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Need mobile-first startups? Go to China – William Bao Bean
With 700 million mobile internet users China is a fertile ground for mobile-first startups, says William Bao Bean, managing director of the ChinaAccelerator in the Korean Herald. And “In China, there is always a way,” Bean said.Read More →
China´s ultra-rich prefer experience over goods – Shaun Rein
Fast moving changes among China´s ultrarich, business analyst Shaun Rein noted when he recently joined a millionaire on a trip to South Africa. Travel is hot for the rich, sharing their experiences over WeChat. Bling is out, feeling good is in, he tells at CNN.Read More →
Tracing the vampire millionaires – Rupert Hoogewerf
Wealth creation in China has been amazing in the past decade, says China-rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf at CNN. He traces now 360 dollar billionaires in China, up from only one. But the real number might be three times that figure, and 15% might actually vampire millionaires, whose wealth would vaporize if they would face day light.Read More →
Anti-corruption campaign hurts economy – Shaun Rein
The anti-corruption campaign by president Xi Jinping has started to hurt the economy, tells business analyst Shaun Rein at CNN. Government officials and billionaires have become so afraid, very few decisions are being made.Read More →
Japan´s war game with China gets dangerous – Wendell Minnick
China has been upsetting its neighbors by building an airstrip at the Fiery Cross Reef, but now Japan has been making war efforts really dangerous, and the end is not yet in sight, writes defense analyst Wendell Minnick in Defense News. From a yet-to-be released Japanese white paper.Read More →
SOE reforms: window dressing – Victor Shih
Much noise has been produced in the past year on how state-owned companies might or might not reform. Political analyst Victor Shih, author of Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation does not see that much genuine reform, he tells the China Economic Review. Read More →
Mobile innovation, coming from China – William Bao Bean
Are you still looking for ways to monetize quality content? Watch China, says managing director William Bao Bean of the ChinaAccelerator in Analyse Asia. Mobile applications in China are on average 2 to 3 years ahead of the US, he tells. Mobile commerce 3.0 is highly social, very competitive and does away with the classic ways of making money through advertising. China can focus on mobile innovation, because it has a home-base of 700 million mobile users.Read More →
What has happened to the market forces? – Arthur Kroeber
Two years ago, China promised market forces will enter the financial arena. But is has been a mixed message from the start, and after the government tried to save a dropping stock market, financial analyst Arthur Kroeber looks for the Brookings Institute at what has happened.Read More →
Funding, moving from Silicon Valley to China – William Bao Bean
Innovation, and its related funding, did get a solid footprint in China over the past few years, making even startups in Silicon Valley jealous. And we can expect more, tells William Bao Bean, managing director of China´s largest incubator ChinaAccelerator, in the New York Times.Read More →
Young investors hard hit by stock volatility – Shaun Rein
For veterans the 30% drop of Chinese stock markets last week was not really a surprise, but this time especially young inexperienced investors have been hit hard, tells business analyst Shaun Rein author of The End of Copycat China. Over the past month 7 million new accounts were created, mostly by investors under 30 years. That might his consumer confidence, says Rein.Read More →
Death penalty: the dropping numbers – Zhang Lijia
While China is still executing more prisoners than any other country, those numbers are dropping fast. Author Zhang Lijia looks at the sometimes fierce debate on capital punishment in China for the IA-forum. Most Chinese support the death penalty, but that support is dropping fast, she writes.Read More →
More restructuring of Beijing planned – Ian Johnson
Not only is the municipal government leaving the city center of Beijing, more activities are going to leave for a new urban corridor between Beijing and Tianjin, reports journalist Ian Johnson in the New York Times. Hospitals, markets and administrative offices follow too by moving to Hubei province.Read More →