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China’s consumption is booming – Shaun Rein
Business analyst Shaun Rein appeared on the “On China” show of CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout, discussing China’s growing consumption, Barbie and how even in a downturn China’s wealthy will become wealthier.Read More →
‘Dragon lady’ tale stops ambitious women – Paul French
The emergence of Peng Liyuan, the popular singer, at the side of the next Chinese president, Xi Jinping, brings back the stories of earlier ‘Dragon ladies’. Author and China veteran Paul French explains in SMH why she will will never become a first lady in US-style.Read More →
No women on board in China’s power houses – Zhang Lijia
The famous singer Peng Liyuan was more popular than her husband,the upcoming president Xi Jinping. She could use that popularity as China’s first lady, but author Zhang Lijia estimates those chances are limited, as women are not welcome in China’s power houses, she tells The National. Read More →
China’s military industrial revolution – Wendell Minnick
Are you still planning to buy overpriced military JSF fighters and other equipment in the US? Perhaps you should have a look first in China, writes Military analyst Wendell Minnick, who attended the Zhuhai ninth biennial Airshow China, in Defense News.Read More →
Uyghur: little influence on US policies – Howard French
The Uyghur, the minority in western China, have very little impact on the US agenda towards China, says former China correspondent and journalism professor Howard French on the website of UNPO.org.Read More →
China’s weapon industry advances internationally – Wendell Minnick
New international deals for the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) were some of the surprises military expert Wendell Minnick discovered at the Zhuhai ninth biennial China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, he writes in Defense News.Read More →
No dramatic changes ahead – Zhang Lijia
Despite the big power transition show going on in Beijing, and much talk about needed reforms, author Zhang Lijia tells CNN she is not expected huge changes to take place very fast, although the internet is putting pressure on the decision making process.Read More →
How China’s middle class differs from the American one – Shaun Rein
Much of the speculation on China’s economic and also political future focuses on the emergence of a middle class. But whatever you call “middle class” in China, is very different from the middle class in the US, warns business analyst Shaun Rein in CNN. In China everybody wants to be rich.Read More →
Is Xi Jinping ready for real change? – Zhang Lijia
More than ten years ago China needs real change, writes author Zhang Lijia in The Guardian. But it is far from clear whether the new leader Xi Jinping can deliver that change, even if its hurt interests of friends and family?Read More →
China will again defy our expectations – Arthur Kroeber
Economic analyst and acknowledged China bull Arthur Kroeber puts his record straight as he looks at the country’s future in NPR’s Marketplace. “China will continue to defy expectations.”Read More →
Hope for a more constructive second Obama term – Shaun Rein
Relations between China and the US have not been as constructive as many hoped after Barack Obama’s election as US president four years ago. Business analyst Shaun Rein tells in CNN he hopes the second term will be better.Read More →
The high pressure on China’s single children – Paul French
The fast rise in prosperity and high expectation might life for the generation of single children tough, very tough, with increasing daily pressure, tells China veteran Paul French in the Telegraph.Read More →