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Celebrity divorce points at weak position women – Zhang Lijia
Domestic violence against women is high on the agenda after Kim Lee, the US wife of celebrity Li Yang, won her divorce in a Beijing court. But other women have it way tougher, author Zhang Lijia writes in The Guardian, and strengthening of domestic violence laws is urgently needed.Read More →
Happy Chinese New Year
The year of the snake is nearing and we see activities from China dropping very fast: friends and family are clearly focusing on the upcoming Chinese New Year. We will just join them in relaxing a bit and wish all our readers, clients and speakers a very happy Chinese New Year.Read More →
China’s plans with its bombers – Wendell Minnick
China and Russia are negotiating about the purchase of Russian bombers Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range strategic bombers and Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers. Very much is unclear about China’s requirements, but defense analyst Wendell Minnick has some backgrounds on what China is going, he writes in Defense News.Read More →
Chinese brands going global – Shaun Rein
Chinese brands are slowly going global, forced by a relative slowdown in their own country. But any progress is going to be a long-term one, warns business analyst Shaun Rein at the BBC. But they will enter the life of European and US consumers.Read More →
The charm of Beijing, despite the smog – Zhang Lijia
Not deterred by the ongoing heavy smog in Beijing. author Zhang Lijia took of with her Polish friend Kaisa to explore the capital. The charm of the city cannot be buried by the smog, she argues on het weblog.Read More →
Millionaires: getting their kid ready for boarding school – Rupert Hoogewerf
China’s millionaires are getting ready to send their kid to boarding school abroad, Hurun Rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf told an audience of Swiss business people and government official at the pre-launch of his school guide “The Best of Swiss Education” at the Beau Rivage Palace in Lausanne, Switzerland on Tuesday 29 January.Read More →
Li Ning falling from favor – Shaun Rein
Chinese sports wear brand Li Ning not only saw its shares tumble, but has lost its position as erstwhile favorite. Business analyst Shaun Rein is not very hopeful for its recovery in the short term, and expects an upsurge not before 2015 for the sport apparel sector as a whole, he tells Reuters.Read More →
Russia moving forward on China fighter deal – Wendell Minnick
Despite bad memories on the first deal with the Sukhoi Su-27/J-11A fighter, Russia seems to move forward in negotiations on a second fighter deal with China, writes defense specialist Wendell Minnick in Defense News. Reason: geopolitical considerations, rather than business sense.Read More →
Political and economic reform cannot be separated – Arthur Kroeber
Economic and political reforms have to go hand in hand, economist Arthur Kroeber argued at a forum on the new leadership in China, organized by the state-run Global Times on Tuesday. In a summary by the Global Times.Read More →
The different consumer demographics – Shaun Rein
Consumer demographics, and especially the position of the middle class, boils out in China very different, cause problems for brands focusing on that middle class, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in OpenMarkts, in an interview ticking off different parts of his book “The End of Cheap China.”Read More →
Taiwan develops 1,200 km surface-to-surface missile – Wendell Minnick
Against international agreements Taiwan is developing 1,200 km surface-to-surface missiles, writes defense analyst Wendell Minnick in Defense News. Southern and Central China, including Shanghai, are within reach, and the development will add to the regional tensions.Read More →
Life and music in Beijing – Kaiser Kuo
Smart Beijing sat down with “Baidu International Communications Director/Sinica podcast co-founder/pioneering Beijing longhair” Kaiser Kuo, and asked him about life and music in China’s capital Beijing. About Cui Jian, the Black Panther and much more.Read More →