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China needs structural changes – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr As China’s leadership gathers in Beijing to set its economic course for the coming five years, including its economic imbalance, Arthur Kroeber has a critical look at the country’s achievements in the BBC. “I think the leadership may be looking at the recent performanceRead More →
Steve Jobs is too US-centric – Shaun Rein
Too America-centric via Wikipedia Apple was able to cause some queues when their iPad hit its two stores in China, but according to Shaun Rein Steve Jobs is still too much focused on America, ignoring lucrative markets elsewhere, he tells the Mercury News. “Apple has great products the whole worldRead More →
Retail galores among billionaires – Rupert Hoogewerf
Retail galores via Wikipedia Real estate might be dominating much of the economic debate in China, retail seems increasingly a good way to become a billionaire as consumption grows, shows the latest Hurun Rich List, composed by Rupert Hoogewerf. Real estate is still the largest wealth creator, despite the change.Read More →
Chinese women top the rich list – Rupert Hoogewerf
Oprah: beaten by Chinese women via Wikipedia Rich Chinese women are not only leading China’s rich list, but worldwide, says Rupert Hoogewerf or Hurun, composer of the Hurun China Rich List today in the Strait Times. MORE than half of the 20 richest self-made women in the world are Chinese,Read More →
Buy Ctrip and Yum! – Shaun Rein
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Domestic consumption is growing and Shaun Rein tells at CNBC what companies investors should be looking at in the short term. While both McDonalds and Yum! are doing well, Shaun Rein prefers Yum! since they cater for different consumer markets with different price points,Read More →
Two, three decades of solid growth – Shaun Rein
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein talked at the Asia Society in New York on how China’s youth is going to be the economic fuel for two, three decades of solid growth. Youngsters might have less money per capita compared to consumers in the US, but since theyRead More →
My quest for personal and political freedom – Zhang Lijia
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia tells in Expressbuzz.com how her now famous book “Socialism is great” came into being. She was still a factory girl in a plant producing rockets: It was in the factory that she started to write. She also began to studyRead More →
What can Europe learn from China? – Annette Nijs
Annette Nijs by Fantake via Flickr What can learn Europe from China? That challenging question only comes to life when Annette Nijs, Executive Director Global Initiative at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), takes the stage, about 20 minutes into this report of the European Business Council. She pleads for moreRead More →
Taiwan’s military running out of funding – Wendell Minnick
Wendell Minnick via Flickr Taiwan’s military are running out of money because of huge outstanding bills for the US and a reduced defense budget, writes Wendell Minnick in Defense News. New procurements might not be possible in the upcoming three years. Wendell Minnick in his weblog: Taiwan is facing moreRead More →
China’s defense industry elbows into Africa – Wendell Minnick
Image via Wikipedia China has become a new player in Africa and its defense industry is following that trend, notes Wendell Minnick in Defense News. China was competing with the once dominant Europeans at the September 2010 Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD 2010) tri-service exhibition near Cape Town, South Africa.Read More →
China’s rich: no time to spend money on charity – Rupert Hoogewerf
Image via Wikipedia China’s wealthy are just in the middle of making money, spending it has hardly crossed their minds, says Rupert Hoogewerf, who is going to release his official Hurun or China’s rich list later this month. “They are too young.”he tells CNN. Last week, US billionaires Bill GatesRead More →
Zong Qinghou, richest man in China – Rupert Hoogewerf
Hurun by Fantake via Flickr Zong Qinghou, founder of China’s largest soft drink producer Wahaha, has become the richest man of China in 2010, announced Rupert Hoogewerf or Hurun, maker of the China Rich List today, according to AFP. Zong not only gained financial, but also politically by taking onRead More →