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Pricing not an issue for Starbucks – Shaun Rein
Starbucks has played its cards right in China, by not only selling coffee in a country of tea drinkers, but also by selling their product for a premium price. Business analyst Shaun Rein explains to AFP why Starbucks is so successful.Read More →
The End of Cheap China – review
Of the plethora of China books only a few make it in the eyes of Chris Devonshire-Ellis of China Briefing. But Shaun Rein’s book The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World certainly made the grade, he writes.Read More →
Why China’s middle class does not exist – Shaun Rein
Many Western brands in China might be targeting the emerging middle class, but that does not exist in China, like it does in the US, argues retail analyst Shaun Rein. Chinese consumer got for the premium products, or for the cheap, there is no middle ground, he writes in Bloomberg.Read More →
Paul French’ “Midnight in Peking” to become TV drama
The successful book “Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China’ by the author Paul French will be turned into a TV drama, according to Forbes.Read More →
China’s love-hate relationship with the US – Shaun Rein
The Mercury News had a wide ranging interview with the author Shaun Rein on how China has changed, since he came to the country in the late 1990s. What changes China’s relationship with the US?Read More →
The year of the squeezed middle class – Paul French
Being part of the aspiring middle class is not easy, Shanghai-based author Paul French knows. Their house keepers – or ayi’s – are hard to get, prices go up and your food gets poisoned, he summarizes the ordeal in the China Economic review.Read More →
Internet firms serve two masters, the government and the consumer – Kaiser Kuo
The online debate before and after the dismissal of Bo Xilai, has put Chinese internet companies firmly in the limelight. Baidu’s director international communication Kaiser Kuo explains how they deal with their customers and a often opaque internet law in the Voice of America and The World.Read More →
Cracks in China’s leadership unity – Victor Shih
Is it like the Gang of Four in 1976? Or Tiananmen in 1989? Or the dismissal of Chen Liangyu in 2006? Commentators struggle to find a comparison. The downfall of Bo Xilai certainly showed cracks in the varnish of unity among China’s leaders, tells political analyst Victor Shih in the Voice of America.Read More →
Making money in groceries is tough – Paul French
Supermarkets in China might have taken over the groceries in the US in size, but making money is so much harder, explains retail analyst Paul French in CRIRead More →
Why Wu Ying shouldn’t die – Zhang Lijia
The death penalty, especially for economic crimes, is a hotly debated issue in China, especially now billionaire Wu Ying is waiting in death row for illegal raising capital. Author Zhang Lijia joins in The Guardian the rising choir of opponents.Read More →
The End of Cheap China hits US book shelves – Shaun Rein
Shaun Rein’s long-awaited book on The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World has reached the shelves of US book stores. Key lessons on change in China.Read More →
Three advises when you want to invest in China – Shaun Rein
Author Shaun Rein of The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World advised recently Mizuho Securities on key issues when investing in China. In Forbes three issues are summerized.Read More →