The world might still be watching the exciting London 2012 Olympic games, in China sports apparels, winners four years ago have a hard time, compared to the rest of the world, explains business analyst Shaun Rein in CNBC.Read More →
When it comes to marketing in China, whether you agree or disagree with his analyses and prescriptions, Rein is an undisputed expert, writes Atimes in a critical review of Shaun Rein’s book The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that Will Disrupt the World.Read More →
China has put innovation high on its political agenda and the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) has drawn thousands of start-ups. But that makes it not yet a Silicon Valley, warns venture capitalist William Bao Bean with Singtel Innov8 in Marketplace.Read More →
When Google decided to withdraw its search engine from China, it was not just a corporate decision, but had large repercussions inside the country’s government too, explains business analyst Shaun Rein in the Pandodaily.Read More →
Localization is the mantra for foreign companies entering China, but many fail. Ben Cavender, senior analyst at the China Market Research Group (CMR) will address some famous cases during a Google+ Hangout on Thursday.Read More →
Apple’s recent success in China might have gained it a lot of admirers. But the company could have done much better and could have turned China into its largest market, retail analyst Shaun Rein tells in the Pandodaily. Read More →
More reviews and reactions on Shaun Rein’sbook “The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that Will Disrupt the World”, today with Fortune and the Wall Street Journal: What is China’s middle class buying?Read More →
Economists differ very much on the future of China’s short term economic direction, upwards or downwards. But in every case, e-commerce giant Alibaba is going to be a winner, predicts consumer analyst Ben Cavender in Bloomberg.Read More →
“Mercifully, The End Of Cheap China is not another academic tome about the most miraculous economic transformation of our times,” writes Andy Mukherjee in a review in the Strait Times about Shaun Rein’s The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that Will Disrupt the World.Read More →
China needs to shift its economy from state investments to domestic consumption to survive. But can China withdraw that kind of power from state institutions, wonders political and financial analyst Victor Shih in the Financial Times.Read More →
Wanda’s purchase of AMC Theathers raised more than a few eyebrows in the US? Is China buying a backdoor to execute its soft power? Business analyst and author Shaun Rein explains in Foreign Policy what is behind this and other high-profile corporate purchase by Chinese companies.Read More →
Getting a business angle, an entrepreneur who provides your start-up with first capital, is hard enough in China, tells William Bao Bean of SingTel Innov8 in Tech in Asia. You should avoid especially the famous ones.Read More →