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UAV’s spreading along the PLA – Wendell Minnick
China’s military, the PLA, belongs to the largest users of UAV’s, unmanned aerial vehicle, according to a new report, seen by defense analyst Wendell Minnick. “More UAV research-and-development centers complete comprehensive product testing and move into mass production,” he writes in Defense News.Read More →
How Baidu takes on Egypt, and the world – Kaiser Kuo
China’s largest search engine Baidu, number two in the world, is expanding globally. Kaiser Kuo, director international communication, explains in Knowledge CKGSB its global strategy, and why Egypt is high on the list of countries it wants to conquer.Read More →
China: innovative, but not in the right way – Arthur Kroeber
There is no lack of creativity in china, says economic analyst Arthur Kroeber in the Wall Street Journal. But that overwhelming creativity does not translate very well into business. And the internet censorship does not help.Read More →
China-North Korea: no policy change expected – Wendell Minnick
Despite North-Korea’s threat to start a nuclear war, new sanctions by the United Nations and heated debates in Beijing, a serious change of China’s attitude towards its unruly neighbor seems not at the agenda, writes defense analyst Wendell Minnick in Defense News.Read More →
Sports wear: more fashion than sport in China – Shaun Rein
Adidas sales show in China a jump of 15% in a rather contrary sport wear market. In the WSJ business analyst Shaun Rein explains how the market works differently from elsewhere in the world. “In China its more about fashion than sports.”Read More →
Chinese shoppers fund French luxury tycoons – Rupert Hoogewerf
The world’s most successful luxury tycoons can be found in Paris, like Bernard Arnault of LVMH and Liliane Bettencourt of L’Oreal. Most of the luxury goods market is funded by Chinese shoppers, tells Hurun China rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the People’s Daily.Read More →
Google’s Android has no China competition yet – Shaun Rein
China’s government has picked Google’s Android for its dominant position, because the government simple does not trust Google, tells business analyst +Shaun Rein to Bloomberg. But Android has not real local competition for the next two, three years, and China’s consumers just want the best, he addsRead More →
China’s consumers need FDA-style protection – Shaun Rein
No day passes by and another food scandal has hit the headlines. China’s consumers urgently need protections from a FDA-style super-agency if the government wants to prevent more social unrest, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in NPR’s Marketplace.Read More →
Dealing with the ghosts of the Cultural Revolution – Zhang Lijia
The troublesome period of China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) has been eradicated from the country’s official history, and many youngsters who not know what happened in that decade. Until recently an 80-year old man from Zhejiang had to face court for a murder in 1967. Time to deal with the ghosts of the Cultural Revolution, writes author Zhang Lijia in the South China Morning Post.Read More →
Wealth is back – Rupert Hoogewerf
Economic uncertainly and slower growth has not slowed down the growth of wealth, told China Rich list Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf on Friday in the Asian Financial Review. “Wealth is back.”Read More →
Asia has most billionaires – Rupert Hoogewerf
Asia has most US dollar billionaires, followed by North America and Europe on the second and third place, according to the Hurun China rich list, published by its founder Rupert Hoogewerf, according to the Australian.Read More →
What did Media Markt do wrong? – Ben Cavender
The German electronic retailer Media Markt announced now officially it will close its China stores in April, after a two year long expedition into the China market. Retail analyst Ben Cavender sums up for the China Daily what Media Markt did wrong.Read More →