Chinese internet users have been voicing loud opposition against the possible deal by Bytedance to sell Tiktok to Microsoft, as the company might be hit by a ban by US President Donald Trump. But the verdict by startups and investors in China has been milder, says Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean to Techcrunch.Read More →
A large number of foreign journalists, mostly Americans, got kicked out of China earlier this year, including long-term veteran Ian Johnson. In-depth journalism is now hurt, he tells the Deutsche Welle, as most media organizations have only one or two correspondents in China, who cannot do more than scratch the surface.Read More →
Donald Trump’s plan to ban Tiktok from the US is straight-up Sinophobia, says former Baidu communications director Kaiser Kuo to Slate. Most successful apps in China will not make a decent following among consumers in the rest of the world, he argues, just because they are too much adjusted to China’s internet rules and customs, he adds.Read More →
A range of incidents between China and the US is making headlines, as US President Donald Trump is trying to win the next presidential elections in the US. But Trump is strengthening China’s President Xi Jinping’s hand, warns political analyst Harry Broadman in a debate on Bloomberg.Read More →
One of the key legacies of president Xi Jinping is moving away from some of the key reforms initiated by his predecessor Deng Xiaoping, for example, where it comes to the importance of private companies for China’s economy, says leading economist Arthur Kroeber in Global Village Space.Read More →
Marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok explains on the BBC how live streaming became a leading marketing tool in China. “It is both entertaining and educational,” she tells.Read More →
When you want to explore the China consumer market, it is not enough to define age group or geography, but you need to dive into the complicated submarkets inside those groups, explains marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok at her vlog.Read More →
Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean looks at the world after the COVID-19 recession will be gone. Fintech will go through the roof, like all things digital, home delivery, and health care applications he tells at this debate on India and China how the world will learn from China coronavirus crisis.Read More →
China has adopted new regulations for cosmetics manufacturers allowing more access to the China market, although the changes are not only positive, writes China-lawyer Mark Schaub at the China Law Insight.Read More →
Relations between Australia and China have never been so worse in decades, says business analyst Shaun Rein to the state-owned CGTN. Why is Australia upsetting its largest market for its exports, he wonders and dives into the controversy.Read More →
Plant-based meat is trying to make inroads into the culinary habits of China consumers. Business analyst Shaun Rein sees a fast-growing market, but starting from a pretty low base, he explains to the BBC, based on recent research from his consulting company.Read More →
Chaos reigns the White House as US presidential advisor Peter Navarro said the China trade deal was dead and was promptly corrected by US President Donald Trump who said the opposite. Business analyst Shaun Rein says at the BBC Trump cannot control his lieutenants, as they prefer to blame China for anything that goes wrong.Read More →