Giant demographic changes in Africa have defined most of China’s strategic vision, says Howard French, author of China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa, at a discussion at the National Bureau of Asian Research on the report by Nadège Rolland“A New Great Game? Situating Africa in China’s Strategic Thinking.”Read More →
China issued new regulations on mining and trading of cryptocurrencies over the past few weeks. Financial analyst Winston Wenyan Ma explains how this works out, and why China’s crackdown has such a big impact on the industry worldwide, at LCX. China now covers 70% of the global market.Read More →
Bullet comments are a very Chinese and emerging feature when watching videos, conquering the rest of the world too, says innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok at het weblog.Read More →
Newcomers come often with a romanticized idea of how to sell their brand products in China. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok puts them straight at her weblog.Read More →
E-commerce firm Shein from Nanjing has been operating much under the radar, until last week it last week came with plans of an IPO in New York with a valuation of US$47 billion. E-commerce expert Matthew Brennan, author of “Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance” explains at Yahoo Finance what Shein has been doing right. Read More →
Consumers in China are very different from those elsewhere. Take jewelry, says consumption guru Ashley Dudarenok: they used to be gifts for women, but nowadays they purchase themselves, as a reward, she says at her vlog.Read More →
China’s consumption is growing again and sales growth is recovering on a solid post-COVID10 track, says marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok on her vlog. Government, tech companies, and consumers have their noses in the same direction.Read More →
Scaling up your business without the big firms like Facebook, Google, Tencent, or Alibaba eating your lunch? Accelerator VC William Bao Bean explains how to survive in a very competitive industry post-Covid-19.Read More →
Foreign brands used to be an asset on the China market, but those days are over, says marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog. You need to bring a firm budget and take time to convince consumers your products is worth their money, she adds.Read More →
VC William Bao Bean, a general partner at SOSV (the most active global venture capital firm) explains how his global fund helps startups grow in Asia, with much attention to the pros and cons of working from Taiwan.Read More →
The main difference with the rest of the world is that in China social media and e-commerce merged into platforms, says China marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok. When you want to dive into China, you have to pick your platform and realize they are different from what you are used to, she adds. Most likely you have to pick one of them.Read More →
When cryptocurrencies like bitcoins become too powerful, governments will simply outlaw them, says senior investor Jim Rogers to Kitco. They will not accept competition for their currencies.Read More →