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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 →
Customer service key for China sales – Ben Cavender
Gone are the old queues of eager customers lining up in China’s cities, selling to Chinese customers has become a challenge. The quality of your customer’ services is going to be key for your sales, explains retail analyst Ben Cavender in CKGSB Knowledge.Read More →
Why champagne is trailing cognac in China – Paul French
Getting in favor of China’s rich is easier for some brands than others. Retail analyst Paul French explains in Business Week why the plan to make champagne a hit, like cognac is already, might not work in the Middle Kingdom.Read More →
The fake stories by Fu Ping – Zhang Lijia
Critics, including Fang Zhouzi, have taken apart the book Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds by the US CEO Fu Ping. Her ‘rags to rich’ story contained too many unbelievable stories. Fellow author Zhang Lijia went through the book, and on her weblog she sides with the critics. “Too many holes to make it believable.”Read More →
Going global: tough for food products – Paul French
Globalization might be high on many corporate agenda’s, but food products offer special challenges, as tastes and eating habits vary. Retail analyst Paul French illustrates in CKGSB Knowledge a few strategies by Chinese food companies.Read More →
Baidu’s Focus: emerging markets – Kaiser Kuo
Chinese companies are going global, but they would rather take on developing countries. Those are not always the easiest markets, tells Kaiser Kuo, communication director of the country’s largest search engine Baidu in CKGSB Knowledge. Read More →
China internet hacks no surprise – Wendell Minnick
Much of the news this week is dominated by the discovery of China hacks into the US, linked directly to the People’s Liberation Army, with names, addresses and pictures of offices. Defense analyst Wendell Minnick tells the VOA he is not really surprised by the report.Read More →
Lessons from the Sino-Vietnam war – Zhang Lijia
Author Zhang Lijia just returned back from a short trip to Vietnam, and tries to draw lessons from the Sino-Vietnam war. “I hope my Chinese compatriots holding hawkish nationalist views over Diaoyu Island would look back and learn exactly what happened,” she writes on her weblog.Read More →