Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr China’s economy is going to be much leaner and greener, says Shaun Rein in CNBC, as the plans for the 12th five-year plan have been made in Beijing over the weekend. Green technology is already getting much financial support. Economic growth might be moreRead More →
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr As China’s leadership gathers in Beijing to set its economic course for the coming five years, including its economic imbalance, Arthur Kroeber has a critical look at the country’s achievements in the BBC. “I think the leadership may be looking at the recent performanceRead More →
Arthur Kroeber Fantake via Flickr Negative sentiments are out on China in the West again, but economic analyst Arthur Kroeber explains in the Sinica Podcast, lead by Kaiser Kuo, why those bears are wrong. “China is still different.” Most of th€e bears are Western critics, who have no clue about China, Kroeber argues.Read More →
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Is there a bubble in China waiting to burst, for example in real estate? No, says Shaun Rein to Andy Xie in a debate at CNBC. Xie argued that real estate prices in China were overvalued 100 percent. Wrong says Rein. “Our research showRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Is there a bubble in China’s real estate. Yes says independent analyst Andy Xie, but our Shaun Rein takes on that assumption. When 60 percent of the apartments in Beijing are paid for in cash, there is no bubble, he tells CNBC. Both opponentsRead More →
Changing families values Chinese women are becoming a new force in domestic consumption as they command half of the household budget, writes Newsweek, who tapped into the brains of Tom Doctoroff, Shaun Rein and Paul French, all speakers for the China Speakers Bureau. Shaun Rein on the figures: For WesternRead More →
William Bao Bean by Fantake via Flickr The China Speakers Bureau Newsletter for August 2010 is out and we wonder what economies are picking up and who is going for a double dip. Also news from our speakers, our top-10 of most sought speakers and of course some propaganda forRead More →
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr China should focus more on the quality of its economic growth and less on the quantity, says economic analyst Arthur Kroeber in ABS-CBN news, now China is getting its rightful place in the world’s economic pick order. The passing of the baton to China is inevitable,Read More →
Shaun Rein Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein addresses, after the country got wrongly accused last Friday of blocking all of Google’s services, the China blame game many Western media play at this clip in CNBC.In the debate Rein gets actually told he acts like an apologist for China, but rebuts thisRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Saving tops no longer the agenda of China’s consumers as new generations kick in and see their disposable income grow, tells Shaun Rein Chinese media “We interviewed 5,000 people under the age of 32 across China. They have an effective savings rate of zero,”Read More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr While mostly optimistic about China’s economic future, Shaun Rein warns in Forbes against too lighthearted investments in China’s companies, even when they are listed in the US. Why? First, Chinese company stock prices remain very volatile, because of hedge funds. There are onlyRead More →
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