China-hand Paul French sounds a bit amazed as his discovers that efforts to cut back China’s tradition of corruption in public tenders actually seems to work out. In the Ethical Corporation: More than one foreign company has found themselves (let’s be charitable here) unwittingly involved in a dodgy deal. ButRead More →
Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr Political scientist Victor Shih is only halfway through a project finding out how huge China’s financial rescue package has actually been, but he is already worried. Not that China’s collapse is imminent, but the country has invested a far larger percentage of its GDPRead More →
Shanghai via Wikipedia Without government action, China is heading for a housing bubble by the second half of 2010, tells Arthur Kroeber Radio Australia. Many people see investment in housing property as their retirement fund. Arthur Kroeber: Housing is really the focus because there really isn’t an effective pension system inRead More →
Image via Wikipedia Apple‘s partner China Unicom sold since its 30 October debut only 5,000 iPhones, while some market analysts predicted a sale of millions. Shaun Rein explains in Forbes how Apple and China Unicom had it all wrong and how they can save the iPhone by changing strategies fast.WhenRead More →
Paul French by Fantake via Flickr Retail expert Paul French comes in Forbes with a few reasons why in the epic battle between French giant Danone and its now former China partner Wahaha, the CEO of Wahaha Zong Qinghou comes out as the winner. Just as in the case ofRead More →
Image by Fantake via Flickr A great speech by Kaiser Kuo earlier this month at the University of Nebraska, addressing the Sino-US relations and how the internet plays an growing role. Few people outside China have an idea how the largest group of internet users, the Chinese, are using theirRead More →
Shaun Rein takes the stage again in Forbes, debunking three myths about (business in) China that are no longer true and perhaps never have been.1. China’s economy is export-led2. China has a limitless supply of cheap labor.3, Connections are everythingOne the second point he argues that retaining talent has becomeRead More →
William Bao Bean by Fantake via Flickr William Bao Bean, partner at the Softbank China-India Holdings, gives a thorough overview on how the travel industry in China is developing online. With the Beijing Olympics over and the Shanghai Worldexpo coming, infrastructure in hotels and other tourist facilities have increased dramatically,Read More →
Shenzhen via Wikipedia In Shenzhen today ChiNext, the Nasdaq-style stock exchange, was launched to provide smaller and middle size companies with capital. An excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs, Hurun publisher Rupert Hoogewerf tells Reuters. ‘The biggest challenge for (China’s) entrepreneurs … was how to raise their first capital,’ said Rupert Hoogewerf,Read More →
Forget China’s older generation via Wikipedia Shaun Rein is giving foreign retailers a crash course on who to target among the Chinese consumers and what the dangers are, in Forbes. They should forget about the Chinese equivalent of the baby boomers, the older generation will not start spending even whenRead More →
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr China’s bean counters have been reporting enthusiastic economic growth of even 8.9 percent in the third quarter, but our own analyst Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics is not yet convinced,he tellls DNA. “The quality of the growth stinks.” The government looks set to meet and perhapsRead More →
In charge by Praziquantel via Flickr With an economic growth of 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009, China is a must for global retail companies, despite its lower base. And in China, women under 35 rule the wallet, says Shaun Rein in his latest article for Forbes. ThatRead More →