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What is cool in China (not Apple) – Shaun Rein
Shanghai-based Retail analyst Shaun Rein takes Reuters on a cool brand tour in his city, as Apple keeps on losing its position. A few of the winners in this entertaining video: Starbucks and Adidas.Read More →
Chinese roots in Africa – Howard French
Former New York Times Africa and China correspondent Howard French revisited Africa for his upcoming book on China’s involvement in Africa, and intends to dismantle some of the current myths. Some of the stories he summarized for AllAfrica.com.Read More →
China’s cloud raising security concerns – Wendell Minnick
Internet snooping by the NSA might still keep on shocking the world, it does not stop the US from raising security concerns when other countries – like China – plan to do the same. Defense analyst Wendell Minnick looked at a new paper commissioned by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) for Defense News.Read More →
Graft busting changes gift-giving – Shaun Rein
Mooncakes and watches are just a few of the items you cannot give officials as a gift anymore, as Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive is gathering steam, in stead of losing it. But gift-giving is not disappearing, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in the Jing Daily, it is just changing.Read More →
Anti-corruption drive hits Moutai hard – Shaun Rein
President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has lasted longer than everybody expected, hurting high-profile drink manufacturer Moutai hard. The drink is unfortunately “synonymous with corruption and hedonism”, tells retail analyst Shaun Rein Reuters.Read More →
Bright Food looking for acquisitions – Ben Cavender
The Bright Food Group has been looking for international acquisitions to accommodate Chinese hunger, and has recently started talks with Israel-based Tnuva Foods. After erstwhile favorite New Zealand’s Fonterra ran into problems, Europe and other countries have come on their agenda, explains business analyst Ben Cavender in the Wall Street Journal.Read More →
Creativity cannot be ordered by the government – Paul French
Innovation and brand building are high on China’s official agenda. But without the necessary freedom, creativity might be an illusion, warns author Paul French in the Guardian.Read More →
The Bo Xilai thriller – Zhang Lijia
Author Zhang Lijia looked for the BBC World Service back at the Bo Xilai thriller, an event that kept many Chinese glued to their computer screens, mobiles and sometimes even TV-screens. Some of the motives behind an unprecedented open political trial.Read More →
Clean-up shows Xi is in charge – Arthur Kroeber
After the recent closure of the Bo Xilai trial, expectation was that China’s current leader Xi Jinping would lay down for a while. But the opposite is happening as he takes on both Zhou Yongkang and Jiang Jiemin, a former and a current polit-bureau member, tells analyst Arthur Kroeber, according to Bloomberg.Read More →
Syrian strike tests Chinese radars – Wendell Minnick
When the US and its allies strike Syria, China has a unique opportunity to battle-test it radars, stationed in Syria, writes defense analyst Wendell Minnick in Defense News. And the Pentagon would have its learning possibility too. Read More →
The bubble of shadow banking in China – Sara Hsu
Shadow banking covers about 25% of China’s financial industry, and poses a threat to the country’s future. Shadow banking expert Sara Hsu fears that these riskier ways of getting finance, shadow banking might collapse and wipe away the savings of many Chinese, if the government does not step in, she tells at the China Weekly Hangout.Read More →
Haier, taking the middle management out – Bill Fischer
Home appliances manufacturer Haier has become of of the leading forces in China’s drive for innovation, says IMD-professor Bill Fischer in the People’s Daily. “Reinventing Giants” is a recent book he co-authored focuses on Haier’s transformation process: the middle management is taken out.Read More →