because the country belongs http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/china-needs-its-seat-in-global.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-8221236719624219627Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:34:00 +00002008-11-21T07:35:17.019-08:00Bill Fischer by Fons1 via FlickrFour out of ten innovative companies are coming from Asia, says IMD-professor Bill Fischer and program director about a ground-breaking program on "driving strategic innovation". Fischer is expanding the program from Europe and North-America to Singapore, he tells. In Business Week's list of the "ten most innovative companies" for 2008, four come from Asia: Toyota,http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/getting-innovation-from-asia-bill.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-2789774448020060829Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +00002008-11-21T04:08:32.737-08:00James Farrer by Fons1 via FlickrI just walked into this weblog, the Speaker Launcher blog, meant for speakers and giving them advice. Great stuff if you are not sure how to deal with your career as a speaker. A few years ago they gave great tips on how to deal with speakers' bureaus (like ours) and I could not have put it better. A few selection criteria they list: To see if you are ready to workhttp://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/how-to-work-with-speakers-bureaus.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-6733745233417359045Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:33:00 +00002008-12-02T02:15:37.594-08:00Victor Shih China's state-owned enterprises are struggling to get their piece of the rescue capital the central government is pumping into the economy, writes financial expert Victor Shih in his analysis of China's bailout. Details on who gets what money are still scarce but state-owned companies - good for 30 percent of China's economy and employment - are in urgent need of recapitalization, http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/bailout-focuses-on-state-owned.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-7511796378760198419Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:08:00 +00002008-11-20T01:36:06.278-08:00Victor Shih, the highest newcomer In the third monthly overview of the top-10 most-sought speaker for the China Speakers Bureau we see that the top is remarkable stable, compared to our listing in October. The other half has been replaced by other speakers, with newcomer Victor Shih - we enlisted him during this month - shows already up at the tenth position. A rather good achievement and shows http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/most-sought-speakers-in-november-2008.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-1703110249008828813Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:40:00 +00002008-11-20T00:40:33.092-08:00Shaun Rein by Fons1 via FlickrThe Chinese automotive industry is expecting a shake-up, not a meltdown like elsewhere in the world, says Shaun Rein, managing director of the China Market Research Group in an interview with Bloomberg. Consumers in China are still going strong, Rein discovered from research. Seventy percent will go on spending, although both real estate and the automotive industry http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/expected-shake-up-of-automotive.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048402875810456878.post-8281609948383352239Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:28:00 +00002008-11-19T02:29:10.032-08:00Charles McElwee by Fons1 via FlickrWhile much of China's four trillion Renminbi rescue package is window dress, there is still a lot of new money available for the environment, hopes Charles McElwee on his weblog. However, fully 25% of the total (US$146 billion) is reportedly earmarked for “environmental protection.” A significant amount will also be spent on energy production and energy http://www.china-speakers-bureau.com/blog/2008/11/whats-in-it-for-environment-charles.htmlfons.tuinstra@gmail.com (Fons Tuinstra)0