Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia has just returned this week in Beijing after spending three months at the prestigious International Writers Program at the Iowa University. But her career as a successful is further developing and the French and Italian editions of her book “SocialismRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr It’s Apple with their iPhone, eBay, Motorola, Tiffany, Nautica and Brooks Brothers got it wrong in China and Shaun Rein spells out in Forbes why they got it wrong. He fortunately also tells us who got it right, at least better than the losingRead More →
Environmental lawyer Charlie McElwee tries to makes sense out of China’s emission targets for 2020 ahead of the Copenhagen summit, and is not happy, he writes in his weblog. A carbon specific goal that will drive carbon emission measurement capacity building, so far so good; the bad news is theRead More →
by Fantake via Flickr Despite its predicted 8 percent economic growth, China is still facing a crucial time, tells Arthurs Kroeber the Australian Inquisitr. “The Global Financial Crisis has accelerated the impetus for change, with different regions within China responding in different ways, Mr Kroeber said. “Sustained recovery now dependsRead More →
Howard French by Fantake via Flickr The prestigious Columbia Journalism Review has been publishing a two part interview with Howard French, former foreign correspondent for the New York Times in both Tokyo and Shanghai on how the US media got it wrong when they reported Barack Obama‘s recent trip toRead More →
The China Speakers Bureau has published its November newsletter and you can read it here. Some of the subjects we cover: economic alarm bells keep on ringing despite high economic growth in 2009. And Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via Flickr how, despite a new European minister of foreign affairs, theRead More →
‘Wrong’ by jmtimages via Flickr Leading economists like Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and even US president Barack Obama pushed China to revalue its currency, the Renminbi. Shaun Rein explains in Forbes why strengthening the Chinese currency even more – it went already up 20 percentRead More →
Barbie via Wikipedia The famous doll Barbie was received with many cheers as its groundbreaking store opened in Shanghai earlier this year. But Barbie has been missing its target as it seems to appeal more to the Americans than to the Shanghainese, a problem that sounds very familiar for moreRead More →
The questions sounds logical for a China Speakers Bureau: do you have Chinese speakers from China? The simple answer is yes. But for those who are familiar with China and its opinion leaders might know that our ‘yes’ is not unconditional. Earlier this year we got a request from aRead More →
Still no.1 via Wikipedia When you are reading these words, two historical events might be over. First, and you might have noticed that one, is the first visit of US president Barack Obama to China. The second one, many of you might not have noticed, but Europe might have itsRead More →
Image by Fantake via Flickr Compared to the rich in the developed nations, China’s well-to-do are relatively young, tells Rupert Hoogewerf, composer of the Hurun rich list, the New York Times. Typically, a Chinese individual worth $150 million or more is about 50 years old — about 15 years youngerRead More →
by Fantake via Flickr As the trip by US president Obama to China comes near, our Shaun Rein continues in Forbes to debunk common myths the outside world might have about China. Earlier he took on three business myths, today focuses on the Chinese genes that prescribe a high savingRead More →