Arthur Kroeber While China’s financial leaders might see light at the end of the tunnel of the country’s crisis, financial analyst Arthur Kroeber warns in The Guardian it might be too early to cheer. “We know that a lot of money has been pumped into the economy and we knowRead More →

Cover of Barbie Can anything be more symbolic than Barbie, the doll who defined the image of American women worldwide? When we believe media like Bloomberg, we do note that Barbie has packed her little pink bag and left the US economy for Shanghai. Mattel Inc., the world’s biggest toymaker,Read More →

Wen Jiabao via Wikipedia Comments come out in full force after prime minister Wen Jiabao addressed the National People’s Congress yesterday on China’s economy. Both leading analysts, Shaun Rein at Bloomberg and Arthur Kroeber at Investors.com remain critical but also cautious optimistic on where the economy is heading.Kroeber sees thatRead More →

Arthur Kroeber Rumors the Chinese government might double its current four trillion renminbi stimulus package might be true, but Arthur Kroeber of the Beijing based consultancy Dragonomics does not believe it would be announced immediately, he told The Telegraph today. He expected another package was needed if China would reachRead More →

Shaun Rein Shaun Rein, one of the leading speakers at the China Speakers Bureau, is once again invited for the annual meeting of the Asia Society, this time in April at the Sheraton Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam. He joins an impressive line-up of speakers, including the prime minister of VietnamRead More →

Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife The Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang has become the country’s more valuable artist, says China Rich List producer Rupert Hoogewerf in Bloomberg: Works by Zhang, known for his somber, gray-hued paintings of Chinese families, fetched a combined $44.1 million at art auctions last year,Read More →

Paul French by Fons1 via Flickr Retail sales of luxury products in Shanghai have remained strong, tells retail analyst Paul French the Financial Times in an article about the Japanese shopping mall Takashimaya, who decided to open stores in Shanghai, despite the global economic crisis.Paul French: “There are still aRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fons1 via Flickr Sixty percent of hundreds of Chinese consumers interviewed in six cities by Shaun Rein‘s CMR expect they will spend more compared to 2008. That is one of the conclusions Shaun Rein will share during the Global China Chat on consumer confidence on Monday. ThatRead More →

Image via Wikipedia Today we published the February 2009 newsletter of the China Speakers Bureau. Of course with the latest on the Global China Chat with Shaun Rein next week, the list of most-sought speakers and useful tip on how to select the best possible speaker.If you are not yetRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fons1 via Flickr Monday 2 March at 5 PM Beijing times (6 PM Tokyo time, for Europe, 10 AM CET) consumer analyst Shaun Rein of the leading research bureau CMR will participate on the first Global China Chat, this time on consumer confidence in China by theRead More →

Charles McElwee by Fons1 via Flickr The visit of secretary of state Hillary Clinton to Beijing has profoundly changed the climate on climate change, writes environmental lawyer Charles McElwee, one day after the visit on his weblog. He quotes Clinton: Now, historically, as you know, the United States had theRead More →