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Consumer confidence is down – Shaun Rein
China’s consumers are sitting on excess savings of 6 trillion yuan (US$874 billion), but business analyst Shaun Rein sees consumer confidence is pretty low, and they seem unwilling to spend their savings, he tells the South China Morning Post.Read More →
China’s billionaires lost their glamour at 2023 Hurun rich list – Rupert Hoogewerf
China lost 229 billionaires in the last year as a faltering economy, sliding stocks and a depreciating yuan hit the country’s super-rich harder than their peers in any other nation, according to a new list published by Hurun Report. Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher of Hurun Report, “Chinese entrepreneurs will actively look to expand abroad from this year as they have a global perspective,” says Hoogewerf, according to the South China Morning Post.Read More →
China changes the world by building railroads, highways – Jim Rogers
The US has 100 military bases outside its country in the world, while China is changing geopolitics by building railroads and highways, says renowned investor Jim Rogers in an interview with state-owned CGTN.Read More →
Is China a democracy or a dictatorship? – Ian Johnson
China calls itself a democracy, to the confusion of people living in democracies. China scholar Ian Johnson explains how China moves between democracy and dictatorship, and how both terms can be defined, in an explanatory video from the Council of Foreign relations.Read More →
Headwind for China’s economy, despite positive end of zero-Covid – Sara Hsu
China’s economy took a positive turn after the government ended in December 2022 its zero-Covid policies, but economist Sara Hsu warns 2023 offers still many headwinds, she writes in Project Syndicate.Read More →
What to know about China’s new premier Li Qiang – Victor Shih
Political analysts Victor Shih looks into the background of Li Qiang, China’s new premier, and his past in the country’s elite for NPR.Read More →
China resumes issuing visas for foreigners
In a next step in opening up after the Zero-Covid policies were canceled in December, China will resume issuing all visas to foreigners starting March 15, including tourists, for the first time in three years time, according to the news agency Reuters.Read More →
China’s event industry recovery by 2024 – Informa PLC
The British event organizer Informa PLC expects the China event industry to recover by 2024, the company announced when it published its 2022 figures this week, Market Watch reports. The first signs of recovery are expected already in 2023.Read More →
How to win over the female consumer – Ashley Dudarenok
Women account for 70% of the purchases in China’s households, and marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks into the 2023 trends for the female consumer at China’s Women’s Day, for the Jing Daily. Most of China’s platforms dive deep into this important segment of consumers.Read More →
The story of disruption in China – William Bao Bean
Tech investor William Bao Bean, managing director of Orbit startups, shares the major stories he learned from the tech revolution in China, at a Pakistan conference. “The government chooses to go out of the way of change,” he tells his audience. Why startups do not need to be squeezed between China and the US.Read More →
Perspective on China’s financial reform – Winston Ma
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) will this week approve a significant reform of its financial institutions. Financial analyst Winston Ma looks at the background of this sweeping shift, according to Reuters.Read More →
Innovation and synergies in US-China relations – Winston Ma
Investor, attorney, and author Winston Ma dives into the innovations in China and the synergies in US-China relations for the CFA Society in New York.Read More →