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China´s weak military spots – Wendell Minnick
China´s expanding military power got much media coverage over the past years. But defense analyst Wendell Minnick got a just released report on a less covered subject: why is China´s military build-up less strong than anticipated. From Defense News.Read More →
Foreign IT vendors fear new banking rules, and they are right – Mark Schaub
The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRS) brought out last month new regulations to make online banking more safe. But foreign banking institutions and IT vendors fear exclusion from the China market, and they might be correct, writes Shanghai-based lawyer Mark Schaub in China Law Insight. His take-away.Read More →
China´s declining coal industry – Sara Hsu
A declining economic growth and stiff anti-pollution measures hit especially the coal industry in China hard, as prices fall in an industry suffering from overcapacity, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat. The trend will continue. although “the transition to a diminished reliance on coal is difficult.”Read More →
CCTV New Year Gala needs to be depoliticized – Zhang Lijia
Author Zhang Lijia looked – at the request of Al Jazeera – back at the history of the famous CCTV New Year gala, attracting each year hundreds of million viewers, with a major impacts on China´s citizens. Her main advice: “de-politicization of the show. The most important thing is to let people to have some fun as they deserve on the special occasion.”Read More →
IPhone 6 key gift for Chinese New Year – Shaun Rein
A reasonable price and still a premium, those are the assets of the iPhone 6 as a key gift for Chinese New Year business analyst Shaun Rein notes at CNBC. “The anti-corruption drive is more serious than most analysts realize,” said Rein.Read More →
Why Rem Koolhaas is wrong on Beijing, Wu Liangyong – Ian Johnson
Journalist Ian Johnson talked extensively to the famous Chinese architect Wu Liangyong, for the New York Times. His wide-ranging interview starts with a notorious debate among architects, where Wu explains why Rem Koolhaas was wrong on Beijing, and why president Xi Jinping supports Wu.Read More →
Women rise at the Hurun rich list – Rupert Hoogewerf
One in ten, of the over 2 thousand billionaires at the 2015 Global Hurun list, were women, is revealed by The Women of China. 35 Of them were from China, says Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf, who explains how this year´s changed way of counting delivers a better result, counting in self-made women billionaires.Read More →
Labor conditions improve fast – Sara Hsu
China´s labor conditions were notoriously bad, but the shift to higher-skilled, younger laborers, and better legislation has changed the country profoundly, writes urbanization expert Sara Hsu in the Diplomat. Although, there is still room for more improvement.Read More →
China keeps 2nd place on Global Hurun Rich list – Rupert Hoogewerf
China has retained a second place on the 2015 Global Rich List, despite the growing number of billionaires. India got bronze, passing the UK and Russia. Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf: “Tech has been leading the way again for new billionaires. It’s all eyes on the new economy,” according to the Independent.Read More →
Happy Chinese New Year
The Year of the Goat is approaching fast, and the China Speakers Bureau wants to take the opportunity to wish its clients, speakers and other stake holders all the best for the upcoming year. 2015 has already started great, and we do not see how the goat could interfere with that.Read More →
Liu Yu, on the political debate in China – Ian Johnson
Journalist Ian Johnson interviewed democracy guru Liu Yu on her work and the political debate in China for the New York Review of Books. In this fragment they discuss how China´s internet users start to learn from those debates abroad, if they are interested, that is.Read More →
Li Hejun replaces Jack Ma as China´s richest man – Rupert Hoogewerf
Li Hejun, a solar energy entrepreneur whose Hanergy Holding Group Ltd has become China´s richest man, according to a new calculation on Tuesday by the Hurun Rich List, founded by Rupert Hoogewerf, writes Reuters. Wang Jialin and his family of Dalian Wanda retained the second place.Read More →