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Chinese pick Chinese brands on Singles´Day – Shaun Rein
A major shift in consumers preferences in China is that from foreign brands to Chinese. Author Shaun Rein of The End of Copycat China: The Rise of Creativity, Innovation, and Individualism in Asia explains in CNBC how the top-5 brands at Singles´Day illustrates the growing China pride.Read More →
For sale: China´s new cruise missile – Wendell Minnick
Some might be focused on China´s growth as a military power, just along comes its ability to sell weaponry on the international market. Defense analyst Wendell Minnick notes in Defense News a new cruise missile in its arsenal.Read More →
Away from the American dream – Shaun Rein
Chinese are moving away from the American dream, they adored in the past, to a Chinese dream with more pride, and less copy-cat behavior, tells author Shaun Rein of The End of Copycat China: The Rise of Creativity, Innovation, and Individualism in Asia at Public Radio.Read More →
China´s alternative for Lockheed´s F-35 – Wendell Minnick
Many countries struggle with the replacement of their F-16´s, and have a hard time to pay for Lockheed´s F-35 or JSF. China´s showed its J-31 fighter, meant to offer a cheaper equivalent, writes defense analyst Wendell Minnick in Defense News.Read More →
The Treaty of Versailles, and the betrayal of China – Paul French
The world remembers today at November 11, the end of World War I. Historian Paul French looks back at the Treaty of Versailles and how the betrayal of China still has its effect on its diplomacy today, almost 100 years on. From the China Economic Review.Read More →
Sex discrimination ends up in court – Zhang Lijia
Blatant discrimination on the job market is one of the major challenges for women in China. But they are gearing up to sue companies and institutions in court, if their adds search for ´male only´, notes author Zhang Lijia in ChinaFile. Read More →
Why Hong Kong consumers do not equal Chinese – Shaun Rein
Lazy multinational brands take the Hong Kong consumer too easy as a benchmark for all Chinese. In Marketing-Interactive branding specialist Shaun Rein explains why that is wrong. And why the Chinese market is a tough deal for many multinationals, because of domestic competitors.Read More →
Why Xi Jinping endorses an anti-American blogger – Ian Johnson
Journalist Ian Johnson joins a radio debate at “On the Point” on the NPR on the blogger Zhou Xiaoping, who was last month endorsed by president Xi Jinping. Xi, or at least his speech writers, are trying to regain the ideological high-grounds, says Ian Johnson. They are looking for new moral values, and Zhou fits into this picture. His message ´proud to be Chinese´, comes with an anti-American slant. He is criticizing Western media when they report about China, tells Johnson, but also himself not really sticking to the facts when talking about the US.Read More →
China to show off stealthy J-31 fighter – Wendell Minnick
At the Zhuhai airshow next week China is showing its stealthy fighter J-31, writes defense expert Wendell Minnick in Defense News. “This will be the first public demonstration of the twin-engine J-31.”Read More →
What will drive growth after real estate? – Arthur Kroeber
Housing is still a key factor in China´s economy, but is no longer the main driver. Economist Arthur Kroeber looks in FNArena at what can replace real estate, and what the decline means for economic growth.Read More →
China´s emerging outbound financial investments – Sara Hsu
China´s financial outbound investment is tiny, compared to other capital streams. But financial analyst Sara Hsu expects a boost, following real estate and manufacturing, she writes in the Diplomat. Also here, fast growth is high on the political agenda.Read More →
The interaction between political and financial elites – Victor Shih
Scholar Victor Shih is interviewed by the China Daily, on how he analyzed the links between different factions in China´s politics. A dive into China´s capital markets since 2009, achieved Victor Shih high praise as one of the first to document China´s serious debts.Read More →