Image via Wikipedia The once popular Mattel toy Barbie might be facing both a financial and cultural crisis back in its home market, Shaun Rein comments on the multi-million six story venture Mattel opened in Shanghai for its doll. In Forbes: Not only is Barbie moving into a new regionRead More →
Hu Jintao via Wikipedia If the world is waiting for China for a bail-out of the global financial crisis, it might be waiting in vain, assistant professor Victor Shih reads in remarks by president Hu Jintao to NPC-delegations from Guangdong. He translates on his weblog: “Now many countries are sayingRead More →
Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife The Chinese art market is holding much better than the stock exchange, tells China Rich List producer Rupert Hoogewerf the German magazine Die Welt. “China’s market for modern art has dropped in 2008 by 25 percent, while the stock markets lost 60 percent,”Read More →
Howard French via Wikipedia China is replacing very fast the old colonial powers in Africa, but the story is mostly ignored by the media, told former New York Times correspondent Howard French last Thursday at the China in Africa of the School of Journalism at Indiana University. “China is floodingRead More →
Arthur Kroeber While China’s financial leaders might see light at the end of the tunnel of the country’s crisis, financial analyst Arthur Kroeber warns in The Guardian it might be too early to cheer. “We know that a lot of money has been pumped into the economy and we knowRead More →
Cover of Barbie Can anything be more symbolic than Barbie, the doll who defined the image of American women worldwide? When we believe media like Bloomberg, we do note that Barbie has packed her little pink bag and left the US economy for Shanghai. Mattel Inc., the world’s biggest toymaker,Read More →
Wen Jiabao via Wikipedia Comments come out in full force after prime minister Wen Jiabao addressed the National People’s Congress yesterday on China’s economy. Both leading analysts, Shaun Rein at Bloomberg and Arthur Kroeber at Investors.com remain critical but also cautious optimistic on where the economy is heading.Kroeber sees thatRead More →
Arthur Kroeber Rumors the Chinese government might double its current four trillion renminbi stimulus package might be true, but Arthur Kroeber of the Beijing based consultancy Dragonomics does not believe it would be announced immediately, he told The Telegraph today. He expected another package was needed if China would reachRead More →
Shaun Rein Shaun Rein, one of the leading speakers at the China Speakers Bureau, is once again invited for the annual meeting of the Asia Society, this time in April at the Sheraton Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam. He joins an impressive line-up of speakers, including the prime minister of VietnamRead More →
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Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife The Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang has become the country’s more valuable artist, says China Rich List producer Rupert Hoogewerf in Bloomberg: Works by Zhang, known for his somber, gray-hued paintings of Chinese families, fetched a combined $44.1 million at art auctions last year,Read More →
Paul French by Fons1 via Flickr Retail sales of luxury products in Shanghai have remained strong, tells retail analyst Paul French the Financial Times in an article about the Japanese shopping mall Takashimaya, who decided to open stores in Shanghai, despite the global economic crisis.Paul French: “There are still aRead More →