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What’s wrong with shopping malls in China – Paul French
Shopping mall in Shanghai by Fantake via Flickr Consumerism is on the rise in China, and the new consumers get their own temples too. But according to retail specialist Paul French, quoted in a good article in The Guardian, There is something wrong in the retail kingdom: The retail market,Read More →
After eco-city Dongtan: looking for a modest way to sustainability – Paul French
Paul French by Fantake via Flickr China might be rocking on mega-events like the Beijing Olympics or the Shanghai World Expo, the failed eco-city Dongtan in Shanghai, originally meant to be part of the World Expo, failed dramatically. In the New York Times Paul French is one of the experts,Read More →
CSB June 2010 Newletter released
We just released our June 2010 newsletter of the China Speakers Bureau with of course news on Kaiser Kuo and Baidu, our book publishing service and more news of our speakers from the past month. You can read it here.Read More →
Kaiser Kuo joins Baidu as director international media relations
Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity speaker, rock musician and internet watcher Kaiser Kuo has today joined China’s largest search engine Baidu as their director international media relations. The news broke late last night through Twitter, a micro messaging service blocked in China. Kuo will report directly to Baidu’sRead More →
US-China spat on Taiwan arms hard to defuse – Wendell Minnick
Wendell Minnick by Fantake via Flickr The arms sales deal of a US 6 billion between the US and Taiwan continues to hamper the relations between the US and China, writes Wendell Minnick in Defense News. Chinese academics and others explain that this time “enough was enough” and might beRead More →
Military expert hits top-10 most-sought speakers in June
Wendell Minnick by Fantake via Flickr A shake-up in our top-10 of most-sought speakers for June, at least at the top. Not only was Jasper Becker able to maintain his surprising top position, he earlier got in May. Wendell Minnick, the Asia Bureau Chief of Defence News, who recently joinedRead More →
Chinese women take over top-10 rich list – Rupert Hoogewerf
Rupert Hoogewerf by Fantake via Flickr Six out of the top-10 richest self-made women are Chinese, illustrating the upsurge of women in China’s corporate life, says Hurun list composer Hupert Hoogewerf in Shanghai Urbanatomy. This year’s list of the World’s Richest Self-Made Women, compiled by the Shanghai-based Hurun Report andRead More →
What do China’s workers want? Zhang Lijia
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Former rocket factory worker Zhang Lijia compares in the New York Times her working life in Nanjing in the 1980s with todays life at the new factories of Foxconn and Honda. People often ask me if things have improved. It’s hard to say. There are stillRead More →
China’s elite: lonely at the top – Rupert Hoogewerf
Rupert Hoogewerf by Fantake via Flickr Becoming part of China’s elite is becoming harder, as the prices for luxury goods are rising fast, tells Rupert Hoogewerf, composer of the Hurun rich list, the Shanghai Daily. Especially property prices pushed the luxury index CPI sky high. The luxury CPI grew 11.3Read More →
Self-publishing: a disruptive technology
Source: WSJ by Fantake via Flickr In the first week of June at the China Speakers Bureau we expanded our book publishing service. That was noted and friends have sent us this link to this June 4, article in the Wall Street Journal, putting our new service in a newRead More →
Demographics behind the labor unrest – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr The recent unrest at Honda, Foxconn and other manufacturers in China are only the start of a change in the country’s demographic structure, Arthur Kroeber tells The Washing Post. “This is the thin end of a very long wedge,” said Arthur Kroeber, managing directorRead More →
China’s increased frustration with North Korea – Wendell Minnick
Wendell Minnick by Fantake via Flickr Chinese delegates at the 9th Asia Security Summit earlier this month in Singapore showed increased impatience with their North Korean ally, writes Wendell Minnick in Defense News, as an open debate seems impossible. “There is no open debate on the North Korean issue inRead More →