Wendell Minnick by Fantake via Flickr Wendell Minnick, currently serving as the Asia Bureau Chief / Defense news, has joined the China Speakers Bureau. He is an author, commentator, journalist and speaker who has spent nearly two decades covering military and security issues in Asia.He joined in 2000 as theRead More →
Rupert Hoogewerf by Fantake via Flickr Tycoon Huang Guangyu, founder of the successful electronics chain Gome, got convicted to 14 years of imprisonment for fraudulent activities, the final end of the man who used to be China’s richest. For the BBC China’s rich list producer Rupert Hoogewerf explains why Huang could not surviveRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr China’s economy might be steaming ahead again, but that does not mean all is well. Shaun Rein identifies in Business Week two key problems the country has to deal with: its image abroad and its education. Being a superpower is no longer about theRead More →
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr During her last visit by Zhang Lijia to Italy the director Davide Sacchetti made a trailer about the famous Chinese author, hoping to turn it later into a documentary. We think the trailer is a very good start: A Chinese rocket girl in Rome. WhileRead More →
Maria Korolov by Fantake via Flickr Maria Korolov tells in our recently released book A Changing China about her experiences with Americans in Shanghai. One of many lessons learned shared by our speakers at the China Speakers Bureau. It can sometimes be difficult for people who come to China to set asideRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein explains CNBC why in today’s volatile markets, there will still be winners. The Chinese consumer will keep on spending, especially the female consumers. Based on research in 50 Chinese cities, his company discovered that those consumers will spend the coming six monthsRead More →
Rupert Hoogewerf by Fantake via Flickr Giving to charity is maturing fast in China, says Rupert Hoogewerf, composer of the Hurun rich list and similar rankings on charity in China to Asia Times. He is noting differences in how much and why the wealthy in the US, Europe and ChinaRead More →
Artur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr After more than a year of financial upheaval, China’s economy is turning back to normal, and the government is ready to deal with long-term issues, says economic analyst Arthur Kroeber. The Australian SMH investigated whether the climate for foreign companies is deteriorating, but KroeberRead More →
Image via Wikipedia From the April newsletter of the China Speakers Bureau: This month we have some exciting news from our own global offices, as we have started a new service to support our speakers in getting their books on the market. In April we signed our first book publishingRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein continues his mission in explaining US audiences that China’s economy not behaves in the same way like the US economy. Fears for a collapsing real estate market are misplaced, he tells CNBC. In residential real estate there is no bubble and pricesRead More →
Zunaira Munir by Fantake via Flickr By Zunaira Munir China is working towards becoming an innovation-oriented country. Chinese President Hu Jintao outlined plans for building China into innovation-oriented country at a national conference on science and technology in Beijing in April 2006. “Companies would play a principal part in theRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Luxury consumer products are really doing very well in China, says Shaun Rein to Reuters. Chinese consumers are buying an estimated $7.5 billion per year of luxury products and the market is growing 15 percent annually, said Shaun Rein, managing director of China MarketRead More →