Mark Schaub, this month’s fastest mover Surprising changes in this month “most-sought speaker”, compared to the scores in September. Some of our leading speakers have suddenly dropped off the list and we see a range of relative new-comers in our top-10.One of the reasons for that change could be thatRead More →
Arthur Kroeberby Fons1 via FlickrChina has its fair share of social problems, but none it getting out of control, says Arthur Kroeber, managing director of the Beijing research firm Dragonomics in the German edition of the Financial Times. China is not heading for a social crisis, as some assume, heRead More →
Shaun Rein Wealthy Chinese and international travelers make the hotel industry a bright spot in China, says Shaun Rein, managing director of the China Market Research Group in the Wall Street Journal, as major hotel chains announced to expand their investments despite the ongoing financial crisis. Mr. Rein said heRead More →
Rich Kuslan Where is the Letter of Credit (L/C), wonders Rich Kuslan at his weblog Asiabizblog. The freeze at the interbanking lending might bring trade with China to a standstill. Companies completely dependent upon product purchased overseas by means of letters of credit could be badly affected if L/Cs willRead More →
When you make use of a speakers’ bureau like ours, it makes sense to get the best out of it. How can you do that? By making use of our expertise. A few times too often we are being approached by companies and organizations who ask for a specific speakerRead More →
What might happen to retail? by Fons1 via FlickrOver at the China Herald we have started what is now called the “China Crisis Watch”, following the fallout of the global financial crisis on China, and the other way around. As the stock markets worldwide crash, the question what China isRead More →
William Bao Bean Stock markets worldwide keep on dropping and the effects of the global crisis are stilling heading for China. William Bao Bean of Softbank’s China&India holdings discusses with China Speakers Bureau’s principal Fons Tuinstra the possible fallout of the global financial shake-up on China. The worst disaster: tradeRead More →
William Bao BeanFons1 via FlickrThe stock markets worldwide continue their crash south and financial leaders gather in Washington to discuss further measure to stop the global financial crisis. But China has still been rather quiet, as if it is only marginally part of the economic downturn.How correct is that, whatRead More →
Image by Fons1 via Flickr Tom Doctoroff The China brand has suffered a severe set back through the milk melamine scandal, after the successful Olympics, writes Tom Doctoroff in the Huffington Post. Sixty thousand babies with kidney stones is cause tremendous damage, especially in China itself. In Europe and theRead More →
James Farrer Only up to a certain degree foreign expats and Chinese are mixing in what has now become one of the largest expat societies in the world, Shanghai, says sociologist James Farrer of the Sophia University in Tokyo.The Shanghai expats society has been changing greatly over the past fifteenRead More →
via WikipediaHolidays are coming to and end in China and the working life is resuming again. Since we are running a global service, we never really have a holiday, but we did have been a bit silent here: there was anyway hardly anybody to talk to. But now the GoldenRead More →
Bill Fischer IMD-professor and former CEIBS dean Bill Fischer has joined the China Speakers Bureau. Bill Fischer is a leading authority on business and China. Apart from being a gifted storyteller, he has real stories to tell.With his broad IMD-network he is able to tap into the larger companies, dealingRead More →