Image by Wonderlane via Flickr We have just launched our June 2009 newsletter including details about Zhang Lijia’s trips to Europe and the US. Also an overview of the waves our speakers made in the mainstream media in the past four weeks. You can read the China Speakers Bureau newsletterRead More →
Rupert Hoogewerf China has avoided most of the credit crunch and its rich has not dramatically changed their life style, says Rupert Hoogewerf, author of the Hurun report and tracking China’s rich for over a decade in an interview. His research shows that life has remained the same for 82 percentRead More →
When to look for an outside speaker? “We cannot ask Peter again, can we?” Before starting to give tips on how to look for a professional speaker, we have to see how we get to the point where we actually start to look for outside help. In many cases youRead More →
Paul French by Fantake via Flickr Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn sits down with the author Paul French to discuss his latest book on foreign correspondents in China, Through the Looking Glass: China’s Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao. Why did he stop in 1950, is one of the obvious questions.Read More →
Celebrity author Zhang Lijia joined recently in Perth, Australia a BBC-show and explained how her life and change had changed. “Life is much freer now.”Read More →
Image by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia is mostly based in Beijing, but this year she has a busy travelling schedule. After a trip to Switzerland (June 23-July 13), she will be visiting also the Netherlands, Belgium and London (19-25 July). In September, October and November she will beRead More →
Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via Flickr How do I get into the picture? Every month after publishing our monthly top-10 most-sought speakers some of the few hundred who did not make it to the list wonder themselves what they can do to improve their ranking. There is only one adviceRead More →
Image via Wikipedia Seventy percent of the M&A deals end up badly for the shareholders, research from his Shanghai company CMR group has shown, writes Shaun Rein today in Forbes. Too often companies put together matches that look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems thatRead More →
William Bao Bean by Fantake via Flickr The global music industry hopes to tap into the revenue streams in Asia, writes the Hollywood Reporter, But VC William Bao Bean does not give them a lot of hope to make a buck in China as the country has no tradition ofRead More →
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr The famous Chinese journalist and author Zhang Lijia will visit Belgium and the Netherlands (especially Amsterdam) for a short visit. Her groundbreaking book ““Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China has just appeared in Dutch. She will be in Amsterdam from 14Read More →
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr Only by loosening the ties for private companies, who are in an disadvantaged position compared to state-owned enterprises, China can keep an economic growth of annually 8 percent, Arthur Kroeber explains in The Telegraph from the UK. Faced with a decline in export demandRead More →
Image via Wikipedia When a Chinese company who never build a car bought the Hummer from GM, one of the largest problems of the Detroit car giant, many predicted huge problems. But Shaun Rein tells Forbes he sees also some positive sides on the deal. The assumption is that theRead More →