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Why Wal-Mart falters in China – Paul French
American retailers have a hard time surviving outside their home turf, compared to European and Asian companies, retail analyst Paul French tells Reuters. Wal-Mart had to close stores and saw staff arrested because of price manipulation and mislabeling food products in their stores.Read More →
New: China’s cash rich list – Rupert Hoogewerf
China’s rich are increasingly protecting themselves against the volatility of the stock and real estate markets by cashing out. A new Hurun China rich list documents the billionaires in cash, tells Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf to local media.
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Rising wages in China do not create jobs in the US – Arthur Kroeber
Will rising wages in China force manufacturers to go back to the US? A report of the Boston Consulting group suggest so, but economic analyst Arthur Kroeber tells in Euro Money that might be a wrong assumption.Read More →
Next: the US China trade war – Shaun Rein
US Congress intends to pass a currency bill, potentially triggering off a trade war with China by imposing tariffs on trade, notes business analyst Shaun Rein with increasing amazement in CNBC.Read More →
Dealing with Chairman Mao – Zhang Lijia
China’s younger generation sees Chairman Mao Zedong as one of the most admired people, writes author Zhang Lijia on her weblog, recalling a meeting under one of the few statues of Mao in Shenyang. The difficult relation with a former leader.Read More →
Changing China trends on innovation – Bill Fischer
China has a poor record on value-creation and capturing value of innovation outside the country itself. But times are changing, very fast, suggest IMD-professor Bill Fischer on the website Management-Issues. China might surprise the world again.Read More →
China’s melting bank deposits – Victor Shih
China’s consumers and companies are massively withdrawing their deposits from the banks, political analyst Victor Shih reports in the Financial Times. An explanation for this banking meltdown is still lacking.Read More →
Two different ways to look at a currency – Arthur Kroeber
The US and China are at loggerheads again over the way China deals with its currency. It does not help both China and the US have two fundamental different ways to look at their currency, says economic analyst Arthur Kroeber, quoted by the Japan Times.Read More →
Upgrade F-16’s “vital for Taiwan”, write US officials – Wendell Minnick
Seven retired US air force officials urged in a letter for an upgrade of Taiwan’s F-16 as “vital for Taiwan to defend itself and restore balance in the Taiwan Strait”, defense specialist Wendell Minnick writes in Defense News.Read More →
Why Chinese prefer wine over beer – Shaun Rein
Beer promotions and micro-breweries put a lot of effort in the China market, but business analyst Shaun Rein tells AFP he expects the wine market the be the winner. Unlike wine, beer fails to impress, he says.Read More →
China innovation fueled by US education – Shaun Rein
China’s universities might be churning out millions of engineers, real innovative enterprises are led by US-educated returnees, writes business analyst Shaun Rein in CNBC. He disagrees with Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadhwa who fears China’s education.Read More →
Most popular stories in September 2011
Today, our first selection of most-popular stories of the past month, September 2011. Do check here what others have been reading.Read More →