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How Suntech destroyed itself – Ben Cavender
Fighting price wars is an art in China to defeat competition. The erstwhile successful solar energy company Suntech showed with a massive default, that strategy can turn against you, tells business analyst Ben Cavender in GlobalPost.Read More →
China replaces UK as 5th arms exporter – Wendell Minnick
The latest SIPRI report shows that China has replaced in 2012 the UK from the fifth place on the list of exporter of conventional arms, defense specialist Wendell Minnick writes in Defense News.Read More →
Internet censorship hurts economy – Shaun Rein
The internet censorship is worse than ever over the past ten years, tells business analyst Shaun Rein at Bloomberg. And it is hurting business. For internet companies going global, China’s internet policies are a big hurdle to enter markets outside China, he says.Read More →
Asia consumption will lead global growth – Shaun Rein
Asia has become from the poor kid at the block into one of the leading economic forces, led by consumers, tells business analyst Shaun Rein at the BBC. “It rivals the US in trade and economic influence.”Read More →
Billionair kids prepare for business overseas – Rupert Hoogewerf
The majority of China’s billionaires sent their kids abroad for education, an international outlook, to prepare to take over their business later, tells HURUN China Rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the China Daily.Read More →
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 →