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China´s rich focus on health – Rupert Hoogewerf
Where are China´s rich spending their money? Health care proves to be one of the major winners, show the annual Hurun rich report. Pressure on the rich is mounting, says Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf at CCTV, and so is their need for health care.Read More →
Why Alibaba is not yet a global player – Shaun Rein
Despite its close to US$22 billion IPO at the New York Stock Exchange today, business analyst Shaun Rein does not see in Alibaba a real global company. “Its model is not scalable in other large market like the US and Indonesia”, he says at has much work to do at home, especially on mobile where it is lagging.Read More →
Progress for women, Li Yinhe and Ian Johnson
Journalist Ian Johnson interviewed sexologist Li Yinhe for the New York Review of Books on her work on same-sex marriages, the Party, SM, orgies and the position of women in China. Li Yinhe believes the position of women has greatly improved since 1949.Read More →
Is price-fixing really an issue? – Paul French
A larger number of foreign companies have been accused of price-fixing. For all the wrong reasons, and based on little proof, argues author Paul French in Ethical Corporation. They include “Unilever, Qualcomm, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Chrysler, Microsoft, BMW, Nike, a whole bunch of Japanese car parts manufacturers and quite a few other corporations”.Read More →
Why are migrant kids still kicked out of schools – Zhang Lijia
The central government might be trying to heal some of the wrongs related to hukou´s, like migrant children not allowed to attend schools in cities. But reality is still harsh, tells author Zhang Lijia in the South China Morning Post, as her neighbor´s kid is forced to leave. Read More →
China´s rich are learning manners – Rupert Hoogewerf
Making money does not yet mean you know how to behave in an international setting of fellow rich, China´s multimillionaires have discovered. Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the China Rich List, sees a watershed in the community he studies, he tells Australian Financial Review.Read More →
Less spending, more super-rich – Rupert Hoogewerf
Spending might be down, under the pressure of an ongoing anti-corruption drive, but the number of super-rich in China is going up, according to Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the Hurun China rich list at AFP. Beijing is still leading before Shanghai and Guangdong.Read More →
IPhone6: boost for China´s export – Ben Cavender
While the jury is still out on how well the iPhone6 will do on the market, and especially among the spoiled Chinese consumers, China´s export will certainly get a boost, thanks to Apple´s latest gadget, tells retail analyst Ben Cavender in CCTV.Read More →
Ian Johnson joins China Speakers Bureau
The much awarded journalist Ian Johnson is joining today the China Speakers Bureau. Working in China since 1984, Ian worked for the Wall Street Journal as feature writer and bureau chief for twelve years.He is currently living in Beijing and Berlin as an independent journalist, working both for the New York Review of Books and the Wall Street Journal.Read More →
The struggle to raise mixed-race kids in China – Zhang Lijia
Raising children with a mixed racial background in China is a struggle, tells author Zhang Lijia in the South China Morning Post. Why is it so hard to make them love anything Chinese, she wonders, looking at her two daughters.Read More →
Why China cannot cut its banker´s salaries – Victor Shih
China has announced it will cut salaries of key managers at its state-owned banks. A bad idea, tells political scienist and financial analyst Victor Shih in Businessweek. An exodus of bankers would cause “a big mess”.Read More →
Hong Kong´s intertwined political and economic future – Sara Hsu
Hong Kong´s political future, and how its leader is being elected, has caused major upheaval in the past month. Those political choices have a profound influence on the city´s economic future, warns financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat.Read More →