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Shadow banking expert Sara Hsu joins China Speakers Bureau
The China Speakers Bureau is happy to include Sara Hsu, offering our financial clients a unique insight in this unique feature. She will soon participate in one of our China Weekly Hangouts to discuss shadow banking in China.Read More →
Why China’s middle class is not doing well – Shaun Rein
While consumer confidence in China might be high in general, the so-called middle class – earning between 6,000 and 115,000 US dollar per year – are fairly pessimistic, explains business analyst Shaun Rein at CNBC. Mid-tier consumer brands are being hit, he predicts.Read More →
Demand for new houses continues to be strong – Shaun Rein
The government has been trying to cool down the overheated real estate industry, but demand for new houses remain high, whatever the government does, tells Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein at the BBC.Read More →
China’s retail, moving from the big boys to the little guys – Paul French
China consumers are outspending the moderate GDP growth, but underlying changing undermine the big players in retail, as the sales increasingly go to the little guys, including e-commerce, writes retail analyst Paul French in the China Economic Review.Read More →
Japan rethinks its China-policy – Howard French
Japan is quietly trying to repair its relationship with China, as it is not longer sure in the cause of a conflict, it will be backed by the United States, writes the Japan Times. Author Howard French analyses how Japan deals with this new uncertainty in international relations.Read More →
Facial masks, another score for L’Oreal – Ben Cavender
The French L’Oreal groups bought China’s leading facial masks group Magic Holdings. A brilliant move, says retail analyst Ben Cavender in the China Daily, in a fast growing market segment.Read More →
Why Chinese do not read books anymore – Zhang Lijia
In volumes, quality and quantity China’s book industry might have exploded, but Chinese are no longer reading books, concludes The Atlantic, quoting the author Zhang Lijia on how a changing China changed book-reading habits.Read More →
Jilted mistresses on the corruption bandwagon – Zhang Lijia
President Xi Jinping’s struggle against corrupt officials gets a juicy turn as dumped mistresses use the internet to get even with their former lovers, explains author Zhang Lijia on het website. Zhang Lijia is currently working on a book on prostitution in China.Read More →
Millionaires’ confidence drops for second consecutive year – Rupert Hoogewerf
The confidence of China’s millionaires in the country’s economy has been dropping for the second consecutive year, reports the GroupM Knowledge-Hurun Wealth Report 2013. Their focus is on good health, tells Hurun president Rupert Hoogewerf in the China Daily.Read More →
Why Adidas is overtaking Nike – Ben Cavender
Adidas is gaining ground on the China market leader for sport articles. While Nike focuses on the big stars, Adidas is winning because of a marketing strategy that focuses much more on the lifestyle of ordinary users, tells retail analyst Ben Cavender in AdAge.Read More →
Creating jobs no longer tops economic concerns – Arthur Kroeber
The magic dance around China’s annual GDP has become a different ball game, tells economist Arthur Kroeber in the China Money Podcast. And linking the country’s economic growth to the growth of jobs is nonsense anyway.Read More →
China’s internet: a greater sense of freedom – Kaiser Kuo
No smoking and no pets are the major bans at China’s largest search engine Baidu, tells Kaiser Kuo, director international communication at the firm. Despite restrictions, China’s internet offers its users more freedom than the average American might thing, he tells in Star Tribune.Read More →