China’s leadership is this week drafting its new 5-year plan. Financial analyst Sara Hsu expects an ongoing shift from an export-driven economy to more domestic consumption, she tells at CNBC International. “China realizes it cannot rely on export as it did in the past,” she says.Read More →
China’s consumers are the most spoiled in the world and instant consumption, instant delivery after purchase, is standard, not only for food but for all consumption articles, says marketing specialist Ashley Dudarenok at her weblog.Read More →
Just imagine China would send 60 planes close to Florida, says Shanghai-based political analyst Shaun Rein about the recent rise in tensions between the US and China. The situation is escalating in a dangerous way, he says.Read More →
COVID-19 has changed life for sales professionals, says marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok. The early coronavirus crisis in China has accelerated online retail with live streaming at its core and will do so also as the rest of the world comes out of the corona crisis.Read More →
Compliance issues are paramount for foreign companies in China and boardrooms too often ignore them because they think they are too complicated, says business analyst Harry Broadman.Read More →
Influencers are an emerging force in branding, but in most of the world they are lagging compared to China, explains marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok. Audiences, culture, and platforms are ideal for influencers, she tells at her vlog.Read More →
China watcher Kaiser Kuo discusses Western narratives on China’s rise. Technology did not beat authoritarian regimes, he explains, just as other Western views on China were profoundly wrong. The Arab Spring uprising was the first sign technology did not bring repression down, but not the last one, he argues.Read More →
Financial analyst Sara Hsu looks at China’s post-corona recovery, which looks encouraging, although the good news is spread unevenly along the services sector, the smaller companies, and some regions, she tells at the state broadcaster CGTN.Read More →
China was a copy-cat country for long, but has moved away from its IP infringements, says business consultant Ben Cavender. Innovation is a keyword in its development, and most IP infringement cases in court are between Chinese companies, he adds. Read More →
London-based branding expert Arnold Ma discusses what the Tiktok deal with Oracle and Walmart might mean for its users outside China, at the state broadcaster CGTN. Who is hosting the user data is the key question to ask, he says.Read More →
Did get Oracle the Tiktok deal because it cozied up to the US president more than any of the other US companies, wonders international trade expert Harry Broadman at CNBC. Many questions remain after Microsoft was replaced by Oracle.Read More →
Financial analyst Sara Hsu, co-author of the 2020 publication “China’s fintech explosion”, discusses how tech companies became the leaders in fintech, leaving the country’s giant banks behind. She addresses an online panel of USC’s US-China Institute and explains how an underserved community offers a fertile basis for the fintech explosion.Read More →