Apple’s current key position on the China market did not come for free, disclosed the AppleInsider this week, but was triggered off by a US$ 275 billion deal between the company and the central government in 2016. Political analyst Victor Shih explains how CEO Cook dealt with governmental concerns about the US firm.Read More →
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at the wave of regulatory changes hitting industries and especially tech firms at her vlog. “China tries to set up a more sustainable digital ecosystem,” she explainsRead More →
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok tells at the state-owned CGTN how the Double 11 festival in 2021 became a teenager and started to become the way to introduce new products to China’s consumers and turned international.Read More →
Bytedance, the mothership of both Douyin and Tiktok, has reorganized its leadership and its internal organization, including founder and CEO Zhang Yiming. A good sign at a maturing giant, says Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean at the Asia Nikkei.Read More →
China initially became the factory of the world, and equivalent to low-quality products. But those days are over, says marketing expert Arnold Ma at his Myth Buster vlog. Innovation and high quality have become key in China’s production, although you can still get some cheap, low-quality stuff too, he adds.Read More →
Most rich in China are self-made, first in agriculture, then real estate, and the past five years in new energy, says Hurun chairman Rupert Hoogewerf at the release of the 2021 Hurun China rich list. Compared to Hong Kong and Taiwan, mainland rich seldom inherited their wealth, he added.Read More →
Financial and political analyst Victor Shih explains how the fall of Evergrande was triggered off by new financial regulations, and why Evergrande cannot be compared to the Lehman crisis in the US, he tells at a discussion at the German MERICS institute.Read More →
Long working hours have changed many consumption habits for young workers in tech companies, explains consumption expert Ashley Dudarenok at her vlog. But now the 996 working culture has been banned by the government, will the world for those young tech workers become more healthy? Read More →
China faces not only its most prominent problem Evergrande but a range of issues, says leading economist Arthur Kroeber in the New York Times. Shortage of electricity, dealing with its big tech companies and many other in-debted giants offer similar challenges. “The common feature of these crises: All were triggered by government policies,” he writes.Read More →
Investors worldwide have been watching developments at Evergrande, China’s second largest real estate company, as it struggled to repay its gargantuan debts. But while the problems are serious, financial analyst Sara Hsu does not expect a full collapse of the giant, she tells the commercial observer.Read More →
Internet watcher Matthew Brennan, author of “Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance,” discusses at BW Dialogue Tiktok and Bytedance, and looks at how much the Covid-19 crisis has changed the industry.Read More →
Geopolitics tensions, domestic problems, and a range of political crackdowns: China got its fair share of troubles over the past months, but super-investor Jim Rogers remains confident about his investments in China, he tells at the Money Levels Show.Read More →