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Volume counts in rural retail – Ben Cavender
Post Mart, a joint venture by China Post and US-based China Horizon Investments Group, it consolidating its China operation. Lack of volume is one of their key problems among its rural customers, says retail analyst Ben Cavender in the China Daily.Read More →
Tencent: China´s most valuable brand in 2014 – Rupert Hoogewerf
Tencent has become China´s most valuable brand in 2014, according to the latest Hurun report. A sign private companies are taking over the previously powerful position of state-owned companies tells Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the China Daily.Read More →
The stay-behind effect of Chinese in Africa – Howard French
The stay-behind effect is one of the phenomenons author and journalist Howard French describes in his latest book China’s Second Continent Chinese workers arrive on an mission for their company in Africa, and stay to hang on, as they discover it is not such a bad place for them. From NPR.Read More →
Debunking myths about North Korea – Paul French
Getting a grip on North Korea and its citizens is hard for the outside world. Paul French, author of North Korea: State of Paranoia: A Modern History tries to debunk some common misunderstandings in an interview with VOA.Read More →
The changing state-owned enterprises – Sara Hsu
China´s central government is trying – yet again – to reform state-owned enterprises, who are de facto loss-making and very corrupt. But changing their ownership structure has not been easy, and financial analyst Sara Hsu points at two major caveats in the Diplomat.Read More →
Why China´s corporate debt is riskier – Sara Hsu
China´s corporate debt last week outstripped the US, according to a report by Standard and Poor´s, a staggering US$14.2 trillion at the end of 2013. But it is not only the size that matters, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat. China´s corporate debts is very different from that in the US.Read More →
Why Chinese class rooms avoid sex education – Zhang Lijia
Today sex education is firmly on the curriculum of school, unlike when author Zhang Lijia grew up. Important, because with knowledge the kids become vulnerable in society. But it does not mean sex education is wholeheartedly embraced, fears Zhang Lijia in CNN.Read More →
Ethics firmly on the China agenda – Paul French
For those who have missed it: corruption is high on China´s hitlist for the past year, just ask executives at pharmaceutical companies. Author Paul French argues in Ethical Corporation the crackdown on foreign firms could have been expected, and will last.Read More →
China builds airstrip in South China Sea – Wendell Minnick
China is building up its military capacity in the South China Sea by constructing an airstrip at the Fiery Cross Reef, reports defense analyst Wendell Minnick based on regional media reports, in Defense News.Read More →
Qingdao´s drag on real estate and commodities – Sara Hsu
Fraud and scandals have been dragging real estate and commodities down in Northeaster Qingdao, with real estate prices dropping up to 30 percent. Financial analyst Sara Hsu sees it as a potential scenario for shadow banking in more parts of China, she writes in the Diplomat.Read More →
One million Chinese building an empire in Africa – Howard French
One million Chinese are building an empire in Africa, former foreign correspondent Howard French writes in Quartz, a summery from his latest book, China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa.Read More →
The Chinese dream includes also national glory – Ben Cavender
President Xi Jinping has been redefining China´s dream. While personal achievement is important, what China achieves as a nation, appeals to its citizens too, explains business analyst Ben Cavender in CNN Money.Read More →