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What do China’s rich want? – Rupert Hoogewerf
The super-wealthy in China get ever more spending power, but very few know what they are actually looking for. Hurun and the Imdustrial Bank asked them and Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf shares in the China Daily the results.Read More →
Apple could have done much better in China – Shaun Rein
Apple might celebrate a huge success in China, but the US company could have done much better if they had followed a ‘China-first’ strategy from the beginning, says Shaun Rein, author of the book The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World in SFgate and on Bloomberg.Read More →
Why Neiman Marcus might fail in China – Shaun Rein
The US-based luxury fashion group Neiman Marcus has decided to enter the China market through e-commerce, rather than building brick-and-mortar stores. Business analyst Shaun Rein explains in the Financial Times why that might not be a smart idea.Read More →
China’s political divisions, and its effects – Victor Shih
The dismissal of flamboyant political leader Bo Xilai shows a new political landscape, where different political factions are becoming more prominent, says political analyst Victor Shih in The New Republic. Read More →
My rediscovered love for poetry – Zhang Lijia
Poetry had slowly disappeared from her live, writes author Zhang Lijia on her weblog, until she rediscovered her love to poetry on a recent gathering at the Bookworm in Beijing.Read More →
The painful shift from cheap labor to high consumption – Victor Shih
China’s economy is changing from cheap labor and export to domestic consumption. But the move away for wasteful investments is not an easy one, tells political and financial analyst Victor Shih in The Guardian.Read More →
Bullish on commodities – Shaun Rein
Commodities will be going strong, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in CNBC, since commodities are needed to support high demand for better housing in China, support rising consumption and is needed by the financial alternatives now US bonds and the euro are a less attractive alternative.Read More →
High growth potential, despite relative slowdown – Arthur Kroeber
The recent slowdown in China’s economic growth has pulled down many markets. But economic analyst Arthur Kroeber argues in a recent paper for the Brookings institute that China is still offering a huge potential, if it can really reform its financial systems.Read More →
No hurry to internationalize the yuan – Arthur Kroeber
A range of experts and politicians might be hoping for a larger international role of China’s currency, the yuan, but China’s leaders are in no hurry to do so, tells economic analyst Arthur Kroeber in the South China Morning Post. The South China Morning Post: Arthur Kroeber, Beijing-based managing directorRead More →
Baidu gets Tencent’s weibo in search results – Kaiser Kuo
China’s leading search engine Baidu now includes Tencent’s microblogs in its search results, tells Baidu’s communication director Kaiser Kuo on its weblog Baidu Beat. Search and social media get one step closer in China.Read More →
10 things the end of cheap China will mean for you – Shaun Rein
Your espresso and your hamburger will become more expensive. Those are two of the ten changes the end of cheap China means for you, author Shaun Rein spells out in Forbes. Those changes “are threatening the easy availability of the low-priced goods that have fueled Americans’ consumption-led lifestyle.”Read More →
Bo Xilai is not yet finished – Victor Shih
Chongqing communist party boss Bo Xilia might have been sacked from his post as provincial leader, earlier today, but that does not mean the big shot is finished, explains political and financial analyst Victor Shih in Bloomberg.Read More →