Australia has been dropping on the list of favorite destinations for Chinese tourists, reports the Brisbane Times. China Rich list composer Rupert Hoogewerf explains why other destinations like the France, Singapore, Italy, the UK, the US and Switzerland are today doing better.Read More →
Despite legitimate concerns, like quality control and food inflation, the purchase of America’s largest meat producer Smithfield by China’s Shuanghui is a deal that can only deliver winners, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein in the New York Times.Read More →
Most companies in trouble restructure, scale down, very few are able to reinvent themselves. But it can be done, writes IMD-professor Bill Fischer in Forbes. Soon a book on the Chinese company Haier, one of the companies who reinvented itself, co-authored by Bill Fischer, will appear.Read More →
Getting in favor of China’s rich is easier for some brands than others. Retail analyst Paul French explains in Business Week why the plan to make champagne a hit, like cognac is already, might not work in the Middle Kingdom.Read More →
Globalization might be high on many corporate agenda’s, but food products offer special challenges, as tastes and eating habits vary. Retail analyst Paul French illustrates in CKGSB Knowledge a few strategies by Chinese food companies.Read More →
Consumer demographics, and especially the position of the middle class, boils out in China very different, cause problems for brands focusing on that middle class, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in OpenMarkts, in an interview ticking off different parts of his book “The End of Cheap China.”Read More →
Chinese consumers expect foreign brands to be safer and better than domestic ones. But when that confidence is hurt, like happened after a government investigating into the poultry supply of KFC, damage can be huge, explains business analyst Shaun Rein in Bloomberg.Read More →
Compared to the exciting times in China in May, June has been more back to basics in terms of news. Or is it a sign summer holidays are nearing? China does not honor the concept of a summer holiday, but traditionally we do see a drop in traffic during the summer, allowing us to have a break too.Read More →
The China Speakers Bureau will regularly interview their speakers, organize China-related debates, using Hangouts-on-air from Google+. Here you will see the latest contributions, organized in reversed chronological order. We started the initiative in May 2012, so allow us to get on speed, as we will keep on adding new video’s.Read More →
Tricia Wang, Ben Cavender and Zhang Lijia are among the first group of speakers at the China Speakers Bureau who are going to attend our new online interview show, using Google+ Hangouts-on-air. And you can participate.Read More →
At the China Speakers Bureau we will start using Google+ Hangouts-on-air as a platform for China debates. COO Maria Korolov interviews Fons Tuinstra on how this tool will develop in the months to come.Read More →