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What is keeping China from global IT dominance – Maria Korolov
China hosts some of the largest competitors of Google, YouTube and other IT-giants. Still, becoming a global IT force is far away, writes journalist and internet entrepreneur Maria Korolov in Internet Evolution.Read More →
Family firms feel constraints after one generation – Rupert Hoogewerf
Private firms in China are 95% family-owned, but after a generation of development, many firm have problems in changing into new generation, writes China rich list Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the Global Times, as internal power struggles develop.Read More →
China’s rich “still going strong” despite bloodletting – Rupert Hoogewerf
China’s rich saw much of their capital shrink over the past year, the 14th Hurun rich list disclosed yesterday. But looking at the past decade, wealth still has boomed tremendously, adds Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in Reuters.Read More →
Tainted milk hurt cereal growth opportunities – Paul French
Kellog is the second cereal maker, after Weetabix, trying to enter the China market. But ongoing milk scandals have made the market a hard one to crack, tells retail analyst Paul French to AP. Nevertheless, Kellog sees possibilities for growth.Read More →
Wealth evaporates for most of China’s rich – Rupert Hoogewerf
Almost half of China’s top-1000 wealthy saw their resources decline, according to the 14th annual Hurun Report, published today. The total number of billionaires dropped and 37 even lost more than half of their wealth, says Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf. Read More →
New stealth fighter disclosed during Panetta trip – Wendell Minnick
Pictures of a new stealth fighter, the J-21 and/or J-31, showed up on time for the visit of US Defense secretary Leon Panetta to China, writes defense specialist Wendell Minnick in Defense News.Read More →
The high chances for biz apps in China – Ben Cavender
Business apps can companies help to increase productivity, if they are willing to introduce them. Ben Cavender, associate principal of the China Market Research Group (CMR) sees chances for users are high in Asia, he tells ZDNet. ZDNet: Ben Cavender, associate principal at China Market Research Group (CMR), highlighted thatRead More →
Disappearing Shanghai – Howard French
Howard French – former foreign correspondent in Shanghai and photographer – portraits in his new book Disappearing Shanghai: Photographs and Poems of an Intimate Way of Life – the characters he met in Shanghai between 2002 and 2008. The Asia Society interviewed him about his approach.Read More →
16 Years away from Cheap China – Shaun Rein
When business analyst Shaun Rein arrived in China in the 1990s, all was cheap. For the rthk he recalls, based on his book The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that Will Disrupt the World in half an hour how China no longer is the cheap country where he started off.
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Withdrawing from investment policies – Arthur Kroeber
China’s GDP has depended largely on huge investments in infrastructure, rather than consumption. Economic analyst Arthur Kroeber argues in IBNLive that this policy is not longer possible, although ending it might be a tough call as the political transition asks for stability. Read More →
Foreigners in China should learn to work the ropes – Shaun Rein
The high-profile stories of a few foreigners leaving China continue to make their marks. But, says business analyst Shaun Rein in Forbes, the trend goes into the other direction as more foreigners than ever arrive. Which does not mean their life will be easy.Read More →
China, land of opportunities for foreigners? – Arthur Kroeber
The debate on whether China is the land for great opp0rtunities for foreigners, or the place they increasingly leave behind, made it into the state-owned Global Times. Long-term Beijing resident and economic analyst Arthur Kroeber still see why the country attracts foreign entrepreneurs.Read More →